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EVENT DESCRIPTION
Videotage is pleased to present the group show Ersilia: Body Of The Gateway Cities from 22 April to 29 May 2022 at Videotage (exhibition) and www.videotagecinema.com (online screening). Co-presented with FRAC Alsace, Ersilia explores the relationship between people and land through video art from Hong Kong and France.
Examining Gateway Cities through Video Art
Does a place shape its residents? Do we shape where we live? Hong Kong and Alsace are nearly 10,000 kilometres apart yet share some similarities: historically, both regions are the gateways of cultural exchanges with people who come, go, or stay. The fluidity in the population results in their unique and rich languages, people, thoughts, and stories.
The exhibition attempts to examine the delicate experiences of living between different cultures in Hong Kong and Alsace through the artworks of 8 Hong Kong and French artists: Annabelle Amoros, Robert Cahen, Comma (Clémence Choquet et Mickaël Gamio), Chilai Howard, Ellen Pau, Céline Trouillet, Yan Wai Yin, and Samson Young.
Curated by Angel Leung, the exhibition will put the Hong Kong and French artworks in pairs under 4 sub-themes: Stories, Languages, People and Thoughts to examine the similar or different experiences in both places.
Artist Talks
Comma x Yan Wai Yin
Hong Kong artist Yan Wai Yin and French artist duo Comma (Clémence Choquet & Mickaël Gamio) will share their thoughts behind their artworks and their relationships with their surroundings. (Talk in English)
Date: 19 May 2022, 6pm (HK)/12nn (France)
Venue: zoom (RSVP required)
Speaker: Comma (Clémence Choquet, Mickaël Gamio), Yan Wai Yin Moderator: Angel Leung (curator)
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3N2IWGg
Robert Cahen x Ellen Pau
Hong Kong and French video art pioneers Ellen Pau and Robert Cahen will talk about how they use video art to tell the stories of their hometowns. (Talk in English and partly French with English interpretation)
Date: 20 May 2022, 9pm (HK)/3pm (France) Venue: zoom (RSVP required)
Speaker: Robert Cahen and Ellen Pau Moderator: Angel Leung (curator)
RSVP: https://bit.ly/3qgLOWq
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Annabelle AmorosRobert Cahen
Comma (Clémence Choquet et Mickaël Gamio) Chilai Howard
Ellen Pau
Céline Trouillet
Yan Wai Yin
Samson Young
Curated by: Angel Leung
Co-Presented by Videotage & FRAC Alsace
Details
- Start:
- 22 April 2022
- End:
- 29 May 2022
- Admission:
- Free
- Event Category:
- Multimedia