Ersilia: Body of the Gateway Cities

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 Amoros
Robert 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