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Jan 2025
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Scenery in the City: A Brief Introduction to Flâneuring Photography
- Subject
- Chinese Art, Western Art
- Date & time
- 18Jan 2025 (Sat)14:30 - 15:30 Free
- Type of Event
- In-person Attendance
- Venue
- Room 312, 3/F., Admiralty Centre
- Speaker
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- Prof Yuen-yi Lo ;
- Dr Sheng Hung
Prof Yuen-yi Lo
Prof Lo Yuen Yi was trained in Communication Design and Fine Art in Hong Kong, Italy and the UK respectively. Most of her artworks are in the form of drawing or visual ethnography, taking on scripts and graphics and old objects, while her writing explores such themes as art and culture, feminism and oral history. Her book publications include: One Day (City . Scenery) (2022); Whispers (Macau Elderly Women’s Oral History) (2020); Traces （Drawing . Objects）(2019); Beautiful Era – 21 Letters to the Artists (2017); Love Messages across the Centuries: 21 Letters to Parisian Artists (2013); Drawing the Writing (2012); A Room (2011); A Journal of Nüshu, Women’s Script (2003).
Dr Sheng Hung
Currently Programme Manager at HKU SPACE, Dr Hung Sheng holds a PhD in Visual Studies from Lingnan University. Her research focuses on the history and aesthetics of twentieth-century Chinese and Hong Kong art, as well as community art and art education in various settings. She has taught part-time at Lingnan University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Art School.
- Enquiry
- 37620087 (h.sheng@hkuspace.hku.hk)
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Every day we stroll through our urban landscapes, observing how a single person, a fleeting ray of light or a weathered brick can be a scenery to be photographed. This talk will trace the origins of flâneuring photography back to late 19th century Paris and discover how these visual storytellers invite us to see the ordinary in extraordinary ways.
Language: Cantonese
