See walk what on 1 July
Visual/ textual City which comes in two volumes is a visual diary about “us” in the time from SARS through the July 1 rally to Donald Tsang’s rise. The diary captures the significant changes of the city over the past two years and many chapters were carried by Ming Pao Daily on a weekly basis..．
PAK Sheung-chuen begins with the sense of alienation he encounters
in politics and everyday city life. Engaging readers in small
moves, he takes them
into profound contemplation of absurdities that often swell political
and social issues. With the interplay between the text and the
visual material,
Visual/ textual City tip-toes on the line where words and images meet,
exposing the inhumanity of city life, or perhaps, visualizes with poetic
sensuality that which is habitual and trivial and that which is inscribed
on the body. Documentary photography and collages transform these experiences
into a visual diary. Pak’s “participatory conceptual art” is to be distinguished
from political comics or thematic illustration. It is profoundly human,
and requires active participation of the reader. By creatively observing,
“we” as a generation could no longer find shelter in apathy.
The first volume of the series, See Walk What on 1 July will be unveiled
at the 1 July March in the form of a “Mobile Exhibition”. Following
the March, original works will be on display at various bookstores.
The publication is co-published by artopia and 70+; art direction
supported by habitus .
About the author:
PAK Sheung-chuen, Tozer, male, Christian, was born in China
in 1977. He moved to Hong Kong in 1984. He studied Fine
Arts and Religion at the Chinese University of Hong Kong,
graduating
in 2002. Pak is an active member of the “Fotanian” artist
community. He is currently an art educator, working in
multi-media art and painting. His visual art continues
to trace communion
between people and between human and nature.
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artopia publishing limited
In early 1990, a small group of entrepreneurs teamed up with the
aim of marketing Ah Chung ‘s work under the name of Ah Chung
Group Company
Limited.
In the fall of 1994 the team restructured and since then, the distinctive
brand image of Ah Chung has been consistently developed across
an expanding numbers of popular and collectible premium products.
With the growth of the company and ever increasing demands on Ah
Chung as painter, writer, celebrity philosopher and more, we
decided to separate
the commercial division from our book division, Artopia Publishing
Limited, to function as a new business entity called, simply,
Artopia Limited.
Artopia Limited is specifically geared to work with you as a
creative and marketing partner, while Publishing focuses on
branching out
to work with new, emerging talent and other creative partners
in related
fields to reflect Hong Kong’s diverse and dynamic cultural
and business environment.
Our companies leverage experience and expertise from each other
and we have become a community with shared ideas, values,
interests and
goals.
Art publishing is either a dream or a joke. 70+ is here to meet readers’ need for art publishing. To do that, we take an integrated approach, starting from planning through editing, layout and design, production to post production efforts such as distribution, launching events and activities.
From project management, editing, design to production, 70+ art/words
is an one-wo/man band catering the needs of big and small art
publishing.
Not only to provide “letters to books” publishing service, but also “post-production”
support, including distribution, book launching, publicity or even exhibition
and public events. 70+ is aspirating to bridge the gap between mass readerships
and art publishing. Apart from initiating projects, we look forward to
collaboration with writers, publishers, the media and the art community.
Be our partners and we could support each other. We need your support
as writers, artists, publishers, media and art organizations.
habitus is a designer-run space to promote Hong Kong design, exchange innovative ideas and develop visual culture. It consists of a design studio, the attic (exhibition gallery), the grocery (outlet for design experiments) and moonlight obscura (appreciation of moving images). Our focuses are on fashion design, home ideas visual arts and multimedia with the characteristics of customization, participation and limited edition. But there are no definite boundaries.
