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In the last week, we learned a lot of skills and knowledge about presentations, made posters, and kept talking, and I was excited and wanted to try everything. I also encountered some difficulties in the process of studying, and when writing, I often got confused because the artist I chose is relatively young, so there is not much information about her. At the same time, in the course of the presentation, I sometimes lose the point because there are too many ideas to express.

At the same time, I also learned a lot, for example, some students used the link sentences provided by the tutor, which made their speeches and writing look simple and clear at the same time. Before searching for literature, some students choose more international artists or works, which makes it easier for them to find professional and authoritative materials when researching and investigating, and it is also easier to find more in-depth information.

In the next study, I will study some more international artists and works, collect more information, make my research and presentation more professional and credible, and at the same time, I will use more simple but clear links, and use the structure provided by the teacher for presentation, I think this will help me a lot, I will speak better, and learn more and more.

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Ma Qiusha's work is often explicitly biographical and hyper-specific in its context. Her diversified art practice encompasses video, photography, painting and installation. Linking interestingly and cautiously with the conflicts and dilemmas that are encountered in daily experience, her works reveal strange imagination concealed beneath the surface of the mundane. These subtle experiences of daily life conveyed by the body, or by parts of the body, arise repeatedly in several of her works, mostly expressed as metaphorical postures of a more ambiguous nature. Another overarching theme in Ma Qiusha's works is the intergenerational gaps, as she often demonstrates particular flair for injecting her art with subtle but unmistakable signs and symbols of the sociocultural transformations during the several recent high-speed decades that are deeply complex in their mining of personal and collective memories, offering audiences insights into lived, human experiences. In one sense, all of her work is imagistic, the often-used "window" employed as a rhetorical vehicle in various scenes to present the various perspectives for viewing conceived by the artist. Bringing together relationships, objects, structures and stories as a way to subvert dominant readings of their histories, her works stand out as increasingly crucial documents of the country's tensions and its political and social shifts.

Ma Qiusha received her BA from Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing and MFA from Alfred University, New York. She currently lives and works in Beijing. Her solo exhibitions were held at OCT Art Terminal Xi'an; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK; Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester; Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and Taikang Space, Beijing. Her works have been shown at institutions including Daimler Contemporary, Berlin; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago University; Para/Site, Hong Kong; Centre Pompidou, Paris; the ZKM, Karlsruhe; Orange County Museum of Art, California; Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul; International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York; Groninger Museum, the Netherlands; Tate Modern, London and more.

She was nominated for Porsche "Young Chinese Artists" (2019), the Pierre Huber Prize (2014) and "Young Artist of the Year" by Award of Art China (AAC) in 2017 and 2013.

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Ma Qiusha's work is often explicitly biographical and hyper-specific in its context. Her diversified art practice encompasses video, photography, painting and installation. Linking interestingly and cautiously with the conflicts and dilemmas that are encountered in daily experience, her works reveal strange imagination concealed beneath the surface of the mundane.

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Ma Qiusha — John Dodelande (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

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https://www.taikwun.hk/zh/taikwun/story

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In this week's class, we learned about writing skills, and I was nervous because I was not good at grammar, so I made some mistakes. The class was a bit difficult for me.

Although it was a bit difficult for me, I wanted to solve the problem, so I started trying to make myself less afraid of writing, such as I tried to use simple sentences and vocabulary (e.g., I like this work, this work makes me feel calm). Learning to write concise and direct sentences first helps me reduce a lot of grammatical mistakes and makes me feel proficient. After that, maybe I can try more complex expressions that will help me communicate more deeply with other people.

Now, I have to be honest and admit that I still feel nervous and a little anxious when writing and learning grammar, but I think I need more practice, sometimes even just using English when posting on IG, also it will help me in my writing, and I will become more and more confident😊.

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副本Project Step 1 – Written submission template - Identity[2]

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副本Project Step 2 – Written submission template (1)

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Identity is important for artists and designers. Do you agree or disagree? 

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Identity is important for artists and designers. Do you agree or disagree? 

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Some people think that identity is important for artists and designers, while others think that it is not. I agree that identity is important for artists and designers.

First of all, identity helps artists understand themselves, which is a very important step in expression and creation. When artists get to know themselves, they are more creative and empathize with audiences who feel the same way as themselves.

Secondly, knowing one's own identity can drive economic growth, such as designs with ancient Chinese patterns, which will arouse familiarity among Chinese customers and empathy. The purchase of this group will increase.

Also， artists who understand their identity can create one-of-a-kind works is important for the artist's self-expression. When an artist understands who he is, the work created will be warm and honest.

Overall, I agree that identity is important for artists and designers, and it's a fundamental step in our creation, and it's an important part.

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My chosen artist is Tozer Pak (Chinese name: Bai ShuangQuan), he is a Hong Kong artist. Bai Shuangquan's works are usually about the connection between people, as well as between the city and nature, and often use time as the theme of creation. （Breathing In A House is one of his works. He was in a daze and felt his breathing, and then a thought came to him： “How long does it take to breathe in all the air of this room?”Then he lives every day, storing the breath in a transparent bag until the room fills.)

What I like about his work is that he is very delicate and touching as an artist, and this work is not complicated, but it makes me want to shed tears, which is enough to prove his success. As for the expression of his identity in this work, I think it lies in his sincere feeling for himself. In the big theme of identity, many things are very important, such as politics, society, and the environment, but there is another thing that is very small, but it is also very important for the matter of identity belonging, that is, knowing yourself and feeling yourself, because I think it is not a simple thing to feel yourself, when you are delicate and sensitive enough to notice this, then you will have a sense of belonging to yourself.

I think my connection to this work is that, like a classic philosophical question: "Who am I?", I believe everyone asks themselves this question, which has an important connection to identity. When this artist expresses this problem in a romantic way, it will surprise many people who have such a problem and feel empathy.

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My first impressions of the Pre-sessional English course(new ideas in two weeks)

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My first impressions of the Pre-sessional English course(new ideas in two weeks)

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After two weeks of study, I feel that many things have changed for the better. First of all, I learned a lot of new skills, such as how to communicate with other people, how to listen to others, how to take notes more effectively, and many more.

While learning new skills, I also found some problems, such as our group's project last week, because of our lack of experience, which led to some mistakes. Sometimes, my grammar and vocabulary are not good, so I need to rely on translation to understand the meaning of some videos and assignments.

But everything is getting better because I realized these issues. I discussed our projects with my group, analyzing our strengths and what we need to learn from other groups. I also discussed better learning methods with other students, such as turning off the translation software on the computer, so that we can be more independent, and try to understand and communicate actively. Different students always have different good methods.

Overall, I feel that I have gained a lot in the past two weeks. I look forward to the next process. I feel that it will get better and better.😊

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First impressions of the course blog post

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First impressions of the course blog post

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1. What do you think of the study methods so far: I think it's helpful to me, although sometimes I feel unfamiliar, but more practice can make me feel better.

2. How do you feel about the course: I feel good! I feel that I'm gradually becoming confident.

3. What do you hope to learn: I hope to learn more naturaly way of expression.

4. What do you need to improve before the end of the course, and how will you do that: I think my grammar skills and vocabulary are not good. I want to improve this that I can have deeper conversations.

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My reflection: about we discussed in   class today(19/5/2015)

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My reflection: about we discussed in   class today(19/5/2015)

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I understand the project because in today's class, I learned that the projects of different groups are different, and the PPT of some groups is very clear; rather than simply reading the material you find, you understand it and try to express it yourself. I think the most interesting part is that I looked up the materials and learned about the process of "identity", because I learned a lot of new knowledge and a lot of new words in the process. I think the hard part for me is how to articulate my work clearly, because it requires me to understand some of the more difficult words and learn to summarize. As for how I go about how to get started, I think it's very important for me to start with a simple mind map, make my logic clear, and then dig into the information and find out what the topic is focused on, which is very helpful for me to present my project. I don't think I have any other problems at the moment. It's a process of progress, constant practice, sometimes you can make mistakes, but when I realize the problem, there will be a big improvement.

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Otonia video: My experience with the assessment and presentation today

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Otonia video: My experience with the assessment and presentation today

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In the studio today, we created paper airplane design. I enjoyed the process of learning how to create it because I haven't made a paper airplane in a long time. These are my Childhood memories. Overall, my paper airplane is well done, it's clean, and I used a more hard paper to make it, so it's in a beautiful shape.

It wasn’t as easy as it looked. I always feel anxious because I want it to be the perfect paper airplane. It's going to make me lose my patience. When making a new paper airplane, I used a different color of paper than before, and wanted to experiment with make it with a different size of paper, because I wanted to see if the shape of the paper airplane would change a lot due to the different sizes (for example, I folded a paper airplane that looked thin before, and now I want to make a thicker paper airplane) These changes didn't seem to have had any effect on the second flight, maybe the changes were subtle, but I hadn't noticed it yet

Now I can see how to be more patient, and try to think about the problem from different angles. Maybe you can make paper airplanes without paper, you can also fold paper airplanes with cloth, it must be a good thing to think more and practice more

When I do this kind of work in future, I’m going to be patient, think critically, and experiment a lot, and the results will be amazing, and you can learn a lot.

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Different racial and cultural make every child unique, and it's important for their learning and development to let them know "who am I". Maximize the chance for better children's development. Anyway, make children more confident and try more things, let them think and act equally, and they will develop a sense of identity.

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I chose this work from a cutting-edge and emerging Chinese artist. In this work, she told her childhood story by putting the blades in her mouth.

I mainly collected the information from interviews via the website of Hong Kong Art Museum (Tai Kwun) and articles via Chinese academic journals website (Zhiwang). I have learnt plenty of information about this artist’s life and career, such as how she became such a renowned artist in this field. I chose these resources as my source of information because I regarded them as objective, professional, and academic. However, I also recognised that the information I collected might be biased due to most of the interviews coming from the Chinese source, which might be less international and accessible.

I gradually developed a deeper understanding of the intentions and meaning behind the artist’s artworks. For example, I have learnt about those typical Asian family issues in the 80s. At the same time, I was critically evaluating these, comparing them to modern Asian family issues.

One of her works discussed the mother-daughter relationship. It also made me reflect upon my own mother-daughter relationship, which was intertwined with love and hate. I was deeply touched by her style, which was sharp and incisive yet tender. Because I found myself also tending to demonstrate my artwork sharply without losing the gentleness. I found this to be suitable expressions for the topic of family, typically for Asian family issues.

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Ma Qiusha — John Dodelande (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)