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Participants: Filipino domestic workers, HK families and original families

Proposed activities:
Weekdays

- online activities in the evening for cultural exchange, e.g. letter writing and reading, paper crafts, exchange of gifts, teaching of basic language

2 Sundays - exhibition with workshops (presenting collage works from the collected letters and paper crafts, sound art collage of the audio-recording of the exchanged language learning)

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“Harmonious Sign”

Exhibiting her own street signs on the lawn of Tamar Park. The sign will be inserted on random places of the lawn which are uncertainly distinctable.

- Some are previous works, like “Caution Democracy”, “No Thinking”, “Please censor yourself”
- Will hope to discuss some new creations for HK with the artist.
- We will also film her process of making art, capturing the moment when she feels hesitant or even has self-censorship. We will screen the documentary in the Tamar Park.

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Hong Kong’s controversial Lantau Tomorrow Vision Project

「Announcement of Attempts to Guarantee the Future Existence of Taiwan, 2012」

http://www.mariatherezaalves.org/works/announcement-of-attempts-to-guarantee-the-future-existence-of-taiwan/?searched=Taiwan&advsearch=allwords&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1

This is one of the artist Maria Thereza Alves’s works in which she reflects on the different protests about the unethical and not environmentally friendly land use and inappropriate development ideas on the coastal area in Taiwan and she made two performance works accordingly.

And this led me to think about the Anti Lantau island reclamation protest by Hong Kong people so I think the artist can make use of this issue to create a Hong Kong version of this work which I think will be quite interesting and meaningful. And some problems like the dilemma of environment preservation and development and is reclamation the only effective way to solve the housing shortage problem in Hong Kong can be discussed.

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An international, transdisciplinary and participatory art project against discrimination and violence | concept & realization: Franziska Greber | 2016

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To invite Franziska Greber to collaborate with Harmony House. With Harmony House to be a mediator between the artist and the survivors. Franziska mainly uses fabric as a media to interact with the survivors and to create artworks. Survivors are invited to participate in the making of the artwork by using fabrics.

The media she uses depends on the exhibition country, usually including local elements. To increase public awareness towards the issue of domestic violence by collaborating with local survivors.

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Brian Goeltzenleuchter is a Californian olfactory artist who focuses on community projects, once made a series of hand sanitizer, with its scents inspired by the stories of refugees.

Scent is one of our senses, but olfactory artworks are rarely seen in the local art scene. The use of scent is highly commodified in Hong Kong, in which most of the specialistity is for making perfume, scented candles, room fragrances. They are market products related to lifestyle and taste. Audiences seldom experience scents within the contemporary arts setting.

The memory of scent from different communities can encourage sensible communication between audience and the interviewed people, which fits the model of “dialogic aesthetics”. We propose the artist to create a series of site-specific scent projects, integrating memories of the local communities and scents.

In Hong Kong:

What are the scent of memories and our streets? During the pandemic, people were used to wearing masks and being separated from the scents in our neighborhood. The project is to invite local communities from a few districts to be the guide of the artist. During the trip, the local residents will share their ordinary neighborhoods, daily life or some memorable places. The artist may integrate their stories to make some scents, to create a map or route of smell. The result will be presented in an exhibition and some public programs.

In between Hong Kong and California:
Given that the whole art project would be held in the post-covid era, it is imagined that people are finally gaining back their interaction with each other. This project encourages the interaction between people by blurring the boundaries between races, gender and nationality. Brian would first collect stories and memories from the Hong Kong immigrants living in California and make scents out of it.

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Maria Thereza Alves has often worked at the intersection of politics, culture and environment. Her methodology and artistic interests lend themselves to Hong Kong’s environment, at the macro level with its history of colonization and vibrant and at smaller levels with isolated communities that exist in Hong Kong.

1.  Hong Kong has a long history of colonization and Maria’s artwork can inspire people in Hong Kong today. In particular, with Hong Kong having come out of colonization, how do they create a new identity moving forward. Alves’ work would provide a new perspective on how Hong Kong can find a way forward.

1. Hong Kong is a city where nature mingles with the city. There are many parks and forests that closely border developed parts of the city and create an intermingling of built cities and nature. It also has a diverse set of wildlife and plant species that demonstrate the transference of nature that is seen in other of her works. This would provide a good source of inspiration for Alves.

1. Hong Kong is a very cosmopolitan city with people moving in and out, there is a lot of cultural diversity and that changes the nature and culture of the city. Additionally, with an increasing diaspora of Hong Kong people abroad it poses the question of how being a Hong Konger is changing. This is an opportunity for the artist to explore the borders of what is Hong Kong and apply her ideas of a borderless history.  Alve’s work may help people in Hong Kong find out the cultural identity.

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倪瑞宏 Ni Jui Hung

What kind of existing/new projects will the artist be carrying out during his/her residency?

1.   Take part in local festivals, and dress up in Birthday of Tin Hau /Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival as performance art

Birthday of Tin Hau

> Compare the culture of Tin Hau between HK & Taiwan

Hungry Ghost Festival, Chinese opera for deities
> observe the different ghosts across Chinese culture

Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival

> Perform in the rituals as a fairy

2. Work under the Canal Road Flyover – （villain hitting (打小人))
> To investigate what are the things/people that HK citizens are angry with

3. Create new artistic illustrations about religions, describing how HK people deal with the pandemic and its consequent disorder. (e.g. graffiti, public art installation, performance art) at local villages or neighbourhood around Tin Hau Temples
> Link folk religion to daily life

4. See and collect vintage second-hand stuffs (at Upper lascar row, Sheung Wan)
> Investigate people's obsessions with tradition

Why this artist is ideal to be invited to Hong Kong and why Hong Kong would benefit from this kind of art exchange?

Devastating time in Hong Kong: use her colorful tone, humor and sarcasm to bring enjoyment to the audience and respond to social circumstances

In times of pandemic, some people turn to religions to pray for peace and health. Her artworks might well resonate with and console people’s mental pressures.

Taiwanese folk religion vs HK folk religion (Both has elements of Chinese culture, yet different)

Similarities with Hong Kong people’s religious belief

New inspirations from Hong Kong religions and cultural circumstances in her creations.

Examine people’s superstitions

Examine the relationship between folk religion and popular culture

Examine the bonding between Taiwanese and HK peole/culture, especially after 2019

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Artist: Benedetto Bufalino

1. Bringing the “most practical” art installations to Hong Kong and introducing the idea of upcycling through art (HK-specific issue: abandoned cars)

2. Inspiring creative ideas for designing play space in Hong Kong (HK-specific issue: "identical" playground facilities/design)

3. Accommodating Hongkongers’ post-pandemic social and emotional needs (public participation, interaction, rest)

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To transform abandoned cars with Hong Kong characteristics to functional (for play, for seating) and inviting installation, to be placed in an outdoor and public areas for everyone’s enjoyment.

To arrange a visiting itinerary to various spots related to vehicles and urban arts (e.g. Vehicle Scrapyard in Yuen Long, urban areas where abandoned cars are located, Reclamation Street for hardware store)

To host a forum/public consultation on public space (potential collaborators: Sampson Wong (Local Urbanist & Artist) / Liber Research Community / Play Depot)

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Project theme: Focus on the family violence issue.

Reason for the artist fit to HK:
1.  Greber’s original occupation - psychological therapist. has professional knowledge/ability for investigating a certain city that she had never been to. Due to her scholarship background, the generated issue could be more authoritative.

2. Franziska Greber’s artwork projects focus on domestic violence issues around the world. She has curated her exhibitions in India, Mauritius (Africa), China, Switzerland, and Germany. Inviting her to adapt the exhibition in Hong Kong can arouse public awareness towards the domestic violence issues in Hong Kong, as well as connect with survivors.

3. Due to the outbreak of pandemics, the issue of domestic violence is getting more serious. Her artworks focus on female survivors of domestic violence. She uses fabric as a medium to interact with the survivors and to create artworks. The media she uses depends on the exhibition country, usually including local elements.

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Collage works and artistic engagement on digital platform

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Nathalie Dagmang

The artist is experienced in community project and had worked in Hong Kong with background about the situation of migrant workers

Encourage inclusion of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong with focus on Filipino domestic workers (should be treated as a family member)

Build up bonding between the Filipino domestic workers and the local families and their original families for cultural exchange

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Artist: Ko Siu Lan（高小蘭）
- Ko Siu Lan cares about politics and dares to include political elements in her works to criticize the Chinese government.
- To evoke people of the worsening political situation in Hong Kong
- Having a close relationship with Hong Kong as she had already exhibited a number of artworks in Hong Kong before. It would be great to invite her to continue this art journey, especially in the post-2019 era when people are desperate and worried about the future. We need artworks that remind us of the past as well as encourage us to communicate and relate to each other.
- To commemorate the democracy movement in 2019-Hong Kong in a safe and subtle way
- Hopefully to provide space for people with dissent to have socially engaged dialogue-based conversations

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Final Decision of the Artist Residency Project 

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Final Decision of the Artist Residency Project 

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1 artists from abroad whom you would like to invite to post-pandemic Hong Kong.