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Not Just a Patch of Blue: Aquatic Ecosystems and Art-Making—The Alternative School: Grounding in Daily Practices

Date
Sep 28, 2024
Time
10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Venue

10B, Wing Wah Industrial Building
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

Wayla Amatathammachad, Yip Kai-chun, Tommy Hui, and Brian Wong

In English
Registration and deposit required here
Age: 18 or above
Location: Para Site, 10B & Outlying Islands

 

Oceans and rivers are presented on maps as a monotonous, almost uniform, blue colour. In fact, different waters have their own unique ecosystems and face different crises due to urban development and other anthropogenic factors.

‘Not Just a Patch of Blue’ is a field trip exploring rivers, marine ecology and art-making as social interventions. Wayla Amatathammachad, founder and director of the Prayoon For Art Foundation from Thailand, will share his longstanding interest in the Mekong River’s ecological collaboration with art interventions, as well as Low Fat Art Fes, a public engagement art project that he initiated. which also focuses on the river’s ecology.

In the afternoon, Yip Kai-chun, one of the founders of the ‘Inter-island Festival’, will lead the participants on a boat ride to share the curatorial concept of the ‘Inter-island Festival’, which will be moored at Peng Chau, Cheung Sha and Pui O. Dr. Tommy Hui of the Science Unit of Lingnan University and Brian Wong, researcher of Liber Research Community, will point out the impact that coastal development around Lantau Island has had on coastal and intertidal ecologies.

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About

Wayla Amatathammachad is the director of the international multidisciplinary art festival Low Fat Art Fes (since 2018) and Prayoon for Art Foundation. He is practising in marketing, advertising, art, and art management. As an independent arts manager and producer, he has also worked in various art communities; as a print coordinator and projectionist of the World Film Festival of Bangkok (2010–2022), and the business development and cultural management of Thong Lor Art Space (2016–2019). In 2019, he initiated the sustainability art ecosystem incubation project called ‘STAR TIER’ to create a prototype model of an art city that focuses on the utilisation of contemporary art for improving well-being and envisioning community for city development possibilities. The first cluster of ‘STAR TIER’ was implemented in the Dansai district, Loei province, Thailand, in early 2021.

Yip Kai-chun is an artist-curator born and based in Hong Kong. His creations often involve the immersion into overlooked or marginalised communities and localities, and comprises sound, text and video to create instances of interaction and understanding. Since 2017, he has lived on and been nourished by Peng Chau, an outer island in the city. His fascination with the island’s unique environment led to artistic research and interventions on Peng Chau and its surroundings. He co-founded Inter-island Festival (2021 and 2023), which celebrates the multifaceted island life of Peng Chau, as well as Cheung Chau and Mui Wo and Chi Ma Wan on Lantau Island.

Dr. Tommy Hui is currently Research Assistant Professor at the Science Unit of Lingnan University. He is an intertidal ecologist with broad interest in behavioural ecology, physiology and biodiversity patterns.

Brian Wong has been a researcher at Liber Research Community since 2017. Studying geography and public policy, Brian is interested in research projects that can help advocate for a more just and equitable urban and rural development of Hong Kong.