“On Earth” Ceramics Festival The city and the rural are interdependent, the pace of development between them is different and gradually the communication in between becomes deficient and alienated. Rachel Cheung, the curator of “On Earth” Ceramics Festival, employs ceramics as the main medium and invites artists to encounter with the nature, to create artworks that share their ideas and expectation toward the city and the rural, in order to foster the importance of balance and coexistence between “city and rural” and “nature and modernization”.
Ceramic art and education are becoming more and more popular in Hong Kong. It may be a good timing now to present this event as a ceramics festival so as to reflect the current situation of the diversified development of ceramic art. In this festival, artists are invited to explore the “people”, “land”, “resources” and “urban-rural” in nowadays’ Hong Kong from a multi-angle perspective. It also hopes to promote the concept of rural sustainability and urban-rural coexistence through art to linkage different communities. This festival is a good opportunity to unite the ceramic practitioners in Hong Kong and to positioning and stimulate the development of contemporary ceramic art. *
“On Earth” Ceramics Festival is the themed exhibition of JCCAC’s annual art festival, which is co-presented by Unit Gallery and JCCAC, and curated by Rachel Cheung, the founder of the Unit Gallery. Under the Festival, there are three exhibitions: On Earth Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Exhibition of Lai Chi Wo Art Project, and Artists’ Studio Open cum Exhibition. There are also fringe activities: art talks, art demonstrations, workshop and exhibition guided tours.
**Heartfelt thanks to the JCCAC, the Policy for Sustainability Lab of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong (the “Co-creation of the Community” Scheme under the “HSBC Rural Sustainability” Programme) and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for their generous supports.
Curator: Rachel CHEUNG 張煒詩 Coordinator: Suzanne AU 區灝藍 Video Director: Dexter LEE李彥錚 Technical Supervision: YIU Chun Wa姚俊樺
Participating Artists: On Earth Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition 在地當代陶藝展覽 Suzanne AU區灝藍 Scott CHAN陳建業 Reed CHENG鄭明輝 Blanche HO何敏儀 Rosanna LI 李慧嫻 Louis LO 盧世強 Johnson TSANG曾章成 Annie WAN尹麗娟 Yokky WONG 黃美嫻 YIU Chun Wa姚俊樺
Exhibition of Lai Chi Wo Art Project 尋田.探土 - 荔枝窩藝術計劃展覽 Suzanne AU區灝藍 Scott CHAN陳建業 CHU Tung Yin 朱東然 Benjamin HAO郝立仁 HO Lok Chung 何濼聰 Quentin KONG江振邦 Dick LAI黎振寧 Venus LAM林喜兒 Dexter LEE 李彥錚 Annie WAN尹麗娟 YEUNG Kin Bong楊建邦 Yokky WONG 黃美嫻 YIU Chun Wa姚俊樺
Artists’ Studio Open cum Exhibition 藝術家工作室開放暨展覽 L2-01 Re-creation Workshop - Johnson Tsang L2-12 Tranceramics - Suzanne Au & Elina Titane L3-03 I-Kiln Studio - Reed Cheng L3-05A Angel Hui Hoi Kiu Studio - Angel Hui L3-05C Louis SK Art Studio - Louis Lo (& students) L4-15 REDnose - Noel Li L5-01 Clayground - Blanche Ho L5-22 Gallery Z - Lau Ching Ping L5-23 Unit Gallery - Kate Siu (resident artist) L5-24 An Gee’s Studio - Chan An Gee L6-03 Christina TAM L6-24 Artisens Studio - Luk Shun L6-29 Earthen Light Studio - Esther Mar & Mary Mar L7-08 Cozy Workshop - Anna Li L7-09 Small Power Space - Cicy Ching
講座Talks 7/12 2:30-4:00pm 尋田探土—鄉郊永續 Art Project in relation to Rural Sustainability 講者Speakers 游慧瑜, 項目經理, 香港大學公民社會與治理研究中心 Anna YAU, Project Manager, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong 區灝藍,陶藝家 Suzanne AU, Ceramic artist 李彥錚,視覺藝術家Dexter LEE, Visual artist
14/12 2:30-4:00pm 當代陶瓷—實現自我 Self-realization in Contemporary Ceramics 講者Speakers 李慧嫻,陶藝家 Rosanna LI, Ceramic artist 曾章成,陶藝家 Johnson TSANG, Ceramic artist 陳建業,陶藝家 Scott CHAN, Ceramic artist
示範及工作坊 Demonstrations and Workshop 7/12 4:30-6:00pm 陶土升級再生創意工作坊 Clay-Upcycling Creative Workshop 姚俊樺,陶藝家 YIU Chun Wa, Ceramic artist
14/12 4:30-6:00pm 村有一老如有一寶 —陶泥雕塑示範 Elders, Treasures in Every Village – Ceramics Sculpturing Demonstration 盧世強,陶藝家 Louis LO, Ceramic artist
