HK W6 Asian Culture

A little late but last week’s adventures included studio visits to Sharp Motion, Big Fish Design and Whitespace. I’ll do a separate post on each of them later on in the week. So you’ll just have to settle for the other little discoveries that i found this week. First was Homeless on 29 Gough Street in Central/Sheung Wan area, a little serendipity where i was able to find this awesome quirky shop. It was actually in the Hong Kong Creative City Guide (which was one of the elements that Whitespace along with Lancashire Road designed that’s packed full of thing to see, do and of course eat for people like me and you.) This week i also went back to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum yet again. This time i took my time going through the Poster Triennial exhibition here’s two of my favorites:

Hand-scape by Japan’s Tomoya Kaishi in 2009, the photos were taken by an old friend and collaborator Hirotsugu Hoshikawa and none of them were digitally composed which makes it more impressive i think. The positioning of the hands are used to evoke mountains and i love how the series suggests the different depths and ranges of the mountains whilst still conveying different connotations. A very simplistic and elegant piece, makes you think what you can achieve with the simplest of things. This piece received not only a gold award but the judges award.

Another piece that i really liked was Chairligraphy 2009 by Lau Siu Hong Freeman. The chairs that was used were Ming styled by merging this with Calligraphy it was “…the hope that audience could sense and feel the smoothness and strength of the calligraphic stroke.” This piece received the Bronze and Judges award.

For a bit more of culture i also went to the Cantonese Opera Appreciation Class, i’m not really a fan of the music but i like the visual costumes and i’m willing to learn about it so maybe i can appreciate it more hence the appreciation class. This was also at the Heritage Museum and is on a Saturday, you can find out tour information on their site and the best thing is that it’s usually included in the entrance fee.

Back to the Appreciation class, the guide was a man called Paris and as you can guess he was rather on the camp side but that’s alright since it’s normal for men to act out women roles. He was actually quite impressive as whilst he was telling us background information, character types, and specific movements to each person he also provided a demonstration on both male and female roles (at the same time.) So whilst i’m still not a fan i can understand it a little better, maybe i can be converted but don’t get your hopes up.

Another exhibition that was on was the Creative Ecologies which included Danny Yung’s Tian Tian. (Unfortunately this was a no photography zone so i only got photos of display outside which incorporated Yung’s Tian Tian and other creatives to design and play with the figurine.Here’s a picture of the 1881 Heritage Display in Tsim Sha Tsui while i was passing, nice typography can anyone guess what it is?

I really liked the signage for the K11 Gallery Shopping Mall, very modern isn’t it? Love how the display develops over the ceiling.

Another little treasure that i found was the DNA Galleria in the Tsim Sha Tsui area. The bright vibrant neo lights on the walls and escalator are alluring just like how a fly is attracted to the light i was captivated and got curious so went up and had a look, had the usual quirky shops, a few clothes shop and some shops dedicated to local artist’s craft such as jewellery and t-shirts. (Yes i bought alot of stuff here, got a very nice bag hehehe)

Ended the week with Wing wah’s cake making class where a group of us learnt how to make wife cakes. This was within the shop and if you’ve ever been shopping in Hong Kong space is pretty small so it was fun trying to learn in this environment and the class was slightly overbooked with having 12 people when it was only suppose to be 8-10 but all is good and as they say the more the merrier. The class itself was pretty good and whilst the cakes were being baked they served tea and cookies and we also got a little goodie bag. Well that’s it for the week.

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