******************************
The latest exhibition at Oi!, entitled "Before¡PAfter", is being staged until March 28. Visitors may bring new life to the artworks through participation, and reflect on oneself, history, the environment and social values.
Participating artists of the exhibition are Tung Wing-hong, Samson Young, the artist collective L sub and Song Dong. By showcasing a series of spatial installation and kinetic art works, "The Divided Bodies" by Tung Wing-hong changes the ordinary, visually led viewing experience of the visitors. Visitors are able to explore the senses of the body in a specific space and create their own physical experience and subjective awareness.
In "Stanley", a multimedia installation composed of a series of prints, neon signs, an indoor beach and a performance, Samson Young reveals the history of Stanley as a World War II battleground. His works resonate with the history of the war and the background of the site where Oi! is located and invite visitors to review the past as they stand on "silken sand under a sunny sky".
Presented by L sub, an artist collective comprising core members Pak Sheung-chuen, Lee Soen-long, Wendy Wo and Yim Sui-fong, "Hack" is a conceptual project that focuses on the tension between the public and the private, the official and the unofficial, and the seen and unseen testimonies of the participants and members of the public. Registered participants could spend the night at Oi! and create their own work of art or leave traces at the venue, extending the role of Oi! as a creative domain.
Song Dong's project "Doing Nothing Garden" builds a potted landscape on the lawn of Oi! using excess resources from the community and with neon signs highlighting the artist's notion on "doing something, doing nothing, wasting something and wasting nothing". The potted landscape is a "Freedom Ground" where visitors may hold their own activities to echo Song's views on doing something or wasting something.
For details, please visit the Oi! website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/APO/en_US/web/apo/oyip_beforeafter.html, or call 2512 3000.
Ends/Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
NNNN
