No Money for Art VS. No Time for Art 《「無錢攪藝術」與「無暇攪藝術」》: Stop-Motion Video Art Exhibition - Primitive Contemporary II series 原始當代‧二單格動畫藝術展覽

原始當代‧二

《「無錢攪藝術」與「無暇攪藝術」》單格動畫藝術展覽

波蘭藝術家總表示「無錢攪藝術」；而香港藝術家總表示「無暇攪藝術」。波蘭和香港兩者都彷似是當代藝術中的第三世界國土，兩者都欠缺一些東西去成就藝術，而前者欠的是有形的、形而下的；而後者欠的是無形的、形而上的。這正正體現作為社會主義的社會(曾經)及資本主義的社會之間，互相欠缺的究竟是甚麼？而這個提問也將成為是次展覽計劃的重要探討方向。

是次展覽的背景是C & G(張嘉莉及鄭怡敏)於上月應邀到波蘭參與為期十三天的藝術交流計劃，駐場創作，透過向不同地區的參與藝術家分享、講述(sharing & present)創作意念與過程，去達到互相交流的目的。C & G藝術單位的藝術方向是回應社會、政治議題，與波蘭一直以來的主流批判式藝術發展方向不謀而合。所以C & G於是次交流活動的創作方向，都會是從批判角度出發。嘗試以香港人的目光，窺探和認知這片陌生的異國文化面貌。

為擴闊及加深「時間」、「金錢」、「藝術」與「地域」之間關係的枝節的探討，C & G邀請兩位本地及三位波蘭藝術家參與，以單格動畫為主要創作媒介，希望透過運用跨媒介的創作模式，透過原始的繪畫、身體語言；當代的攝影、錄像，製作成單格動畫，作為是次展覽計劃的創作作品，讓各位逐格思考「原始」與「當代」及「無錢攪藝術」與「無暇攪藝術」這個既空虛但貼身的議題。

來自波蘭的三位女藝術家的作品中，都不約而同地流露出一份為生存而拼搏的精神。作品意圖突顯年青一代的、尤其是女性藝術家身份的慾念，把漸起的權力、獨立的自主和大氣候養成的反叛，分別透過其工作、生活、情感表達出來。香港的參展藝術家，嘗試把日常繁忙工作經驗高度壓縮及把工作壓力高速釋放於若干分秒的單格動畫裡。展出作品反映藝術家十分明白自己的處境、明白自己身處的藝術社會是多麼狹隘。

本展覽於2009年10月4日(星期日)，下午6:30正式開幕，隨後7:00舉行藝術家分享會，主講者為是次展覽策劃人C & G (張嘉莉及鄭怡敏)，內容為他們在波蘭參與藝術交流計劃的見聞，展期至2009年11月29日。費用全免，歡迎各界人士參觀。

Primitive Contemporary 2

“No Time for Art” VS “No Money for Art” Stop-Motion Video Art Exhibition

“No money for art” seems to happen a lot in Poland, while “no time for art” is always true for Hong Kong people. Both Poland and Hong Kong seem to be the third-world regions when it comes to contemporary art. And, both are lack of something for art: the previous being more practical, while the latter more invisible. Looking into artworks evolved from the above phenomena, perhaps one can find out what a socialist society (used to be) and a capitalist society need from each other.

The background for the current exhibitions lies in the 13-day artist-in-residency program C&G (Clara Cheung and Gum Cheng) participated in Puck, Poland last month. Through artist sharing, presentations, on-site art-making and exhibitions, C&G had a fruitful experience of artistic and cultural exchanges with other 13 artists during the residency. The art direction of C&G has always been about important social and political issues, which is similar to the critical style of the major art trend in the contemporary Polish art scene. This time in Poland, C&G attempt to peek at and, further more, learn about the cultural scene of this strange piece of land with their Hongkongers’ perspectives.

In order to have an in-depth discussion on the relationships amongst “time,” “money” and “art” in different regions, C&G are inviting two Hong Kong artists and three Polish artists to participate in this exhibition featuring stop-motion animations. The artists make use of mixed media, like the primitive techniques of drawings and body languages, plus the contemporary science of photography and video art to create their stop-motion films. The primitive status of this medium will help artists slow down to have a sensitive taste of the contemporary issues frame after frame.

The artworks by the three female artists from Poland are full of energies to strive for life. Their pieces highly reveal the desire of the young generation, especially those with the identity as female artists. Through weaving different elements from work, life and emotion together, these three video works show the emerging power and independent autonomy of female, and also their rebellion spirit driven by the contemporary atmosphere. On the other hand, participating artists from Hong Kong attempt to highly compress the hectic experiences from everyday life and also highly release the great pressure from work into stop-motions. The works by the Hong Kong artists, more or less, exhibit the social entrapment in which these artists are living.

The opening for this exhibit will be on October 4^th, 2009(Sun) at 6:30pm. At 7pm, there will be artist-sharing session about the artists-in-residency program in Poland by C&G (Clara Cheung and Gum Cheng). The show will run until November 29, 2009, and it is free for public.

原始當代‧二

《「無錢攪藝術」與「無暇攪藝術」》單格動畫藝術展覽

本展覽為「拾月當代2009」活動之一

主辦及策劃： C & G藝術單位

邀請藝術家：香港—syan aka MC Yan、張震揚、張嘉莉、鄭怡敏(阿金)

開幕時間：二零零九年十月四日(星期日) 下午6:30

展覽日期：二零零九年十月五日(星期一) 至二零零九年十一月二十九日(星期日)

展覽時間：下午2:00-7:30，逢星期四、五、六、日、一，(星期二、三及公眾假期休息)

展覽地點：香港九龍太子西洋菜南街222號三字樓 (始創中心後)

Primitive Contemporary 2

“ No Money for Art VS. No Time for Art” Stop-Motion Video Art Exhibition

Presented by: C & G Artpartment