(本活動由韓國藝術策劃人Moon-seok Yi及Eugene Hannah Park策劃，主題為”Against the Dragon Light 03. Post-Office” -- For more info of Post-Office, pls scroll down)

內容 About the Workshop ：
1_以洋紫荊樹枝作燒炭枝的材料，製造屬於香港本土的原材炭枝
1_Make use of Bauhinia tree branches from Hong Kong to make charcoal sticks
2_實地城市寫生，並以非本土樹植根於香港繁華街道為背景，用以描繪香港的城市風景
2_Make use of charcoal sticks made in HK to do outdoor drawings of Hong Kong cityscape, and depict non-native trees on streets as the major background
3_洋紫荊炭枝將會寄給同期參與 ADL 計劃的南韓、新加坡和台灣的藝術團體，作延伸創作
3_Some Bauhinia charcoal sticks will be sent to other participating art organisations in South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan to extend the creative life of the Bauhinia charcoal

招募 Recruiting (成年人/Adult)：
-現居香港的1位台灣人+1位香港人親友
/1 Taiwanese participant based in HK now + 1 of his/her HK friend
-現居香港的1位新加坡人+1位香港人親友
/1 Singaporean participant based in HK now + 1 of his/her HK friend
-現居香港的1位韓國人+1位香港人親友
/1 Korean participant based in HK now + 1 of his/her HK friend

工作坊負責人 Workshop facilitator：
金@C & G藝術單位 | Gum@C&G Artpartment

時間 Time：
2021年11月13日(星期六)，下午1:00-5:00 | 13 Nov, 2021 (Sat), 1-5pm

地點 Venue：
維園 --> 灣仔 --> 金鐘
Victoria Park —> Wan Chai —> Admiralty
*香港銅鑼灣維多利亞公園 - 搜集洋紫荊樹枝
*Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong — to collect Bauhinia branches
*灣仔富德樓天台 — 燒炭
*Fu Tak Building Wan Chai — for charcoal burning
*中環、金鐘 - 市區寫生
*Streets at Central, Admiralty — for outdoor drawing

費用全免。建議參加者自備小食、飲用水、防晒、防雨裝備 |
Free of charge. Participants are recommended to take snack, drinking water, sun/rain protection tools.

活動現場會作拍攝紀錄，作為教學、宣傳、文獻檔案等非商業用途，不願出鏡朋友，請早揚聲
There will be video and photo documentation at the workshop, for education, promotional and archival purpose, (but not for commercial purpose). Please let us know if you would not like to be in the shots.

關於洋紫荊 About Bauhinia X blakeana Dunn: 1880年於第一代的洋紫荊薄扶林一破屋旁被法國傳教士發現，後期再移植到植物公園，1908年正式辨認為新品種，以當年港督亨利布力爵士Sir Henry Blake而命名為Bauhinia blakeana 。由於洋紫荊為不育樹，故繁殖方法常採用嫁接法或扦插法，所有洋紫荊都是同一棵洋紫荊母樹以無性繁殖方法產生的後代。一九六五年被選為香港市花．在千禧植樹計劃中大量被種植。

Bauhinia was first discovered in Pok Fu Lam next to a broken hut in 1880s by the fathers of the Mission Etrangérès who had cut the branches for transplanting. The species epithet “blakeana” in its scientific name was adopted for memorializing the 12th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Henry Arthur Blake and his wife for their contribution on botanical research and the Hong Kong Botanic Gardens (the current Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens). Hong Kong Orchid Tree was identified as a new species and named by the then Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department S. T. Dunn in 1908.
REF:
http://www.greening.gov.hk/.../com.../tree_species/0007.html
http://www.hktree.com/tree/Bauhinia%20blakeana.htm

About Post Office: Post Office is a project looking at independent art spaces in Asia as ‘a base for participation and exchange’ by utilizing a virtual postal system. In this project, ADL becomes the postal system and functions as an exchange platform and archive center. The participating spaces, as local post centers, organize and conduct workshops at their regions and exchange the relevant objects with ADL through the mail. Through the phenomenon of the post, ADL aims to question what would be ‘participation’ and ‘exchange’ valid in Asia in the time of the non-face-to-face. In the project Post Office, ADL aims to promote exchanges by collaborating with independent art spaces in the Four Asian Dragons, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong regions. In these regions, space has been understood as a field for gatherings related to the myth of community or an object of property speculation after rapid urbanization during the high-degree development period. The characteristics and meaning of space in the four regions, which have generated collective cultures and property value, are reflected in independent art spaces. )