Invited by the Cultural Studies Department, I gave a talk as part of the “Introduction to Performance Studies” course.
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research by wen yau
Performing Crossover: Variations and New Alternatives in Hong Kong’s Cultural Studies
Invited by the Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, I spoke at the ‘2018 Annual MCS Symposium – Performing Crossover: Variations and New Alternatives in Hong Kong’s Cultural Studies’, about how performance studies informs my practice as an artist/researcher.
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Dialogues on the Future of Engaged Art
I joined the panel with Cole Roskam, Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, and presented a paper on art in the post-Occupy spaces in Hong Kong.
The 10th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS10)
In the ICAS10, I presented a paper titled ‘From Improvisation to Transformation: Collective Connectivity in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.’
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廿年回歸前後話 Talkover/Handover 2.0
This is a project I co-curated on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Handover in Hong Kong.
PSi#23: Performance to the City: Hong Kong at the Overflow
In the Performance Studies International (PSi#23) annual conference, I convened the panel Performance to the City: Hong Kong at the Overflow and presented a paper ‘In the Name of Resistance: Over-performance and/or Slactivism?’
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A Venture into the crossings of the arts and civil society
– public lecture by Clara Cheung and wen yau
31 March 2017, 7pm
Connecting Space Hong Kong
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Does Political Art Matter?
In the panel, I discussed about my reflections upon what art can do to foster a stronger civil society in Hong Kong.
藝術、地方營造和抗逆城市 國際論壇 International Conference: Art, Place-making and Resilient Cities
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親愛的郭桓先生：
你好嗎？冒昧的給你寫信，除了因為久仰大名，還有是你的朋友都說你豪邁爽朗、不拘小節，也不擺架子平易近人。說起你時他們的眼睛都是閃亮亮的，有人說，沒有了你，澳門藝術就是若有所失一樣；也有人說，希望在澳門有多些性格像你的人；有人說沒有人會討厭你的；還有人說，你的一生色彩繽紛，會用不同的色彩迎難而上……道聽塗說也能讓你活現眼前，看作品猶然感受你栩栩如生。郭先生，你是怎樣一個鮮明的人，活在大家的心裏？如是，就在你離去了十多年之後，我才有緣跟你交錯，不慌不忙的搜羅他們說及你的故事，如同撿拾你散落到四周斑斕豐富的生命碎片……