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social practices, social engagement, etc

Performing Protests: Performance as Tactics of Resistance in Post-Handover Hong Kong

April 18, 2018December 15, 2021 wy

Invited by the Cultural Studies Department, I gave a talk as part of the “Introduction to Performance Studies” course.

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Updated: December 15, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: activism, Hong Kong, presentation, research, social practices

中大藝術2018座談會:展演 = 行為 x 藝術?

April 6, 2018December 10, 2021 wy

Invited by the Art of CUHK, I joined the panel discussion with Yim Sui Fong, sharing my performative practices of contemporary art.

Read more “中大藝術2018座談會:展演 = 行為 x 藝術?”

Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hong Kong, performance, presentation, social practices

Performing Crossover: Variations and New Alternatives in Hong Kong’s Cultural Studies

March 13, 2018December 10, 2021 wy

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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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hong Kong, presentation, research, social practices

Dialogues on the Future of Engaged Art

January 14, 2018December 10, 2021 wy

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.

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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hong Kong, presentation, research, social practices

The 10th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS10)

July 21, 2017December 10, 2021 wy

In the ICAS10, I presented a paper titled ‘From Improvisation to Transformation: Collective Connectivity in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.’

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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, performance, presentation, research, social practices

‘Brushes with Authority’

June 22, 2017December 10, 2021 wy

by Enid Tsui

Wen Yau, a performance artist who joined an Occupy Central protest wearing a blindfold designed like the Chinese flag, is determined to foster more rational, calm discussion within the arts community for this year’s handover anniversary.

“There are so many divisions and not enough talking. It’s true even within the arts community,” she says.

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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: action, bibliography, curatorial projects, exhibitionTags: bibliography, curatorial project, Hong Kong, intervention, social practices

PSi#23: Performance to the City: Hong Kong at the Overflow

June 9, 2017December 10, 2021 wy

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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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hamburg, Hong Kong, performance, presentation, research, social practices

A Venture into the crossings of the arts and civil society

March 31, 2017December 10, 2021 wy

– public lecture by Clara Cheung and wen yau

Public Lectures: Curating for Social Change

31 March 2017, 7pm
Connecting Space Hong Kong

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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hong Kong, presentation, research, social practices

Does Political Art Matter?

March 24, 2017December 10, 2021 wy

In the panel, I discussed about my reflections upon what art can do to foster a stronger civil society in Hong Kong.

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Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hong Kong, presentation, research, social practices

藝術、地方營造和抗逆城市 國際論壇 International Conference: Art, Place-making and Resilient Cities

March 17, 2017December 10, 2021 wy
Art, Place-Making and Resilient Citites
Invited by the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, I presented a paper on Post-Occupy Art in public space in Hong Kong.

Read more “藝術、地方營造和抗逆城市 國際論壇 International Conference: Art, Place-making and Resilient Cities”

Updated: December 10, 2021
Categories: research, talk/panel/presentation, etcTags: Hong Kong, presentation, research, social practices

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魂游作品 work by wen yau

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    • Painting like an Artist (3)
    • Seeing is Existing (1)
    • TengSeWong/Voice Writer Series (1)

近期項目 recent projects

  • Performance Art Video: “Wish You Were Here” (2014)
  • SHKS Annual Conference 2023: Informal Cultural Practices: Memory, Counter-Narratives, and Resilience in Hong Kong
  • 網上書會:影像如何見證歷史創傷?
  • A Letter to Hong Kong
  • Art as a Gift of Empowerment: Civil Engagement in Hong Kong
  • 計劃趕不上變化——「社區連線」摸石過河後再說
  • PSi Neighbourhoods RoRo 2021: Performing Power and Dissent
  • inappropriate BOOK CLUB: Colectivos Situaciones’ “Politicizing Sadness”
  • Performing the Commons: The (In)elasticity of Social Engagement in the Face of Political Suppression
  • 織織復織織:如何編織共生並存的社區連結?

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