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HKU weekly notice (from November 22 to November 29, 2014)

21 Nov 2014

 

HKU Department of Geography to host Geography Day 2014
The Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Hong Kong Geographical Association will co-organise Hong Kong Geography Day 2014 on November 22 (Saturday) to discuss issues related to conservation and development in Hong Kong. The main theme of this year is “Bridging Conservation and Development: A Pathway to Sustainable Future”.

Opening Ceremony and activities:
Date: November 22, 2014 (Saturday)
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House, HKU
Time: 9:30am to 4pm

Programme outline, please visit: http://geog.hku.hk/geoday/Program%20Outline.html.
For more information about the event, please visit: http://geog.hku.hk/geoday/ or contact HKU Department of Geography Dr Li Jinbao (tel: 3917 7101 / email: jinbao@hku.hk).

For media enquiries, please contact Communications and Public Affairs Office Ms Rhea Leung (tel: 2857 8555 email: rhea.leung@hku.hk)

The Hong Kong Connection Before & After the First Lesbian & Gay March on Washington in 1979
The speaker Daniel C. Tsang, Distinguished Librarian at the University of California, Irvine, Libraries, will address the radical roots of gay liberation organizing and coalition building in the United States that culminated in the October 1979 Lesbian & Gay March on Washington, where he helped organize a gay Asian contingent. He will talk about how activism in the United States and Canada impacted the early underpinnings of gay liberation in Hong Kong. He also details the activities and writings of Sam Ng Siu-ming, from Hong Kong, who actually visited the White House as part of a delegation of gay people of color in 1979, and founded Pink Triangle Press in Hong Kong on his return. Ng was also the key individual to introduce early German gay liberationist Magnus Hirschfeld to Hong Kong readers. Tsang ends his talk by comparing the early gay liberation struggles with the activities of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.

Date:  November 27, 2014 (Thursday)
Time: 4 to 6pm
Venue: Rm 813, 8/F, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU
Language: English

For enquiries, please contact Ms Connie Ko by email at connieko@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2309.

ID Exchange — A Conceptual Photography and Text Project - Opening and Talk
Curator: Cheung Chi Wai, Kwong Po Ling Ida

ID Exchange is a locally originated photography and text project on-going since 2005. The project aims to understand how people living in Hong Kong think about apparel and fashion, and the meanings and symbols behind their choices. Subjects in the photographs are volunteer participants. Each participant chooses to exchange his/her outfit with another person of his/her choice innovatively. Cheung Chi Wai, a veteran and renowned photography artist, will then arrange dedicated shooting sessions with the volunteers and produce new photography works. Through this process, the participants will have a chance to explore and reflect on his or her self-identity. As of today, 20 exchanges have been photographed and documented.

Opening and Talk
Date: November 27, 2014 (Thursday)
Time: 5 to 6:15pm
Language: English and Cantonese
Venue: MC³@702, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Centennial Campus, HKU
Speaker: Cheung Chi Wai

Exhibition
Date: November 28, 2014 (Friday) to December 19, 2014 (Friday)
Venue: MC³@702, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Centennial Campus, HKU
Opening hours: (Mon - Fri: 10:30am - 6:00pm. Sat: 6 December and 13 December Only : 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Closed on Saturday 29 November, Sundays and Public Holidays)

ID Exchange Project:
Email: idexchange13@gmail.com
Website網頁: http://idexchange.wordpress.com/

MC³@702 Creative Space:
Email電郵: socimccc@hku.hk
Website網頁: http://www.mccc-hku.com

BigLove Alliance second seminar in HKU on gender and representation of this relationship in music
Two strong and powerful women, Dr. Ho Sik -ying and actress Charmaine Fong are the entertainers and tastemakers who are inspiring change and driving conversation of sexuality in Hong Kong. They will join hands with Dr. Travis Kong in leading us to explore the definition and re-imagination of sexuality and feminism.

Date: November 28,2014 (Friday)
Time: 6 to 8pm
Venue: MC³@702, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English

Facebook Event Page :
https://www.facebook.com/events/845587592128379/?context=create&previousaction=create&source=49&sid_create=2114392433

HKU MCCC Facebook FanPage:
https://www.facebook.com/HkuMccc

For enquiries, please contact Ms Connie Ko by email at connieko@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2309.

“Langue des Terres I土 • 話”  HKU Landscape Architecture exhibition
“Langue des Terres I土 • 話” is an art project by the HKU Division of Landscape Architecture. It aims to reveal the stories from the perspectives of the land. The “elements of the landscape” is taken as “first persons” to tell their stories. By listening to stories told by the landscape itself, with its own language, the relationships between landscape and culture are revealed in an alternative way. “Langue des Terres I土 • 話” is part of the “Shaping the Landscape I 塑造大地” Land Art Workshop + Exhibition Series. The series has created land art works in Pok Fu Lam, Lei Yue Mun, and Lam Tsuen before.

Exhibition
Date:  November 14 to December 2, 2014
Time: 10am to 7pm on weekdays, 11am to 8pm on Saturdays and Sundays
Venue: Ground Floor, 4 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

HKU “Shaping the Landscape” Course Website:
http://fac.arch.hku.hk/la/shapingthelandscape/

“Shaping the Landscape” Facebook FanPage:
https://www.facebook.com/shapingthelandscape

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Vincci Mak (tel: 3917 5654 email: wsvmak@hku.hk).

“Conforming to Vicinity – A Cross-Strait Four-Region Artistic Exchange Project 2014”
opens at the University Museum and Art Gallery
The project showcases the latest artworks by thirteen artists from Hong Kong, Mainland, Macao and Taiwan. The project is curated by the chief curator, Feng Bo-yi, and the curators of the four regions, Sarah Ng Sau-wah (Hong Kong), Noah Ng Fong-chao (Macao), Hsu Woan-jen (Taiwan) and Gou Xian-xu (Mainland) and is participated by thirteen artists.

Details of the exhibition
Period: November 15, 2014 (Saturday) to February 1, 2015 (Sunday)
Venue:  University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

For details, please visit www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk

In Search of Myself - Touring Exhibition of Artworks by Chui Tze Hung 2014
An exhibition on the paintings and calligraphy by Mr. Chui Tze Hung at the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole of the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Chui is a painter and writer. His works have been shown world-wide over 300 shows, and collected by Hong Kong Museum of Art, Vice President of the United States of America Art Gallery, Fung Ping Shan Museum, the University of Hong Kong etc.

Date:    November 12 to 23, 2014
Time:   Mon to Fri 10am to 5pm
            (closed on public holidays & university holidays)
Venue: Jao Tung-I Petite Ecole, HKU (Tang Chi Ngong Building, HKU)
Telephone: 3917 5598