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HKU weekly notice (from January 31 to February 7, 2015)

30 Jan 2015

 

HKUL Book Talk - Old Hong Kong
Speaker:  Dr Peter Cunich
Moderator:  Prof John Carroll
Date:  5 February, 2015 (Thursday)
Time:  6:30pm – 8:00pm
Venue:  Special Collections, 1/F Main Library
Language:  English
Registration: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2015_01.html

About the Author
Dr Peter Cunich has been teaching history at the University of Hong Kong since 1993, but his first visit to the then British colony was during an airline stopover in 1986. Although his main field of research is late medieval and early modern English history, he has taken a keen interest in the history of Hong Kong and European missionary activity in China. He is currently Director of the HKU Centenary History Project, spending much of his spare time researching and writing the second volume of his definitive history of the University.

About the Book
Dr Peter Cunich’s latest book, Old Hong Kong, combines a stunning collection of photographic images of colonial Hong Kong from the FormAsia Collection with a descriptive text offering fresh insights into the early history of Hong Kong. Many of these images have never been published before, so they add significantly to our knowledge of Hong Kong's built environment and social milieu from the 1860s to the early 1940s, but they also create numerous problems of identification and interpretation. In this book talk, Dr Cunich will discuss the reasons for the recent surge of interest in historical photographs of Hong Kong and the ways in which these images can be used by historians and others to elucidate various elements of our local history.

Discovering Art – Fa Po Po's World
Fa Po Po made a living and raised four children by selling flowers. When she retired, she picked up the paintbrush and discovered her talent. She did not learn painting from a school or a teacher, but flowers stem naturally from her mind. Apart from painting flowers, which is her best known signature, she also combines what she sees in her daily life with her imagination and produced works consisting animals, human portraits and episodes of her past experiences. The fact that she paints on abandoned furniture and household objects such as wardrobe, mirror, and fans, etc. connects her works with the environmental protection agenda.

Art has brought big fortune to Fa Po Po—not in the sense of financial gain but in terms of friendship and social recognition. Her work first caught the attention of a prestigious Hong Kong artist and then widely reported by mass media through television programmes, magazines and newspapers, including the RTHK TV documentary Artspiration. Young people and students also love to visit her and listen to her stories. Her grand-daughter started a Facebook page “Fapopo 花婆婆” with now thousands of “likes” from all over the world. In late 2014, a major shopping mall in Tsuen Wan featured her solo exhibition.

Art comes from life, and art transforms life--this is what Fa Po Po illustrates. Please refer to the following details if you would like to see for yourself this hidden gem!

Exhibition:
Date: 20 January 2015 (Tuesday) – 14 February 2015 (Saturday)
Venue: MC³@702, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Centennial Campus, HKU

Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 10:30am - 6:00pm
Sat: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

For further information on Fa Po Po: https://www.facebook.com/faapopo

For further information on MC³@702 Creative Space
Email電郵: socimccc@hku.hk
Facebook Page專頁：http://www.facebook.com/HkuMccc
Website網頁: http://www.sociodep.hku.hk/mccc.html

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Executive Assistant Connie Ko by email at connieko@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2309.

"Conforming to Vicinity – A Cross-Strait Four-Region Artistic Exchange Project 2014" 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 http://www.hkumag.hku.hk/about_us.html

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