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HKU weekly notice (from November 14 to 21, 2015)

13 Nov 2015

 

An Evening of Poetry Presenting Z.G. Tomaszewski, Winner of the International HKU Poetry Prize 2014
HKU School of English is pleased to announce that Z.G. Tomaszewski has been selected as the winner of the 2014 HKU Poetry Prize for his manuscript All Things Dusk. The Prize Presentation will take place on November 17, 2015 (Tuesday) in the groundbreaking HKU Black Box Theatre. Z.G. Tomaszewski will be joined by renowned international poet and the Prize’s Final Judge, Li-Young Lee.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the ceremony. Details are as follows:
Date: November 17, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: HKU Black Box Theatre, LG/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

The HKU Poetry Prize welcomes submissions from poets around the world writing in English and who have not previously published, or self-published, a full-length collection of poems.

Public Reading by Award-winning Poet Li-Young Lee
HKU Poetry Prize Final Judge and award-winning poet Li-Young Lee will give a public reading from his collections at a separate event on Thursday, November 19, 2015.

Date: November 19, 2015 (Thursday)
Time: 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

Li-Young Lee is the author of four books of poetry, including, most recently, Behind My Eyes. Lee’s honours include fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, The Lannan Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, as well as grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

These events are organized by the School of English and supported by Hong Kong University Press, the HKU Culture & Humanities Fund and the Faculty of Arts.

For media enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan, Events Coordinator, Faculty of Arts (tel: 3917 4984 email: cyrusc@hku.hk).

Like.Follow.Comment.Repeat :A Mixed Media Exhibition
Like.Follow.Comment.Repeat is an art project that investigates how we present ourselves online, as well as, our online behaviors nowadays. Fundamentally, it takes images (profile pictures) and text (status) posted by the social media users as a starting point as a raw material, then develop into a series of mixed media works with usually found objects or merchandise from charity shops. Through these images and texts, it is not difficult to see collective behaviors, our influences by the mass culture, and the interconnectedness in modern society.

Artist bio:
Ko Lap Hang’s early works focus on using computer and electronic components to create installations, which has been publically shown in Brazil, Denmark, Hong Kong, Iceland, and United Kingdom. Lap Hang was granted a scholarship in 2008 from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for his MA Visual Arts (Digital Art). The subject matter of his recent works focus on the critical view of social phenomenon, such as consumerism, self-consciousness, digital technology and Internet addictions etc.

Exhibition Opening Hour
Date: November 5 to December 15, 2015
Venue: MC³@702 Creative Space, 7/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Time: 10:30am – 6:00pm, Mondays to Fridays
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

More information about MC³@702 Creative Space:
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/HkuMccc
Website: http://www.sociodep.hku.hk/mccc.html

For further enquiries, please contact Miss Connie Ko: (852) 3917 2309
Email: socimccc@hku.hk

UMAG exhibitions
1. “Mexican Big Bang” Famous abstract painter Roberto Turnbull
to exhibit first time in East Asia
Period: September 9 (Wednesday) to November 29, 2015 (Sunday)

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), in collaboration with the Mexican painter Roberto Turnbull and with the support of the Consul General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macao, presents the “Mexican Big Bang: Paintings by Roberto Turnbull” exhibition from September 9 to November 29, 2015. The exhibition is a selection of 26 remarkable artworks to introduce the work of the famous abstract painter for the first time in East Asia, displaying the painterly and architectural styles and themes that influenced his works.

Painter, sculptor and engraver Roberto Turnbull was born in Mexico in 1959, and his work has been internationally shown and collected since 1983. His paintings are often collages that contain sketches—figurative and abstract in style. Half factual document, half utopia, sometimes a dream or nightmare, many of Turnbull’s depictions are characterized by warm and bright colours and geometric forms that relate his two-dimensional work to three-dimensional sculpture and architecture.

2. “Mountains Ablaze: The Republic and the Sino-Japanese War (1912-1946)”
to display unique, historical documents of China’s past
Period: September 4 (Friday) to November 15, 2015 (Sunday)

“Mountains Ablaze: The Republic and the Sino-Japanese War (1912–1946)” is an exhibition detailing the history of China during the first half of the twentieth century from September 4 to November 15, 2015. Chinese history is world history --- the rich and wide-ranging selection of original archival documents such as manuscripts, letters, calligraphy and paintings that are rarely seen before will be on displayed to demonstrate not only the strength of its people but also that international connections, and public and diplomatic relations, are inseparable from China’s political and social developments.

This second sequence follows the first Mountains Ablaze exhibition: “Foreign Devils” and Chinese Patriots (1839–1911)’, which focused on the late Qing dynasty and Late Imperial China. Connected with the rise of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the present edition concentrates on the enormous efforts that went into building a republic and the foreign contact that influenced the politics of the day and China’s reception for years to come.

UMAG Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk

Admission: Free
Website: www.hkumag.hku.hk
Connect with UMAG on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umag.hku
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UMAG_HKU
Weibo: http://www.weibo.com/5411839295/profile?topnav=1&wvr=6

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk.