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HKU weekly notice (from August 27 to September 3, 2016)

26 Aug 2016

 

HKU DreamCatchers 100K Entrepreneurship Seed Fund Final Pitch
Final Pitch of the first HKU Entrepreneurship Seed Fund, DreamCatchers 100K, will be held on 28 August (SUN). The 18 finalists, led by HKU students and young alumni, will pitch their business idea or prototypes on the day to compete for TEN $100,000 seed fund awards.

Some of the teams include:
Sharelock (Bike lock that allows people to rent bicycles, anywhere, anytime)
MedEXO Robotics (Exo-Stabilizer: Public Affordable Wearable Robotic Device for Parkinsonʼs Disease Patients)
Movabar (TA Platform (Web & App) and System for Off-Site Food & Beverages (F&B) Catering Services)
Motion (An affordable, self-contained solution to motion tracking and sports training for hobbyists and professionals alike, which folds and can be driven hands-free safely)

Event details
Date: 28 August 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English

Programme Rundown:
1:00pm     1st Session of Pitching
2:15pm     Break and Networking
2:45pm     2nd Session of Pitching
4:00pm     Judges Deliberation & Networking & Live Voting (Decide People’s Choice Award)
5:00pm     Results Announcement

Enquiry: Technology Transfer Office Mr Laurence Tang (Tel: 3917 1714/ 6076 9413; Email: laurence.tang@hku.hk)
Development & Alumni Affairs Office Ms Polo Leung (Tel: 39171732; email: pololeung@hku.hk)

Exhibitions at the HKU Main Library refurbished atrium
Painting Everyday Life in Myanmar exhibition

Period: June 13 to September 9, 2016

In coordination with Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at The University of Hong Kong and his Thukhuma collection, The University of Hong Kong Libraries will exhibit a collection of contemporary paintings by Myanmar artists.

About the collection
The Thukhuma collection is personal and partial. It does not display the full range of paintings now being produced by Myanmar artists, and certainly there are major gaps. The guiding principle is to present multiple artistic perspectives on a society in transition. Most of the paintings thus date from the past few years. http://thukhuma.org/

Venue: 2/F Atrium/Exhibitions Area, Main Library, HKU

Media Contact:  Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903

UMAG exhibitions
1. Painted Ceramics: Contemporary Treasures by Jingdezhen’s National Masters from the Lamda Foundation -- Reinterpreting Porcelain Decoration

Period: August 19, 2016 (Friday) to October 23, 2016 (Sunday)

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will present Painted Ceramics: Contemporary Treasures by Jingdezhen’s National Masters from the Lamda Foundation. Often celebrated as the most Chinese of all art forms, the tradition of porcelain making and decoration in China is wellknown and exhaustively studied. Lesser known in this millennia-long history are the artworks by twentieth-century national masters who have continued their country’s ceramic practice and achieved treasures representative of their heritage.

This exhibition introduces Jingdezhen as a manufacturing site for artefacts and it focuses on individual talents and the fame of a few master craftsmen, as well as their history and the uninterrupted production of unique high-quality porcelain objects of inherent beauty. The mastery and endurance of individual painters has left us an array of vessel shapes, compositions and iconographic subject matter that is, at times, both historic and contemporary. Displayed for the first time in public, these 44 artworks by 38 ceramicists represent the strength and ability of Jingdezhen’s artistic community through changing times.

Venue: 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. When old meets new Spanning Time: Revisiting the Aesthetics of the Northern Song Dynasty through Contemporary Chinese Photography

Period: June 9, 2016 (Sunday) to September 4, 2016 (Sunday)

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and CAFA Art Museum (CAFAM) co-organise an innovative exhibition, presenting works by three artists from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) – Yao Lu, Wang Chuan and Miao Xiaochun. Through their photos and videos, each artist reveals the social landscape of contemporary China and the aesthetic relationship between contemporary art and traditional Chinese culture.

Guided Tours, please click here.
Photography Workshop, please click here.

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

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

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

For guided tours and other exhibition-related activities, please click here.

Connect with UMAG on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umag.hku
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UMAG_HKU
Instagram: #SpanningTime, #HKUMAG
Weibo: @香港大學美術博物館UMAG

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