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HKU weekly notice (from January 26 to February 1, 2013)

25 Jan 2013

HKU Science and Art Crossover One-day Programme – Visualizing Science via Creative Lens & Interactive Art for Secondary School Students
Science and art, intertwined yet pole apart, were the twin dynamic components in the cultural development of any civilizations. However, people often merely consider their polarity, which leads to the partitioning of curiosity, inquiry and knowledge into specialized compartments. The lack of holistic views in science and art leads to cultural stagnation. Some artists and scientists have sought freedom from specialized compartments and definitions by pursuing larger cultural questions, removing their isolating disciplinary blinders. Many illustrations were indeed mathematically inspired and carried many hidden formulae and patterns. Those who appreciate science in artistic sense can see the beauty of science in a different aspect.

Dedicated to promote science literacy to the community and nurture our younger generation's interest in science, the Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong organized the Science and Art Crossover Project. The project basically comprises two parts, a one-day programme to be held on January 26, 2013, followed by an exhibition of completed artworks. The one-day programme aims to visualize science in an artistic and interactive manner, of which our science and engineering professors will deliver interesting science talks, and our art experts will offer free hands-on Science and Art crossover workshops to junior secondary school students.

Details are as follows:

Date: January 26, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 8:30 am to 6:00 pm
Venue: CPD-3.28, 3/F, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, Main Campus, HKU

Programme highlights*:
Talks
• Geometry and Origami
• Lotus Effect
• Science of Painting
Workshops
• Capture the Moment in Laboratory
• Unwrapping Science in Art
- Platonic and Archimedean solids + String Arts
- Painting on Canvas
• Create the Impossibility by LEGO® - Learn Escher, Go On!

Over 100 students will be engaged in the one-day programme, and students’ artworks from the programme will be showcased at the Science & Art Crossover Exhibition at various locations such as secondary schools, museums, and shopping malls for the following 6 months.

Please visit http://www.scifac.hku.hk/news/media?page=1 for pictures download. For press enquiry and interview arrangement, please contact Ms Cindy Chan, Communication Manager of the Faculty of Science at 2241 5286 / 6703 0212 or email: cindycst@hku.hk ; or Dr Benny Ng, Programme Director of the Science and Art Crossover Project by email at ngbenny@hku.hk.

The Faculty of Arts Celebrates its Centenary with a Thought-Provoking Work by Digital Artists OpenEndedGroup
The Faculty of Arts is celebrating its 100 Year Anniversary with an exhibition that unites the past and the future in a thought-provoking work by digital artists OpenEndedGroup. Founded in 1912, Arts provided a home for a number of departments which are now located in other faculties, including science, education, and social studies. This digital installation invites us to think anew about the interconnectedness of these disciplines by creating a work that references literature, music, cinema, philosophy, and the history of science. It also challenges us to explore the new spaces of the Centennial Campus and reflect on the tremendous benefits the arts and humanities bring to our lives and the places we interact in.

Public Talk and Opening Reception
Date: January 29, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: CPD-LG.07, Centennial Campus

Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser of OpenEndedGroup will discuss their work and their use of software and capture technology.

Exhibition Details
Date: 28 January to 6 February 2013
Venue: Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre Foyer, Centennial Campus

The Exhibition will feature two excerpts from the OpenEndedGroup’s work Upending, which takes the form of 3D cinema. Ordinary objects, spaces, and bodies are probed and queried from unfamiliar perspectives. The play of images is accompanied by a recording of Morton Feldman’s first String Quartet by the FLUX Quartet.

OpenEndedGroup is comprised of three digital artists – Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser – whose pioneering approach to digital art frequently combines three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering; the incorporation of body movement by motion-capture and other means; and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence.

The OpenEndedGroup installation is curated and designed by Dr Eric Schuldenfrei of the Faculty of Architecture. This event is held as part of the Faculty of Arts Centenary Celebrations and is generously supported by the HKU Culture & Humanities Fund.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Georgina Challen, Public Affairs Manager, Faculty of Arts (tel: 3917 4250 email: gchallen@hku.hk) or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

Faculty of Arts Holds Exhibition Opening and Memorial Gathering for Professor Leung Ping-kwan (Yesi)
The "Good Company: Leung Ping-kwan's Hong Kong" Exhibition commemorates the work of our city's foremost literary voice, Yesi, who sadly passed away on January 5, 2013. The exhibition is inspired by Leung Ping-kwan's collaboration with 10 artist friends and communicates their shared vision of Hong Kong. Five of the exhibits have not been shown before.

Poetry and literary creation were central to Yesi's life; so was friendship. The exhibition shows how friendship and poetry can nourish each other, displaying the author's poems alongside his friends' photographs. It also offers a bibliographical survey of Leung Ping-kwan's work in three genres - poetry, prose, fiction – from earlier to more recent times. The exhibition, held as part of the Faculty of Arts Centenary and co-organized by the University of Hong Kong Libraries, will run from 30 January to 1 March 2013.

The Opening Ceremony for the exhibition will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, 30 January 2013. The Dean of Arts, Professor Kam Louie, University Librarian, Mr Peter Sidorko, and Professor Elaine Ho of the School of English will officiate at the Ceremony.

Opening Ceremony
Date: January 30, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Atrium, G/F, Main Library, HKU
Language: English

The Opening Ceremony will be followed by a Memorial Gathering, led by Dr Esther Cheung, staff, students and alumni of the Department of Comparative Literature:

Memorial Gathering
Date: January 30, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Venue: 1/F, Special Collections, Main Library, HKU
Language: Cantonese and English

Elderly Financial Management Press Conference
Due to the phenomenon of an aging population, the concern for financial management of older people has been raised to attention. The Cadenza project: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors, supported by the Jockey Club Trust Fund, conducted the Elderly Financial Management research project, together with the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Its aim is to explore the nature and prevalence of financial management of Hong Kong older people by non-professional financial managers (e.g., family members), as well as to raise the importance of formal financial management methods, so as to lower the occurrence of elderly’s financial abuse in Hong Kong.

Date：      January 31, 2013（Thursday）
Time：      11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue：   11/F Chamber, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Target：   Social workers, social service sectors, public and related personnel

Speakers：

Professor Jean Woo       Project Director, CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors
Dr. Eric Chui                    Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU
Dr. Rebecca Ong             Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Contact: Dr. Eric Chui, Associate Dean of Faculty of Social Science (Tel: 3917-2074/Email: ericchui@hku.hk )

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