Art Project by CeCiLia Ho 
何穎妍2010多媒體藝術創作

Curator: Alvin Yip 策展人

Contributing Artists 參與藝術家
Chan Chung-Ki, Derek Que, Philippe Bonhomme, Benedicte Prud homme, Billy Li, Hermann Tang, Ka-ho Pang

The Journey

A happening between 13 March – 23 March, 2010

From the heart of Victoria Harbor, Qi was collected by people blowing into hundreds of balloons and was transported 2,000km to the rural Yunnan, passing through Hong Kong (ex-colonial city), 前殖民地香港, Zhenjiang (Industrial) 工業城市湛江, Baise (minority) 小數民族鄉鎮百色,  Luoping (agricultural) 農村羅平and Jianshui (ancient city) 古都建水.  Along this voyage, the artist provokes people with (the contained) Qi, that turns into a subject of occasion, conversation, participation, collection and at times illusion.  Arriving the gigantic rice terraces of Yuanyang雲南省元陽梯田, children villagers received the Qi and made performance of its release.

集香港人的氣於幾百個紅色氣球內,從維港出發,運送到2000公里外的云南省農村,途經前殖民地,工業城市,鄉鎮,古都等地。旅途上該有趣的藝術行動觸發觀眾思維而對藝術作出新定義, 而此互動交流亦成為這藝術項目的一部份。在最終目的地—云南省元陽大型梯田上, 孩子們一起把氣球擠破, 將香港的氣釋放到完全不同的世界。紀錄這次活動的錄影, 攝影, 繪畫和文字, 將會以多媒體形式展出。

Qi – a new geography

Transporting Qi denotes the circulating of formless strength in a body.  Here the individuals donate their Qi to give it form and trigger the circulation.  The travel of Qi from Hong Kong to China raises questions between the edge and centre, outside and inside, citizens and villagers, giving and taking.  We look for a critique on the possibilities of art in China – by understanding its beauty, language, people, traditions, space, speed and climate.