2009-03-28 Ming Pao Weekly

  

  

  
  
We thank you for the editor's appreciation... We are on the ‘Editor's Choice’ on Ming Pao Weekly dated 2009-03-28! :)

Yet in the opening paragraph,「又或以大隻佬雜誌反對浪費食品的包裝」(highlighted) is a bit confusing...? One of our major projects,「大隻佬雜誌 /IRONMAN (editorial)」is focused on introducing bodybuilders' life and their values; 「反對浪費食品的包裝 /Wasting’s (packaging)」is re-introducing excessive festival food with new titles and taglines on packaging. Thus two projects are not really related. :P

So... please keep supporting our exhibition, and feel free to come to our 2nd stop @JCCAC which lasts till April 19!!

Thank you. :)

3/27 2nd stop @JCCAC opening!!

  

  

Thank you Mr Lau help setting up the spotlights. :)

Ah Tak's Lau-lau (劉騮) was really happy to have bananas. *lol*

Our ‘custom-special-made’ publication about our 1st stop exhibition at City Hall!!

*This book is not for sale at this moment...*

When you see our young ladies preparing the party table,...

And those mouth-watering food,...

We should thank you for their hard work in their home kitchens in the previous hours...

Pinky helped making pizza toast. :D

How wonderful!! :D

The opening time...

Our 2nd stop @postapoem, JCCAC - has begun!! :D

A gift for Mr Lau... thank you for your kindness and appreciation :)

Albert and Chiu-Lo (超佬). Funny. :D

Siu Hak's Panda & Ah Tak's characters.

(“Please come to their grad show~~~~!!” said Panda.)

Hey, what happened to the guy(s) at the back of the lift...

Hi Javin!

We thank you Fei-Gor Restaurant (肥哥) for their tables... *smile*

Taking a rest after the opening party... and the TV time :P

16 Visual Vibrations: REVIEW/ PREVIEW

  
  
We have just updated our “16 Visual Vibrations” (on the sidebar) corner, where you may review our 16 major projects - thank you so much for your appreciation at the City Hall stop!! - or preview - if you are planning to visit our 2nd stop @postapoem in JCCAC...

Just click on our different project titles under the “16 Visual Vibrations” corner on the left hand side of the blog will do.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (16 arrows pointing towards the column :)

Cheers :D

Visual Vibrations_ Wasting's

  

  

by Lam Wing Chung Agnes

“Wasting's” is a conceptual brand which sells different kinds of festival food, and reflects the issue of excessive food that is being wasted in big festivals in Hong Kong.

Rather than telling people “how to save food/ money” or “how to reduce festival (food) waste”, I choose to redesign the packages of festival food with new titles and sarcastic tagline – “The Goodness of Excessiveness”, in an irony approach. “Wasting's” can force its audiences to confront with their habitual manner, and consequences of wasting festival food in a compulsory way. Different subtitles or comments (statements) found on the packaging will sound sarcastic towards the wasters, or putting them into an awkward situation due to their prior act of creating (either voluntarily or passively) excessive festival food. It is like a “trap”; thus I wish the audiences can learn a lesson from it.

“WASTING’S”是一個售賣各種節日食物的概念性品牌，反映香港在各大節日時多餘食品的食物浪費。

與其讓人知道如何節省食物和金錢、或減少食物浪費，我選擇了重新設計節日食品的包裝，並加上新的諷刺性食品品名，以及標語“THE GOODNESS OF EXCESSIVENESS”。

“WASTING’S”強迫受眾面對自己這種習慣性的態度，與浪費節日食物的必然後果。如陷阱一樣，在包裝上不同的語句正是為了去諷刺及取笑浪費者；或將會讓人身處於製造節日食物浪費的笨拙處境。我希望看到這一份作品的人都能上寶貴的一課。

Visual Vibrations_ VOTE!!GOSSIP

  

  

by But Ting Yan Claudia

Election is a system to elect an eligible person for a post, it is supposed to be taken serious with integrity. However, in the process of election, the nominees, like a gossipmonger, will slander and defame on others in order to gain more supporters. In this condition, the ideology of an election has been changed. In my opinion, election is about gossip, and gossip is used as a weapon to make the election into a farce. A fictitious election is to let audiences aware that elections are full of gossips; the value and purpose of an election have become contorted.

This Campaign will focus on the elections in America, which are more familiar to audiences. Five icon as nominees will be symbolized by five different weapons, that fill with real examples of statements about gossip. These icons represent typical gossip in an election. Such as gossip that unveil by media, supporters attacking opponent nominees and nominees who accuse each other. By using these icons, their “achievements” in different fields will be illustrated. The aim of this campaign is to stimulate audiences’ mind ‘Do we vote for the gossip or the ability of the nominees?’ In additional, ‘Do we really need gossips in elections?’

選舉制度是要選出一位賢能的人作合適職位。一般而言，大家都會假設認為選舉是廉正和認真的。但在選舉中，就如流言蜚語一樣，參選人會誹謗對手以得到更多支持者，因而令到選舉的本義改變。我認為選舉有如流言蜚語，利用流言這種武器使選舉變成鬧劇。這個作品中的虛構選舉——就是讓觀眾知道選舉中是充滿流言，並且選舉的價值和目的都已被扭曲了！

本作品主要是針對大家熟悉的美國大選。五個流言蜚語字句所組成的武器，代表不同形態的參選人。這些參選人象徵在選舉中經常出現的流言蜚語。如傳媒揭發的流言，支持者對其他參選人的攻擊及參選人之間的互相指控等。這個作品的目的底是因為候選人的實際能力投票，還是受選舉中的各種流言影響投票？在選舉中，我們是否真的需要這些流言蜚語呢？