HKUST Arts Festival 2019 - Art & Crisis - Plastic, plastic, every where!
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Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall & Chevalier Learning Commons, Lee Shau Kee Library
“Plastic, plastic, every where,
The fish are all bereft;
Plastic, plastic, every where,
Not a soul is left.”
Plastic plastic, every where! portrays a dystopian future where a frenzy of human plastic consumption (e.g., life saver donuts, telephone hotdogs) leads us past the point of no return. This global craze originates from the 2084 annual meeting of the Great Five Industrial Nations. At this meeting, the delegate from the imaginary country of Contradictoria (in the form of a pig) proposes that if animals can learn to eat plastic, why can’t children?
This joint exhibition between the HKUST Library and Center for the Arts features new and never-been-shown works from Fung’s award-winning series Plastic, plastic, every where!, including a site-specific forty-foot mural, large hanging scrolls, the complete short film and over thirty original paintings.
2019 Official selection. 5th International Motion Festival, the European University Cyprus, Cyprus
2018 50 Best Books for Secondary Students, Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union
2017 Winner of the Young Writers’ Competition, Joint Publishing and Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong
2016 Award of Excellence. Fourth Greater China Illustration Awards. The Hong Kong Society of Illustrators
2015 The Grotto Award, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
The fish are all bereft;
Plastic, plastic, every where,
Not a soul is left.”
Plastic plastic, every where! portrays a dystopian future where a frenzy of human plastic consumption (e.g., life saver donuts, telephone hotdogs) leads us past the point of no return. This global craze originates from the 2084 annual meeting of the Great Five Industrial Nations. At this meeting, the delegate from the imaginary country of Contradictoria (in the form of a pig) proposes that if animals can learn to eat plastic, why can’t children?
This joint exhibition between the HKUST Library and Center for the Arts features new and never-been-shown works from Fung’s award-winning series Plastic, plastic, every where!, including a site-specific forty-foot mural, large hanging scrolls, the complete short film and over thirty original paintings.
2019 Official selection. 5th International Motion Festival, the European University Cyprus, Cyprus
2018 50 Best Books for Secondary Students, Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union
2017 Winner of the Young Writers’ Competition, Joint Publishing and Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong
2016 Award of Excellence. Fourth Greater China Illustration Awards. The Hong Kong Society of Illustrators
2015 The Grotto Award, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Venue Opening Hour
March 11–24, 2019
1–5 p.m.
Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall
March 11–June 30, 2019
Chevalier Learning Commons, Lee Shau Kee Library
Opening hours: https://library.ust.hk/about-us/hours/
1–5 p.m.
Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall
March 11–June 30, 2019
Chevalier Learning Commons, Lee Shau Kee Library
Opening hours: https://library.ust.hk/about-us/hours/
Event Format
Speakers / Performers:
Michelle Fung Kuen Suet
Language
English
Recommended For
Alumni
Faculty and staff
General public
PG students
UG students
Organizer
Center for Education Innovation
Center for the Arts
Lee Shau Kee Library
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