The South China Research Center (SCRC) is one of the institutions in the Division of Humanities at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). SCRC aims to establish and promote academic connections among scholars and institutions in South China studies. From organising field research, holding conferences, to collecting, editing and sharing archival and folk documents, they aim to position HKUST as a nodal centre of the network for scholars to exchange findings. Their goal is for their activities […]
Ms Lai learned to sing laments as a child and began to teach lament singing to her friends and neighbours in 2003. In 2015, Ms Lai collaborated with the South China Research Center of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to organise the Fisherfolk’s Lament Conservation Project, and began to train up future lament singers with the support of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office. Since then, Ms Lai and her students practice […]
Makie Chang is an indigo artist born and based in Hong Kong. She studied Textile and Fashion Design in Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her original indigo art was selected as a finalist in YDC (Young Fashion Designers’ Contest) in 2017. Chang believes in natural, organic creation of art and appreciates imperfections by embracing Wabi Sabi aesthetics. With her personal brand Makie Mori blending indigo with minimal design, she hopes to bring the art of natural indigo into people’s life […]
Beatrix Pang is a visual artist and an independent publisher whose early practice revolved around photography, lens-based medium and performance. Inspired by image reproduction in photography, they founded Small Tune Press which publishes and produces artists’ books and zines for Hong Kong art and cultural creatives. In addition, they are active in planning and conducting various cultural exchanges and educational programmes. In recent years, Pang founded the zine collective ZINE COOP to promote Hong Kong zine culture, and Queer Reads […]
Hao Lap Yan Benjamin was born and is currently based in Hong Kong. He considers himself as an interdisciplinary artist who spends half of his time in urban Hong Kong and half in rural. Hao received his BFA from RMIT and Hong Kong Art School in 2011 and gained his interdisciplinary art MFA from University of Hartford in 2018. His practice examines the relationships between human beings, nature and society, prompting reflections and reimagination to allow for diverse narratives and […]
Yee I-Lann A native of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Yee I-Lann’s creative practice encompasses photography, video, writing, textile and site-specific installation, drawing on the complex colonial history, global connections, cultural identities and socio-political matters of Southeast Asia. Yee obtained her BA from the University of South Australia in 1992 before moving to Kuala Lumpur in 1994, where she was actively involved in the art, film and underground music scenes. Since moving back to her hometown in 2017, she has been collaborating […]
Queer Reads Library (QRL) is a collection of books and independently published zines centred around queer narratives and themes. As a response to the censorship of ten LGBTQ-themed books for children and young adults in Hong Kong’s public libraries in June 2018, the Library brings together a selection of ‘queer reads’ for members of the public to engage with. In the spirit of openness and dialogue, Queer Reads Library serves as a testament to queer friends living in all societies, […]
Aarati Akkapeddi is an Indian-American cross-disciplinary artist interested in the poetics and politics of datasets. Their work explores how identities and histories are shaped by different methods of collecting, preserving and presenting data. They combine code, machine learning and analogue techniques (printmaking) to navigate these themes, and they often use family photographs and archival images as source material. They use algorithms designed for applications such as facial recognition with these images, creating performative rituals of information extraction. In working with […]
With a background in architecture, Angelidakis’s multifaceted practices engages with the analogue and the digital, virtual and physical buildings and ruins, and problems and solutions. Based and works in Athens, Angelidakis often metaphorically adapts historical narratives, etymologies and elements of Greek culture to address contemporary urgencies in the world. His recent series of interactive soft sculpture pieces titled DEMOS is multifunctional and transforms from monuments to ruins and public furniture with people’s collective intervention. Angelidakis participated in numerous international exhibitions […]
Sky Cubacub is a non-binary queer and disabled Filipinx artist from Chicago, Illinois. As a multidisciplinary artist and the creator of Rebirth Garments, they are interested in fulfilling the needs for disabled queer life, with an emphasis on joy, making a line of wearables that challenges mainstream beauty standards through centring queer and disabled people of all sizes, ethnicities, and ages. They are the editor of the Radical Visibility Zine , a magazine for queer and disabled people of all ages […]