In view of the current situation, the upcoming session of the series Civil Society and the Arts "Culture, Society and Epidemics" will be streamed live on ZOOM. Please register your participation here: https://forms.gle/auiv81omGakKMwBZ8 by noon on May 8 (Fri). (Online registration is now closed)
We will then send you a personalized invitation with your entry code on the day of the event. We look forward to your active participation on the other side of the screen!
Civil society and art are often in a dynamic interrelationship: social themes that are perceived as relevant and meaningful find their expression in the arts. And art offers a medium for social debates. Hong Kong, with its vibrant cultural and creative scene and a very active civil society, is an impressive testimony to this.
The Goethe-Institut is continuing its series of talks on the subject of civil society and art, which will focus on various areas in a loose sequence. The next event will focus on culture, society and epidemics: Our guests will discuss how societies and governments have responded to past epidemics, whether and in what ways this experience leaves deeper traces in the collective memory of civil society, and whether there are implications for art and culture. Comments and questions from the audience are welcome!
Sampson Wong
Sampson Wong, a well-known Hong Kong academic, artist, independent curator & urbanist: http://sampsonwong.hk/. He wrote his PhD on the Avian Flu epidemic: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Hong Kong, 1997-2014: Towards an Urban Biopolitical Immunology.
Harry Wu
Dr. Harry Wu, historian, Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong: http://www.bimhse.hku.hk/frontiers2018/wp-content/uploads/Harry-Wu_Bio_2018.pdf. Dr. Wu has applied historical and ethnographic research methods on several ongoing projects, including history of medicine, medical humanities and science, technology and society (STS).
Angela Su
Angela Su, visual, media and performance artist, based in Hong Kong, exhibiting internationally. Often informed by science, her works investigate the perception and imagery of the body, through metamorphosis, hybridity and transformation: https://blindspotgallery.com/artist/angela-su/. Recent works include her contribution to the exhibition CONTAGIOUS CITIES: FAR AWAY - TOO CLOSE at Tai Kwun 2019: https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/contagious-cities/angela-su
Vennes Cheng, a scholar, researcher, writer, and independent curator based in Hong Kong. Vennes Cheng, Sau Wai is currently a Ph.D. candidate of Art History of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Cheng’s research areas include Hong Kong art archive, archival art practices, and historical and mnemonic contingency.
For more information about the “Civil Society and Art” event series, please click here.
