Human Graffiti - Call for Participants

Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to present a series of programmes under the topic of "The Body and The City" from August to October this year. The programmes include an exhibition, film screenings, and a community-oriented performative work in public space titled "Human Graffiti" curated by Lai Sim Fong Zoe and led by artists Mann Chan and Frankie Ho in August and September.

Tagging is one of the most common forms of graffiti, writers tag their names quickly in the public space with simple line drawing. The artists – Man Chan and Frankie Ho – will lead a group of participants to create individual tags, but with their bodies. In the workshop, a series of bodily and writing exercises will be introduced. Borrowing the concept and the form of tagging, Human Graffiti explores the themes of cityscape and bodies, personal memories and history, expressing and appearing.  The performance will be shown in a quick, ephemeral and instant manner in the public space at a particular time frame.

Recrutiment is now open.
Register here: https://forms.gle/JhGjSe1TT6NAtxCr7
Application Deadline: 23 July 2021

The details of the event are as follows:
Aug 3 (Tue) 7:30-9:30pm
Aug 7 (Sat) 2:00-5:00pm
Aug 10 (Tue) 7:30-9:30pm
Aug 14 (Sat) 2:00-5:00pm
Aug 17 (Tue) 7:30-9:30pm
Aug 21 (Sat) 2:00-5:00pm
Aug 24 (Tue) 7:30-9:30pm
Aug 26 (Thur) 7:30-9:30pm
Aug 28 (Sat) 2:00-5:00pm (Internal Showcase)
Sept 22 (Wed) 4-5:30pm (street performance)

Fee: free. Travel allowance will be given to participants with 80% attendance
Quota: 20
Age: 16 or above
All are welcome, no experience is required

Performance Curator: Lai Sim Fong Zoe
Artists: Mann Chan, Frankie Ho

Mann Chan
Playwright, Theatre director & Dramaturg  

Notably an edgy alternative playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg and theatre director with particular concerns on marginal groups and contemporary human anxiety. Acclaimed recent Plays included《The Great Little Depression》and the RTHK《Stories of Autism – Fishball》(2019 New York Festivals TV & Film Bronze Award). Hitherto Chan have created over a hundred TV screenplays, theatre works and collaborations with Choreographers. Some cross-cultural works were displayed in Japan, Singapore, New York, Beijing and Shanghai. Selective Plays were published in three Collections namely《Toodark》,《My2th》and 《Playshort》.

Ho Ching Yu
Choreographer/ Dancer Frankie   

Upon graduation from the Musical Theatre Dance Program of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts,  Frankie  continued her dance studies in the  U.S. at the Purchase campus of the State University of New York and the New York Broadway Dance Centre in New York City. Her studies in the U.S. were funded by the Music and Dance Fund Scholarship of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Under the joint sponsorship of the Jiri Kylian Foundation and the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Frankie attended a cultural exchange program at the Nederlands Dans Theater in Den Haag, Holland.
 
Frankie had also been a part-time dance instructor for her alma mater HKAPA (1998-2014) and she co-founded HOOK Dance Theatre, Hong Kong. Frankie is also active in the commercial sector,  creating dance pieces for TV  commercials,  corporate events, gala dinners and major hotel openings. 

Lai Sim Fong Zoe
Performance Curator

Zoe graduated with the Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Practice at University of Exeter (UK), learning from master Phillip Zarrilli in psycho-physical approach. She also got BA in Cultural studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ms. Lai works as an independent dramaturg in theatre and contemporary dance. Recent works include Remote Hong Kong  by Rimini Protokoll, Testimony by Rooftop Productions and Stay/Away by Hook Dance Theatre x Artistree. Her public education project for Tai Kwun: Edible Performance won the Good Design Award Japan 2020.