Arts 6211 E Presentation Student CHANG Wing Sum

Arts 6211 E Presentation Student: CHANG, Wing Sum (Rachel) Student number: 03755113

2 ARTISTS: Amy LOEWAN & LEE Kit

Amy Loewan • Chinese origin Canada in 1978 • Occupational therapist • Promote peace, • harmony and understanding 8 values in relationships: compassion, forgiveness, gentleness, kindness, patience, respect, tolerance and understand.

Amy Loewan’s work • Illuminating Peace: – Peace Project (2001) –Large Scroll (2005) –Lantern (2009)

• http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ko. POja 8 IDf 0 • Illuminating Peace: – Peace Project (2001) charcoal, pastel, wood and Jasmine rice as the floor component 8 ft. x 4 ft. (each of 8 panels) – http: //amyloewan. com/Peace%20 Installations/a%20 Peace%20 Project/a%20 pea ce%20 project. html – Large Scroll (2005) 192” L x 44” W, rice paper, ink and charcoal. – http: //www. gallerieswest. ca/art-appreciation/reviews/amy-loewan%3 A%22 illuminating-peace%2 C%22 -gallery-2 -art-/ – Lantern (2009) – 8 large scrolls are connected to form an octagonal lantern suspended over a golden bed of raked wheat

Does Amy’s work involve Participatory art ? • http: //amyloewan. com/Pe ace%20 Installations/a%20 Peace%20 Project/a%20 pe ace%20 project. html

• work is a highly crafted presentation of a social and spiritual belief: The peace, in ourselves and with others, can be attained through acts of consciousness initiated by art.

• LANGUAGE is the most essential material in Illuminating Peace. • my art project, Mums Say – record the verbal and writing

• The Installation transforms the gallery sanctuary. • Quite similar – Kit LEE’s installation

Kit LEE • http: //www. lee-kit. net/ • Situation • Currency • Randomness

Best known with painted cloth and the activities organized around it, ranging from personal uses to public picnics and dinners. e. g. 2007 event ¾ suggestions for a better living Solo exhibition at Para/Site Art Space, 2007 http: //www. leekit. net/search/label/2007%20 event

2006 EVENT • http: //www. leekit. net/search/label/2006%20 event • Constructed room with hand-painted cloth inside • Lunch with a friend in the prison • Letter, invitation

Lee Kit, hand-painted cloth Acrylic and Ink On Fabric 244 x 153 cm 2007 Courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery

• http: //vitamincreativespace. blogbus. com/logs /38684399. html

Hand-painted Cloth as Window Curtain, Acrylic on Fabric, Photo, Dimensions Variable, 2008, Courtesy of the artist and Osage Galler

2011 Art Basel in HK Model home 350 square feet 4 parts Role play -

‘My pillow seems like a bed, a pillow seems like my bed. ’ 2008

My Project • Miss Mother in the st 21 Century

Introduction Society - changing Mother’s role, work, habit and attitude 3 generations : 50 s-60 s, 70 s-80 s, 90 s-2000 s Main Question: What your mother always says to you? How they think about their mother.

• Time to think about our own MOMs

• • series of local animation. The screenwriter of the animation Yeung Sin Ling , illustrator is Lau Sze Kit. 我阿媽係外星人 My mom is an alien （第一集） • • • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=xf. HRQn. WLd 3 g Ah Mou who was born in the 70 s. When he was young, he was fascinated with the world of superman and alien, thought that the superman would save him once he was in danger. When Ah Mou was getting to thirty, his hardworking mother got serious illness and was sent into hospital. Ah Mou needed to deal with the housework after work, but seemed those easy housework could not be done perfectly even he did try, it made him recall the old days. . . In the old days, when he was a kid, his mother could take care of seven kids at the same time, and could be able to finish every 'impossible' housework, she ate less but did get fatter and fatter, there was no money at home but she could have money to cook food for the kids on the following day, she was not afraid of mice, spiders, she never got sick, never cried, never got old. . . When Ah Mou was young, he thought his mom was an alien, while he grew up and thought that mum was such powerful, so changed his mind, thought his mom was a superwoman from the other planet. The end of the story, Ah Mou's mom passed away, but actually she only went back to her own planet to enjoy her life, playing Ma Jok with her friends. Ah Mou figured out that he and other brothers/sisters adored their mom so much, loved her so much and found their mom was the greatest! eng / 簡體sub( PART ONE ) 我阿媽係外星人二my mom is an alien http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-qk. EF 6_t. UGQ • eng / 簡體sub( PART TWO) 我阿媽係外星人 二 my mom is an alien 2 with • • • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=XIk_6 u. Iop. Q 4 My Mom is an Alien 3 (subtitle) http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=f. S 97_j. PIl_E&feature=youtu. be

1. Record language (written + verbal) 2. Collage the written record 3. Making model with clay. Q: How to present the clay? disguise MC introduce mother as a candidate for the 'Miss Hong Kong/Miss World‘ -----

• T Thank You!!!