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How Can You Take Steps To Equip Yourself To Be An International Artist―Experience As Your Reference From Hong Kong’s World Conductor Lio Kuokman (廖國敏)
23-08-20 Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ world-class orchestra conductor Lio Kuokman is young and energetic. He speaks like a lawyer, in fact faster, sharper and more precise than lawyers. In 2017, he finished his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, founded in 1900 and one of the ‘Big Five’ American orchestras. Now, he has a…
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The Swot Analysis Of Hong Kong Performing Arts Going Across & Abroad
09-08-20 Hong Kong is small: we have 1,106 sq. km of land and there are more mountains than surrounding flat lands. The population is about 7.5 million. The Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office reported that there are over 1,000 performing art groups in Hong Kong, staging as many as 8,000 performing art shows every year and…
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Never Good At Drawing? Let Ray Chow Break Your Padlock: Why Should You Paint?
15-07-20 Movie star Karena Lam(林嘉欣)once said, “I love art. I can see a lot of fascinating possibilities from a drawing.” Drawing is the art of representing, perhaps interpreting, an object, a scene or even a dream; or outlining a figure, plan or sketch by means of lines, colours and rendering of light and shadow. Does…
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Life Is Made Up Of Funny Little Things And Only The Lucky Ones Can Feel—Hong Kong Accomplished Comic Artist Maggie Lau
15-05-20 Comic books are a reflection of the happy and the sad. They also mirror the good and the bad. Comic artists tell you how they feel about the world by their characters. Mickey Mouse is happy and good. The boys of South Park are happy but bad. Spider-Man is sad but good. The Joker…
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“IT IS A BIG MISTAKE TO THINK OF A MARKET WITHOUT A NEW MARKET!” ——HONG KONG TV PATRIARCH NG YU COMPARES ART AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETS
12-04-20 One market leads to another. Doors are all locked when we cannot keep our own market. Instagrammer Caleb Hsu made this point, “When aesthetic purpose precedes exposure and sales considerations, art wins over entertainment. It starts with artistic intention and results in audience response. Entertainment is more about artifice, whereas art has a strong…
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HOW DOES ‘ART TRAVEL’ WORK IN HONG KONG—THE BOLD DREAM OF DAISY LI
28-02-20 Curiosity is an inborn instinct. We are in love with the unknown places away from Hong Kong, whether they are cities, mountains or oceans. We love to meet people whom we have never met and treasure the moment of encounter. There is no love sincerer than that for good sleep, food, shopping, spa and…
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OPINIONS FROM A YOUNG THEATRE PRACTITIONER ANGUS CHAN—HOW HONG KONG CAN TAKE DRAMA MORE SERIOUSLY
02-02-20 Opinion is a confession of character. Some listen too much to opinions and forget who they are. Some, while expressing an opinion, also live up to their own views and thus drive themselves to be a better person. I enjoy opinions. Most may not be inspiring but they do stimulate, getting me to think…
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IS TEAMLAB A WORLDWIDE MEDIA ART SHOCK?—VISIT TOKYO TO KNOW WHY
28-01-20 When the light is out, darkness returns. Colours are the power which influences a soul. Music gives wings to colours. Shimmering colours in the dark fly in different ways and they make you feel like walking in a surreal space and escaping from an artistic carousel. In many dark halls, you leave your footprints…
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GREEN & ART—THE YOUNG GENERATION OF SINO GROUP TOOK FIRST STEPS DOWN NEW ROADS ARMED WITH VISION
03-01-20 How would you compare environment and art? Both need our protection since two have been suffering from years of neglect. Environmental objectives are to conserve natural resources and, when possible, to repair damage and break bad habits. Artistic objectives are more than self-nourishment. Arts empower a society. They make considerable contributions to the well-being…