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ART INTO LIFE‧LIFE INTO ART
12-09-19 Art? What are you talking about? We don’t need art? Many things are called Art such as the art of living, playing, gambling or even sleeping; but not every word really means Art. Woody Allen once said, “Life does not imitate art. It imitates bad television.” I think people use the word ‘Art’ merely…
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COMPROMISE―THE DEATH ON AN ARTIST OR A LAWYER
02-09-19 It may be true. An artist strives for artistic perfection and so there is no compromise for what he is doing. The same case for a lawyer. He strives for justice and again there can be no compromise. Are art and justice absolute or relative? It is however unfortunate that for a man in…
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UNCOMMON COMMON―THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF SIMON YAM
28-08-19 Simon Yam is a stylish, energetic, veteran and extraordinary actor in Hong Kong. He has been acting from 1970s and never lived the same year over and over again. For him, life and career are about evolving mentally, spiritually & emotionally. Good appearance and acting are the 2 legs of an actor, though some…
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A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ENCOUNTER OF THE 2 SUPER STARS: JOEY YUNG (HONG KONG) & ES DEVLIN (LONDON)
22-08-19 What is an encounter? ‘In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit’. Es Devlin is a world renowned stage designer, well-known for creating large-scale performance…
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THE REMARKABLE ROLE OF GALLERY IN THE HONG KONG ART WORLD ―VISION OF FABIO ROSSI
16-08-19 Art galleries and auction houses are the 2 dominant players in the art world apart from art fairs. People look at them positively and negatively. Artist Robert Smithson said, “A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.” In…
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SENSE & SENSIBILITY: THE 2 NEW THEATRE BOXES OF ‘FREESPACE’ & ‘MGM THEATER’
05-08-19 Actress Stella Adler said once upon a time, “The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place where people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. The theatre was created to tell…
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FOREVER SAMMI, FOREVER VENUS
01-08-19 Sammi Cheng is a top pop singer in Hong Kong. In her forties and after 30 years in her singing career since the age of 16, she still retains the peak position as an idol and impacts millions of people in Hong Kong. She sings, leads the fashion trends, donates money, helps the young…
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HONG KONG LIFE AND ART CAN HAVE A ‘3RD DIMENSION’―YANG YUNTAO, OUR INFLUENTIAL DANCE DIRECTOR
28-07-19 Isaac Newton defined, “When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.” Can the 2 forces co-exist and form a new force which is more powerful and good? In life? In art? The Artistic Director…
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THE INVINCIBLE SPIRIT OF ‘KONGALS’―JOSIE HO’S 6 HARD TIMES IN HER LIFE
17-07-19 ‘Kongals’ (or Kong gals) refer to the modern Hong Kong women who are no longer men’s ‘half-time, downtime, spare time or sometimes’. Nowadays, women in Hong Kong are educated, independent, confident and free-spirited. Some ‘Kongals’ may turn annoying by acting like a queen or princess. They make life difficult for others by being demanding,…
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5 GREAT ASIAN FILMS ABOUT POVERTY & SOCIAL INJUSTICE―MUST-WATCH LIST
08-07-19 Grave poverty and social injustice are now a threat to human progress and stability everywhere in the world. Pope Francis said correctly, “Globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve. It is true that wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequalities have also…