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Hong Kong old trams turned into Creative Communities
Alvin Yip launched a social innovation in Hong Kong by converting 5 trams into art, culture and creative spaces. Trams were “born” in Hong Kong in 1904. Great that they are still here on the Hong Kong island, meandering between the western end and the eastern tip. Comforted, we know they are not far away;…
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「文創移動」的創意野心：把香港百年電車變為「移動文化館」
學者古德明解釋：invention和innovation這兩個字都可以解作「發明」，但是invention指創造前所未有的東西，而在現有的東西進行革新，則是innovation；怪不得曾擔任香港理工大學「social innovation」中心總監的葉長安(Alvin Yip)會把始於1904年的交通工具「電車」，革新成為「移動文化會館」…..
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The wonderful mini-scale Play Reading by Fiesta Space
27-1-19 I went to watch “Play Reading” produced by a youth group Fiesta Space. The work is called Paid Moaning, a sad comedy about 4 unpopular gigolos with a poor boss and few bad customers. It is an amazing experiment: 6 actors just sat in front of 20s audience. They acted while reading the script:…
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艾菲斯劇團的《有料呻吟》讀演計劃：電影和舞台的「3D打印」可創出生機?
中世紀，有一門化學實踐，叫做「鍊金術」(Alchemy)，它是透過各式各樣的提煉方法，把一些基本金屬，變成長生不老的配方。鍊金術所累積的經驗及智慧，為化學帶來重大發展。 這套理論，應用在電影、文學、舞台等創作，會觸類旁通。我們有句話，叫「熟能生巧」，在創作過程中，可改為「鍊能生巧」。自古成功在嘗試，任何作品，要經歷過多次改良，才會提煉出爐火純青的成績。當然，這個千錘百煉的好方法，最難是找到老闆願意支付額外費用去改良作品…..
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Yang Hao Presents the 1st “Dance -up Comedy” in Hong Kong
20-01-19 Yang Hao who danced electrifyingly in China, Hong Kong and America, presents a unique “Dance-up Comedy” in Hong Kong on 25 & 27 January 2019 at Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road. https://www.taikwun.hk/en/programme/detail/jockey-club-new-arts-power-art-walk-x-heritage-wild-is-the-grass-series/301 Yang Ho is young & energetic. He is a truly international artist: he studied in Mainland China, Hong Kong (The Hong Kong Academy for…
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出類拔萃的香港人話劇《原則》：什麼是香港人的原則？
香港話劇團出了一部「驚喜度」百分之一百的小品，叫《原則》(Principle)，近來，重演又重演，老師、家長、學生都來看，很少見到一個話劇，老中青都喜歡，大家還站立鼓掌。《原則》，讓香港有了一個可以「長演」的本地戲寶。回歸後，二十年來，經歷過無日無之的社會爭拗，到底是什麼「原則」作祟？要尋求答案，香港人必看這個話劇…..
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Hong Kong Play《Principle》: Why social conflicts became our daily bread?
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, the biggest performing group in Hong Kong, presented a play called《Principle》. It is the best drama that I have recently seen. The story is about the headmaster of a school regulating that no student shall play in the playground without wearing sports uniform and shoes, as her “principle” is for their…
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去了台北第一屆「台北當代」：香港還是藝術市場的「一哥」嗎？
在亞洲，藝術領域方面，有一件事情香港是當「老大」的，那便是藝術品交易。 「藝術交易」未必和「藝術底子」有關，香港的根腳在乎四點非藝術因素：第一，我們沒有外匯管制，交易方便；第二，我們思想自由，沒有干預藝術品的內容；第三，香港低稅，展覽所達成的交易，幾乎是不用抽稅的；最後，在亞洲，除了東京和新加坡以外，香港是真真正正「世界思維」的國際大都會；不過，香港本身視覺藝術的高端人才單薄，在閃爍的藝術會背後，斯人獨憔悴…..
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《Taipei Dangdai》the international art fair in Taiwan in 2019: is it good?
The word “Dangdai” means “contemporary”.《Taipei Dangdai》is a Taiwan trade fair on international contemporary visual arts. I flew to support: the scale was relatively small as they had only 90 booths. Visitors were mostly local or from China and Japan. The exhibits could be more attractive. The location Nangang is slightly off the business centre. Unlike…
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誇啦啦劇場的破格教育【亂世梟雄】：沒有壞的孩子，只有壞的教育
談起教育，我是老派的。 「養不教，父之過；教不嚴，師之惰」：父母不應只是養活子女，而不去教育他們；老師教導學生，絕非只是傳授知識，要對學生嚴謹，教他們做人的道理…..