: knitted graffiti wonderland :

girls love to decorate stuff around when they feel bored... like their rooms, closet (hehe... in another way), kitchen, shelves, boyfriend (play dress-ups?). and it's a norm to have too much stuff going on and might at the end look a bit tooo much.

textile artist Magda Sayeg founded Knitta Please - a knit graffiti group credited with spawning the international yarn bombing movement (it's on June 11 this year!). Magda continues to install her work around the world in commissioned exhibitions and on her own renegade travels, in addition to hosting workshops, teaching classes, and leading community projects.

i'm loving her attitude to make the world look colorful and happy =)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DANLg-hD29A]

 

and they have done this installation in The Blanton's Faulkner Plaza - the trunks of all 99 trees in between the museum's Michener and Smith buildings have been covered with colorful yarn, crafted by over 170 local volunteer knitters. great community effort to spice up the space with beautiful harmony with the nature

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I6YGpWKAak]

i wanna be part of it... but i need to pick up knitting again first... don't wanna leave holes all over.... wonder if they are interested to come to hk... this is just fun and exciting!

: LUSH How - Batik :

traditional batik is simply an art for fabrics. batik is a way of manual printing using wax-resist dying technique. it is found mainly in asian countries such as india, indonesia, sri lanka, china, japan.. etc.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XdjebgIL5k]

: "street" art :

lovin' it!

: semi-permanent opening:

i love parties in Lane Crawford... the best thing is you can shop around with your drink in hand =P

if you are interested in arts of any forms, be it installation, painting, photography, video...etc, better go check out the semi-permanent seminar today till sunday!

 

speakers:

Danielle Huthart, the founder of Whitespace

Douglas Young, co-founder of G.O.D.

Rain Li, one of the region’s most sought-after cinematographers

Simon Birch, a local Hong Kong artist

Stanley Wong ping-pui, “anothermountainman”, home-grown artist and Regional Creative Director at Bartle Bogle Hegarty in Singapore, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Creative Chief Director at TBWA in Hong Kong and Chief Creative Officer/ Film Director at centro digital

Christian Alzmann of Industrial Light & Magic, the 40+ Academy Award-winning motion picture visual effects company that was founded by George Lucas in 1975 to work on Star Wars.

Photographer and filmmaker Nabil Elderkin who has worked with celebrities Kanye West, Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dogg and Seal.

Andy Fackrell of 180 Amsterdam, the creative agency behind the adidas “+10” World Cup campaign.

Conny Freyer of Troika Design Group, an agency widely known for experiential artwork.

Paul Graham of Anomaly, a ground breaking digital agency, named one of the world’s 50 most innovation companies and with Emmy awards to its credit.

Kayt Jones, Fashion photographer of the year 2009.

John Merrifield, TBWA's Creative-at-Large and multi-award winning creative director who was named Asia’s creative of the year in 2004 and 2008.

Grammy award-winning graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister .

Hidechika & Tetsuya Tsukada, Dainippon Type Organization experimental typography performers who disarticulate or combine Japanese characters.

Theo Watson of openFrameworks, an interactive design artist who works on projects from creating new tools for artistic expression, experimental musical systems, to immersive, interactive environments with full-body interaction.

Danny Yount of Prologue Films, an Emmy-winning visual effects artist and director main titles for feature films and TV, most recently Tron Legacy and Ironman 2.

 

 

 

tickets are almost out! get them at HK Ticketing quick!

 

 

 

: farewell fair-well :

i'm officially free! free to focus on things that i really love to work on... actually some of you might know i've already started some projects (but for those of you who don't know yet, stay tuned! lots of updates here*). being an 80% visual and 20% audio-sensitive person, it is very natural for me to pick this direction. it took me some time to struggle between the interest and reality but i got too tired to a point that i've decided to give it a try.... at least i have the youth to afford to fail (touch wooooood!)

i truly need all your support out there and please do feel free to give me comments on the upcoming creations =)

baked these cookies for my lovely colleagues before i left... somehow i don't care if they like it but i really love the taste and ribbons =P

xxx

g.

: Prison Break :

 

This is my first time going into a prison.... This is one in Central HK, which has a long history. It has been made empty and is now used for selected design/art exhibitions. Frankly, the first impression was kinda cold. There are some dark rooms which you can imagine what would take place in there. Seriously, I wouldn't expect so many detailed rules in the area. It's a nice and quiet place but too much history and happenings.

 

 

: hope & glory :

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Hope & Glory Art Exhibition by Simon Birch