藝術及檔案的偶然性 | 綫上座談預告 | 李繼忠

藝術家李繼忠參展的“非歷史：檔案作為繞途”於9月24日至10月8日在香港Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery展出。9月26（週六）下午3時至5時，李繼忠還將參加作為展覽延伸活動的綫上座談會：“藝術及檔案的偶然性”。展覽及座談會直播詳情請參看：https://www.facebook.com/events/583329625641079/

時間：2020年9月26日 （星期六），下午三時至五時

語言：英語

講者： 

Prof. Elmo GONZAGA（中文大學文化研究系副教授）、楊北辰

（北京中央戲劇學院講師／流動影像檔案研究員）、李繼忠（藝術家）、黃榮法（藝術家）

主持：鄭秀慧（策展人）

美國藝術史學及藝評家賀爾・福斯特認為在藝術中的檔案並非關注資料及作為歷史學佐證資源，藝術不是機械式程序的重覆。反之，在藝術中的檔案具細碎及反抗本質，它們呼喚著各種詮釋。檔案在傳統中跟歷史學是盟友，守護著主流的歷史敍述。就如個人檔案一樣，藝術家檔案及檔案藝術中奇異的特質，構成具顛覆性的場域去粉碎檔案的穩定性，以及對其修改及重測。因此檔案挑動可能為藝術或歷史再次更新出發點。綫上座談會：“藝術及檔案的偶然性”是展覽「非歷史」的申延活動，展覽以檔案的「繞途」作為錨點，籍著研究夏碧泉檔案及檔案藝術，探索另類的歷史視角，並指出歷史的不完整及為恆常修訂提供開放的一块。

李繼忠的創作主要關注歷史事件、政治體制和意識形態。李氏關注香港政府管理歷史檔案上乏善足陳情況，以及其拒絕成立〈檔案法〉；因此，李氏透過一系列行動、研究、影像、和裝置來回應固有的歷史陳述和編纂方式。李氏於2017年開展了五個以「遷移與流徙」作命題的相連項目系列——在泛亞洲脈絡中的歷史與社會意涵為基礎，探索人口與物質流轉，以至地源政治論述。在李氏的長期研究項目 「人人檔案」，他跟不同的政府機構展開對話與協商，以探討歷史檔案在社會政治架構上的狀況。李氏在2014年於香港城市大學創意媒體學院完成碩士學位。李繼忠於2018年獲香港藝術發展局頒發「2017藝術新秀獎（視覺藝術）」。近年展覽包括: 「進退維谷」(2020)（北京）、「赤字團」(2019)（北京）、「Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018」(2018)（首爾）、「上海雙年展2018：禹步—面向歷史矛盾性的藝術」」（上海）(2018)、「造動: 2015 亞洲藝術雙年展」(2015)（台中）。

Date: 26 September 2020 (Saturday)

Time:  3 – 5 pm

Language: English

Speakers: 

Prof. Elmo GONZAGA

Department of Cultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Yang Bei Chen

Lecturer, Central Academy of Drama, Beijing

Lee Kai Chung

Artist

Morgan Wong

Artist

Moderator:

Vennes Cheng

Curator 

Link: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/583329625641079/

Hal Foster, the American art historian and critics, asserts the archives in art are by no means concerning the database and evidential resources for historiography, namely a machinic reprocessing; rather, they are fragmented and recalcitrant materials that call for human interpretations.  Archive is often considered as testimonial resources in historiography; it conventionally is an assurance of the accomplished historical narrative.  With their eccentricity, artist archive - in so far as personal archive - and archival art practice constitute subversive apparatus to shatter, modify, and remap the stasis of archive; the archival impulse in art might offer point of new departure – in art or history - again.  Anchoring in the notion archival detour, the talk is the extended programme of exhibition ‘Non-history: Archive as detour’ that explores alternative historiographic perspective through investigations of Ha Bik Chuen Archive and archival art practices by the two participating artists.  The exhibition also asserts the productiveness of histories deemed incomplete as they keep the door open for constant revisions. 

LEE Kai Chung performs artistic research on historical events, political systems, and ideology. His work addresses the lack of proper governance over the records and forms of historiography. Through research, social participation and engagement, Lee considers the individual gesture as a form of political and artistic transgression, which resonates with existing narratives of history. In 2017, Lee initiated a pentalogy of projects that are under the notion of Displacement and Diaspora. Taking departure from the socio-historical implication under the Pan-Asia context, the series examines human dispersion, material circulation and their geopolitical relations. Lee’s ongoing research project Archive of the People addresses the political standing of documents and archives in the social setting. Lee Kai Chung was awarded Master of Fine Arts from School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong in 2014. Lee received The Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) of Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2017 from Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2018. Recent exhibitions and projects include Predicament (2020) (Beijing, China), The Deficit Faction (2019) (Beijing, China), Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018 (2018) (Seoul, South Korea), 12th Shanghai Biennale: Proregress – Art in an Age of Historical Ambivalence (2018) (Shanghai, China), and  Artist Making Movement – Asian Art Biennial 2015 (2015) (Taichung, Taiwan).