Several videos were projected on a screen showing a subject being followed while wandering. What got me was this video shoot in the Philippines, young boys were being followed (I suspected around Manila), while they gather old newspapers, used bottles or what we call Kalakal. In the video, you can see a lot of garbage on the street, a jeep passing by (confirming it was indeed in the Philippines), a stray dog, other people just passing by or just sitting around. What I reflected with this video was that despite poverty, these kids managed to play around and remained cheerful while doing their job. I can also see perseverance, there was hope.

This was another exhibition which shows various artists' works. There was no specific theme but each of us got interested in a certain work, waking up sleeping inspirations inside of us. My younger brother got hooked with the running man made from ink, while my husband was watching a video which shows different shoes in different parts of the city - I believe the video was quite long. I was hooked in another video showing Family History of certain people, probably random memories that touches them, something they will remember for the rest of their life.

We were looking at the huge collection of Chinese Bamboo carvings donated by Dr. Ip Yee.

A Fishing Harbour Dated 1997 Artist's Statement: Small painting, large fishing port, where black and white jostle in proximity and in conflict. While painting at a fishing port one year in the 1980s a storm rolled in, and I witnessed the scene of a flotilla of fishing boats hurrying to port for shelter. I sketched frantically and managed to catch the details. Several years later the sketch served as the basis for some large-format and medium-format works, in which I discarded the extraneous anecdotal details of the boats in an attempt to concentrate on atmosphere, balance, rhythm, and mystifying mathematics. Ironically, the motion resonance and spirit to which I aspired were caught in this, the smallest of the group of works.

Puzzlement Dated 1998 Artist's statement: Flowing lines, intermittent dots, random shapes, the leaping and falling of colours... when they gather in the same space, they are like fierce snow that sweeps across the good and beauty of the mundane world, bewildering viewers with its indiscernible appearance. Representational subjects are absent, or one can describe them as abstract depictions; they are the incarnation of bits and pieces in the painter's anxious mind and fragment memory.

Remaining lotus flowers in ice and snow Dated 1996

A lotus pond (Double stamping) Dated 1995 There have been countless scrolls depicting the lotus in traditional Chinese painting, but their conformed style is not stirring. In the pond, large and small lotus leaves overlap, curves and straight lines intersect, even the reflections are hidden under the foliage, making it difficult to tell between the original and their reflection in water; I am like a big beneath the leaves, lost in the maze of foliage. I've painted lots of withered lotuses, focusing on the winding lines, rippling reflections, and their drooping forms.  "I studied the life journey of the lotus through observation. When depicting the lotus, it is not the flower or the pond that I paint, rather, it's the sentiments associated with lotuses and the approach to visualize such feelings with my brush that linger in my mind.!"

They started selling Taschen Books, known for beautiful hard bound books

They put in comfortable chairs, indeed very inviting

Yes, there's indeed a cafe! A place to chill!

They sell Drones and a lot of very useful toys!

They sell well designed items such as bags, notebooks, etc.

They also stream movies. During my visit, they were streaming Cinderella. :)

PMQ is one of the place to discover high quality designer's work in Hong Kong. The building was the Police Married Quarters built in 1951 and last November 2010, the government announce that the building will be reserved as a site for creative industries uses. I think this is one of the reason why Hong Kong is a great place to live in, they support emerging artists as much as they can. The operations and recreation of the building was financed by Musketeers Foundation by donating HK$10 Million.

"Zlism is a planet where many many people live in, they have different characteristics and they are so kind and with positive mind. ZLISM exhibition shows my drawings which finished in different period of time including my earliest works. And ZLISM citizens tell the story of my every drawings. I used to apply different materials and fluorescent colors in my works, My drawings adopted to use pin pen and fluorescent pen; spray and acrylic for the big size works."

Why are you so sad???

That's it, I'm calling this horse - the emo horse! :)

That's me and my colleague Sherman (Housewife Club)

Yesterday I got the chance to visit Antoni Gaudi Cornet's exhibition in Time Square (Exit A, Causeway Bay MTR) where I have learned some infos about his genius architecture.

Antoni Gaudi was a Spanish architect who have spent nearly 4 decades in studying the structure of his most famous work and the most visited monument in Spain, the Sagrada Familia. This unique church building is still unfinished up to now. His other works include Park Guell, Guell Palace, Casa Mila, Casa Vicens, Casa Batllo and the crypt in the Guell Colony, all of those mentioned are World Heritage Sites. Antoni Gaudi died at the age 74 struck by a tram.
The exhibition that is being supported by the Consulate of Spain, will be held only until June 1 (tomorrow's the last day) so yeah, we were indeed lucky!

Reference: https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/gaudi-architecture-exhibition-tickets-11170231463 
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