{"id":7504,"date":"2021-03-22T19:53:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2021-03-24T04:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T04:25:33","slug":"our-first-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/our-first-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Our First (?) Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right after we entered Tung Pang’s studio, I saw a table full of possibilities. Books, sketches and notes lying on the table brought me back to the time when I was a visual art student in secondary school, brainstorming new projects till midnight, the most painful yet sweetest time in life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not just the scene of artistic process that gave me a sense of familiarity, but also the content of these items. The image of <\/span>yamanba<\/span><\/i> (\u5c71\u59e5) is no stranger to me who read Japanese manga, while Danny Chan\u2019s voice still echoes in my ears whenever I think of my childhood.<\/span><\/p>\n

What came along with the familiarity is unfamiliarity. Apart from the fact that either Japanese mythical figure or Danny Chan are distant from me, geographically or temporally, I also recognised the distance between me and Hong Kong on the table of ideas. From Sha Tin rice to Wong Uk, they are my neighbours who I have never talked to or even met with.<\/span><\/p>\n

Such intertwinement of familiarity and unfamiliarity of the Half-Steps House project is profoundly stimulating, especially when the blend of homely\/exotic feeling is what I identify as the charm of Japanese literature. Hopefully this connection that I felt could help me discover something intriguing in the literary works to contribute to the development of Tung Pang’s proposal. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>