2006-02-08
Through Our Eyes -
A Photographic View of Hong Kong by Its Youth
Kaleidoscope of Life
from Hong Kong's Future Generation
(8th February 2006, Wednesday, Hong Kong) – What does the world look like through a young person’s eyes, and what can we learn from their unique perspective? Creative answers for these questions are now being presented visually in vivid imageries. Titled
Through Our Eyes - A Photographic View of Hong Kong by Its Youth, a collection of photographs taken by Form 2 students, will be exhibited from 10th to 15th Feb, 2006 at Plaza Hollywood, Diamond Hill; from 17th to 27th Feb, 2006 at Multi-Purpose Court, SportX, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, and from 23rd Feb to 30th April, 2006 at the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong respectively. The exhibition is organised and sponsored by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation. Admission is free.
A non-profit photographic project on its own,
Through Our Eyes aims to promote arts education among the youth community, to nurture their creativity and their powers of expression, and to bring a fresh and youthful eye to Hong Kong. A detailed education curriculum in photography was developed for the project. This includes workshops and a two-day shooting trip in October 2005, placing digital cameras in the hands of 172 Form 2 students for practice, with the guidance of professional photographers and art teachers. The students reflected their impressions and observations of the places, people, events and make-a-living scenes they saw onto photographs, depicting sensitive images of their ideas about life and their views of the world around us. A total of 65,000 photographs were received. Outstanding works from the students were selected by the editing panel, formed by professional photographers and arts educators. Selected works of the students are now exhibited, and a high quality book is published in Hong Kong in appreciation of their outstanding efforts and creativity.
Ms. Mandy Chow, Programme Manager of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, remarked on this project, “Given the opportunity and the right direction and guidance, the power of creativity found in the youth goes beyond our imagination, and the conventional eyes of our society. They can always project the most straightforward impressions on what is happening in the world around them into all sorts of visual sensibilities. We are very proud of their achievements.”
The images to be showcased in the photo exhibition demonstrate the subtle temperaments and strength of character of Hong Kong found in the eyes of the young students. The naked soul of Hong Kong in the youth’s eyes can be found in a children’s playground, a boutique in Central, a family eating in a restaurant, or a simple gaze into the sky.
The exhibition captures the quality works of 172 Form 2 students from 97 local schools in the following eight categories, namely “My World”, “Our Natural World”, “Eyes of the Heart”, “Abstract Eye”, “Society’s Mirror”, “Signs of the Times”, “My Roots” and “The Face of Hong Kong”. The recently published book of photographs, will be available in bookstores and the exhibition for HK$260 each. Proceeds from the book sale will go to the funding of future arts education projects supported by the Foundation.
| Through Our Eyes – A Photographic View of Hong Kong by its Youth |
| Venue | ： | Stars Atrium, Plaza Hollywood, Diamond Hill, Kowloon |
| Period | ： | 10th - 15th Feburary, 2006 |
| Time | ： | 11am – 10pm |
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| Venue | ： | Multi-Purpose Court, SportX, Level 2, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Period | ： | 17th - 27th Feburary, 2006 |
| Time | ： | 11am – 9pm |
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| Venue | ： | University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 94 Bonham Road, Hong Kong |
| Period | ： | 23rd - 30th April, 2006 |
| Time | ： | 9:30am – 6pm (Mon - Sat) and 1:30pm - 5:20pm (Sun) |
| | | Closed on Other Public Holidays |
Public enquiry: 2232 0088About Through Our Eyes – A Photographic View of Hong Kong by its YouthA non-profit photographic project with an aim to promote arts education among young students in Hong Kong, the
Through Our Eyes project initiated a series of photographic workshops and a two-day shooting trip for 172 Form Two students from 97 schools in Hong Kong during 22nd to 30th Oct, 2005. The students used point and shoot digital cameras to capture what they saw and felt, with the guidance of experienced photographers and art teachers.
Selected works of the students will be exhibited and a high quality book published in Hong Kong in appreciation of their outstanding efforts and creativity.
About The Robert H. N. Ho Family FoundationFounded in 2005, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation is a non-profit organisation with a mission to promote arts and culture for the benefit of Chinese people. The Foundation aims to become a significant supporter of the arts, and particularly education in the arts, in Hong Kong and China. It focuses on innovative programmes that offer multiple and long lasting benefits to their participants and to the community.
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