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In Venice 威尼斯

23 . 04 - 27 . 11 . 2022

IN HONG KONG 香港

09.06 ⎯ 08.10.2023

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About The Artist 藝術家

Angela Su's works investigate the perception and imagery of the body, through metamorphosis, hybridity and transformation. Her research-based projects materialise in drawing, video, hair embroidery, performative and installation works, which explore the interrelations between our state of being and the advancement of technology. Central to these projects are video essays and texts that weave together fiction and facts, reality and fantasy. With focus on the history of medical science, her works question the dominant biomedical discourse, and contemplate the impact of technology on the past, present and future.

In 2019, Su was commissioned by Wellcome Trust to present a new project in Contagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close curated by Ying Kwok at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong. She has also participated in exhibitions in museums and institutions internationally, including So long, thanks again for the fish (Levyhalli, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, 2021); Sala10 (Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico, 2020); 100 Drawings from Now (The Drawing Center, New York, 2020); Meditations in an Emergency (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2020); Woven (Focus at Frieze London, 2019); Artists' Film International (Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2019); Pro(s)thesis (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria, 2017); The 2nd CAFAM Biennale: The Invisible Hand (CAFA Art Museum, China, 2014); and the 17th Biennale of Sydney (Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 2010). In 2013, she published an artist novel Berty, and, in 2017, a science fiction anthology Dark Fluid, where she uses science fiction as a tool for social justice.

徐世琪的作品透過形態的蛻變、轉變與混合,探索對於身體的感知與意象。她以研究為基礎的創作時常以繪畫、錄像、髮繡布本、表演及裝置等形式呈現,檢視人類存在與技術發展之間的相互關係。這些作品中的核心,是虛構與事實、現實與幻想交織的錄像散文和文本。徐世琪的創作以醫學史為焦點,質疑主流的生物醫學論述,並思考科技對於過去、現在及未來的影響。

2019 年,徐世琪接受衛爾康基金會委約,參與名為《疫症都市》的項目,並於在香港大館由郭瑛策劃的展覽「疫症都市:既遠亦近」中展出相關作品。徐世琪的作品曾於多間國際重要博物館和機構展出,包括赫爾辛基芬蘭堡 Levyhalli 大樓的「喂!拜拜你條尾!」(2021 年)、墨西哥 Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo 的「Sala10」(2020 年)、紐約 The Drawing Center 的「100 Drawings from Now」(2020 年)、北京尤倫斯當代藝術中心的「緊急中的沉思」(2020 年)、Frieze London 的「Woven」(2019 年)、倫敦白教堂美術館的「Artists’ Film International」(2019 年)、奧地利維亞納藝術學院的「Pro(s)thesis」(2017 年)、北京中央美術學院美術館的「無形的手:策展作為立場—第二屆 CAFAM 雙年展」(2014 年),以及澳洲悉尼當代藝術館的「第17屆悉尼雙年展」(2010 年)。2013 年,她出版藝術家小說《Berty》;2017 年又編輯了科幻小說選集《暗流體》,以科幻小說為社會批判的工具。

About The Curator 關於策展人

Freya Chou is a curator based in Hong Kong and Taipei. She is a member of the 58th Carnegie International’s Curatorial Council (2022) and guest curator of Hong Kong’s participation in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (2022). She was in the curatorial team of the 6th and 7th Taipei Biennial (2008, 2010) and co-curator of the 10th Shanghai Biennale (2014). From 2015 to 2019, she worked at Para Site in Hong Kong as the institution’s inaugural Curator of Education and Public Programmes. During her four-year term, she curated exhibitions including Ellen Pau: What About Home Affairs?—A Retrospective (2018), Chris Evans, Pak Sheung Chuen: Two Exhibitions (2017), and Afterwork (co-curator, 2016). Chou has worked with several organisations on research projects. She has also edited and contributed writing to many artist books, magazines, and exhibition catalogues.

Chou is recently appointed as a co-curator of the 13th Taipei Biennial (2023) together with Brian Kuan Wood and Reem Shadid.

周安曼從事策展工作,目前定居香港及台北。她是第58屆卡內基國際展(2022)的策展諮詢成員,亦是代表香港參加第59屆威尼斯雙年展(2022)的客席策展人。2008至2014年間,她是第6屆及第7屆台北雙年展(2008、2010)的策展團隊成員,也是第10屆上海雙年展(2014)的聯合策展人。2015至2019年間,她任職於香港Para Site藝術空間,擔任首位教育與公共項目策展人,並在這四年間策劃展覽包括「當家當當家:鮑藹倫回顧展」(2018)、「Chris Evans、白雙全:雙個展」(2017),以及聯合策劃「工餘」(2016)。她與多間機構合作進行研究項目,並為多本藝術家專書、期刊和展覽目錄執行編輯工作及撰寫文章。

最近,她與穆柏安及 莉姆.夏迪德共同獲委任為第13屆台北雙年展(2023)的策展人。

About Hong Kong Arts Development Council 關於香港藝術發展局

Established in 1995, Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) is a statutory body set up by the Government to support the broad development of the arts in Hong Kong. Its major roles include grant allocation, policy and planning, advocacy, promotion and development, and special projects. The mission of HKADC is to support and promote the development of 10 major art forms in literary arts, performing arts, visual arts as well as film and media arts in Hong Kong. Aiming to foster a thriving arts environment and enhancing the quality of life of the public, HKADC is also committed to facilitating community-wide participation in the arts and arts education, encouraging arts criticism, raising the standard of arts administration, and contributing on policy research.

香港藝術發展局(藝發局)於1995年成立,是政府指定全方位發展香港藝術的法定機構。藝發局的角色包括贊助、政策及策劃、倡議、推廣及發展、策劃特別項目等。藝發局的使命為策劃、推廣及支持十個主要藝術形式包括文學、表演藝術、視覺藝術、電影及媒體藝術之發展,促進和改善藝術的參與和教育、鼓勵藝術評論、提升藝術行政之水平及加強政策研究工作,務求藉藝術發展提高社會的生活質素。

About M+ 關於M+

M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Located in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, M+ is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our aim is to be a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

M+是嶄新的博物館,致力於收藏、展示與詮釋二十及二十一世紀的視覺藝術、設計及建築、流動影像,以及香港視覺文化。位於香港西九文化區的M+規模可媲美世界知名的現當代視覺文化博物館,矢志於躋身世界頂尖文化機構之列。我們的願景是希望以香港中西薈萃的歷史特色為基礎,從身處的此時此地出發,為二十一世紀亞洲創立一座別樹一幟的新型博物館。

Acknowledgements 鳴謝

Co-Commissioners

Bernard Charnwut Chan, Chairman of the Board of M Plus Museum Limited

Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Project Team of M+, West Kowloon Cultural District

Freya Chou, Guest Curator

Ying Kwok, Consulting Curator

Jenny Tam, Assistant Manager, Exhibitions

Dorothea Lam, Curatorial Assistant

Supported by

Doryun Chong, Deputy Director, Curatorial and Chief Curator

Veronica Castillo, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibition

Diarne Wiercinski, Head, Exhibitions and Displays

Olatz Irijalba Claramunt, Registrar, Loans and Exhibitions

William Smith, Head, Digital and Editorial Content

Project Team of Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Winsome Chow, Chief Executive

Lorenex Leung, Arts Development Director

Hilda Ho, Arts Development Executive Manager

Helen Lee, Arts Development Officer

Chow Ching Lam, Arts Development Officer

Working Group Members of Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Andy Hei

Lam Lit-kwan

Coordinator in Venice

PDG Arte Communications

Design

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Website

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主辦機構代表

M Plus Museum Limited董事局主席 陳智思

香港藝術發展局主席 霍啟剛

西九文化區M+項目團隊

客席策展人 周安曼

顧問策展人 郭瑛

助理展覽經理 譚蔚廷

策展助理 林頌恩

協力

副總監及總策展人 鄭道鍊

副總監 (藏品及展覧) 卡絲瑤

展覽及陳列展示主管 韋迪安

藏品管理專員 (借展及展覽) 燕藹蘭

數碼內容及編務主管 施維麟

香港藝術發展局項目團隊

行政總裁 周蕙心

藝術發展總監 梁詠詩

藝術發展執行經理 何敏婷

藝術發展主任 李凱倫

藝術發展主任 周靖霖

香港藝術發展局工作小組成員

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PDG Arte Communications

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Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice 徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯

Angela Su’s presentation at the Biennale Arte 2022 conveys a speculative narrative through interlocking fictional perspectives. The act of levitation serves as an organising metaphor that reappears throughout Su’s drawings, moving images, embroideries, and installations. The artist assumes the guise of a fictional alter-ego to explore myriad cultural and political valences of rising in the air.The world Su creates in Arise is an assemblage of various contemporary expressions of how an individual can confront a changed and changing world. Fiction allows us to create this hybrid world, a space where we can explore ideas that cannot be confronted directly.

Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, is co-presented and co-promoted by M+, Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

在徐世琪參加第59屆威尼斯視藝雙年展的展覽中,她創造了一個多重宇宙透過交織的虛構感知呈現一個假想的敘事,縫合着當代個體在面對多舛世界時的不同表徵。懸浮連接着輕盈與沉重,它既是深層的身體經驗,也是脫離肉身的夢幻狂喜。懸浮作為隱喻,重覆出現在徐世琪的繪畫、流動影像、刺繡及裝置作品,展覽試圖探索「浮於空中」所代表的多重文化與政治能量。

徐世琪在「懸浮」所創造的世界匯聚多種當代表現形式,呈現人如何面對已經改變和正在改變的現實世界,她的虛構敘事為我們創造了一個複合空間,賦予我們探索禁忌觀點的自由。

「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」由位於香港西九文化區的亞洲首間全球性當代視覺文化博物館M+及香港藝術發展局攜手呈獻及共同推廣。

Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio, courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」,2022年
攝影:t-space studio,圖片由M+提供

Playscape for the Feathered Girl from Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《Playscape for the Feathered Girl》,「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Playscape for the Feathered Girl from Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《Playscape for the Feathered Girl》,「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Tiptoeing the Kármán Line from Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《Tiptoeing the Kármán Line》,「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Installation view of Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Laden Raven from Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《Laden Raven》,「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Installation view of Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren O from Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren O》,「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Installation view of Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice, 2022
Photo by t-space studio
Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪:懸浮,香港在威尼斯」展覽現場 ,2022年
攝影:t-space studio
圖片由M+,香港提供

Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time 徐世琪隆重呈獻: 宇宙最強之懸浮者──Lauren O

Artist Angela Su’s exhibition representing Hong Kong at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is now showcasing at M+ with an adapted and site-responsive presentation. The exhibition stages Su’s research about Lauren O, an enigmatic figure with the power of levitation who played an instrumental role in the 1960s anti-war movement in the United States. Featuring a collection of her notes and study models, the exhibition illustrates Lauren O’s obsession with transformation and levitation.

This exhibition is also an invitation to the world of Angela Su’s idiosyncratic practice that combines her interests in the history of science and somatic experience with her wild imagination.

The exhibition is co-organized by M+ and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

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藝術家徐世琪代表香港參加第59屆威尼斯視藝雙年展的展覽,因應M+場地空間的特質,以全新面貌與觀眾見面。現場展示了徐世琪對Lauren O的研究──Lauren O是一位具有懸浮能力的傳奇人物,在1960年代美國反戰運動中扮演舉足輕重的角色。透過Lauren O的筆記和研究模型,觀眾得以一窺她對轉化和懸浮的迷戀。

展覽同時邀請觀眾走進徐世琪結合科學歷史和身體經驗創作的異想世界。

此展覽為M+與香港藝術發展局攜手呈獻。

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Photo of Lauren O in her studio from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Courtesy of Angela Su and the archives of Lauren O

Lauren O 攝於工作室,來自「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O」展覽,2023年
圖片由徐世琪及Lauren O檔案提供

Installation view of Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者──Lauren O」展覽現場 ,2023年
攝影:鄭樂天 ,圖片由M+提供

Installation view of Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者──Lauren O」展覽現場 ,2023年
攝影:鄭樂天 ,圖片由M+提供

Journal pages of Lauren O from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Dan Leung, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
Courtesy of Angela Su and the archives of Lauren O

《Lauren O的日記摘錄》,「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O 」展覽現場,2023年
攝影:梁譽聰,圖片由M+提供
作品由徐世琪及Lauren O檔案提供

Study models of polyhedra from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023.
Photo: Dan Leung, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
Courtesy of Angela Su and the archives of Lauren O

《幾何多面體研究模型》,「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O 」展覽現場,2023年
攝影:梁譽聰,圖片由M+提供
作品由徐世琪及Lauren O檔案提供

Installation view of Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者──Lauren O」展覽現場 ,2023年
攝影:鄭樂天 ,圖片由M+提供

Installation view of Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者──Lauren O」展覽現場 ,2023年
攝影:鄭樂天 ,圖片由M+提供

Museum of the Trembling Conspiracy of the Murder of Ravens from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《雀鳥集體名詞博物館》,「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O 」展覽現場,2023年
攝影:鄭樂天,圖片由M+提供

Laden Raven from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

《Laden Raven》,「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O 」展覽現場,2023年
攝影:鄭樂天,圖片由M+提供

Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time at M+
Photo: Lok Cheng, image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong

在M+的「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者──Lauren O」展覽
攝影:鄭樂天 ,圖片由M+提供

Photo of Lauren O in her studio from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Courtesy of Angela Su and the archives of Lauren O

Lauren O 攝於工作室,來自「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O」展覽,2023年
圖片由徐世琪及Lauren O檔案提供

Photo of Lauren O in her studio from Angela Su proudly presents: Lauren O—The Greatest Levitator in the Polyhedric Cosmos of Time, 2023
Courtesy of Angela Su and the archives of Lauren O

Lauren O 攝於工作室,來自「徐世琪隆重呈獻:宇宙最強之懸浮者——Lauren O」展覽,2023年
圖片由徐世琪及Lauren O檔案提供

Angela Su: The Magnificent Lives of Lauren O 徐世琪:多重宇宙中的量子跳變

Angela Su: The Magnificent Lives of Lauren O is published in conjunction with Su’s solo presentation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2022, marking the fifth collaboration between M+ and Hong Kong Arts Development Council. More than a catalogue for the exhibition, this publication provides imaginative insight into Su’s practice with contributions from acclaimed writers and artists including Huang Chien-Hung, Yeewan Koon, Li Chi Tak, Jeannette Ng, and Lawrence Pun. They respond to Su’s interweaving narratives and alter egos through hybrid forms of writing encompassing fiction, scholarship, and comics, reflecting on ideas at the heart of Su’s presentation as well as Hong Kong’s state of mind.

Format: Hardback
Languages: English and Traditional Chinese
Size: 15x 24.5cm
xtent: 231pp
Illustrations: 50
Editors: Freya Chou, Sylvia Tsai
Contributors: Freya Chou, Huang Chien-Hung, Yeewan Koon, Li Chi Tak, Jeannette Ng, Lawrence Pun, Angela Su
Publisher: M+
ISBN: 9789887813026

《徐世琪:多重宇宙中的量子跳變》 是為配合藝術家徐世琪於2022年代表香港參與第59屆威尼斯視藝雙年展的個人展覽而出版,此次展覽也是M+與香港藝術發展局的第五度合作。此書不僅為展覽的圖錄,更以富有想像力的手法解構徐世琪的藝術創作,邀請了黃建宏、官綺雲、利志達、吳志麗、潘國靈等著名作家和藝術家,以糅合小說、學術論文和漫畫等形式的作品,回應徐世琪以其分身所交織出的故事的多重宇宙,不僅探討了展覽的核心思想,同時也反映香港的現狀。

規格:精裝本
語言:英中雙語
尺寸:15 x 24.5厘米
頁數:231頁
插圖:50張
編輯:周安曼、蔡沛茹
作者:周安曼、黃建宏、官綺雲、利志達、吳志麗、潘國靈、徐世琪
出版社:M+
ISBN:9789887813026