The Dialogue Bands
Exhibition Statement
The Dialogue Bands is a collaborative drawing project between students and lecturers of Hong Kong Art School and RMIT School of Art (Melbourne). It synthesized a connection around approaches to thinking through making, exploring ideas, and investigating cultural themes.
20 students from Hong Kong paired with 20 students from Melbourne contributed a part each, to a composite drawing based upon a shared image prompt. The drawing halves were brought together in correspondence to produce single works first shown at the Jockey Club Atrium of Hong Kong Arts Centre, now at Youth Square, and also RMIT University School of Art in Melbourne from March 2024.
Individual students responded in various 2D media to photographic image strips sampled from cultural environments of Melbourne and Hong Kong.
Students from Melbourne worked from the right edge of the common strip to complete their A3 work on paper whilst students from Hong Kong worked from the opposite edge. During the process, they engaged in communication with their collaborating partner to exchange ideas, interpretations, approaches, mediums, and possibilities. Discussions took place via emails, files, or online shared folders. Some works were seamless and harmonized, while others were contrasting and collagic. All were fascinating and contributed to constructing a ‘picture’ of the community of students in the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) programme in Hong Kong and Melbourne.
The Dialogue Bands
Date: 22 March – 29 April 2024
Time: 10am – 6pm (Closed on Sundays & Public Hollidays)
Venue: 5/F, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Participating artists:
| ISABELLE HO | CATHERINE WENG |
| LAI YAN CHEUNG | SEAN LEEGAL |
| CYNTHIA AU-YEUNG | KOBI WOOD |
| JOSEPH GREYLING | LILI SMITH |
| WING HUI | GUAIRE MCKENNA |
| WAI HAN CONNIE LAU | WOO HYUN KANG |
| MAN KIT CHUI | RACHAEL GOY |
| CHING LING CHEUNG | ERICA FRASER |
| MING WAI RENEE TANG | ALEX DENAY |
| TSZ CHUN MAN | ALEXANDRA CAIRNEY |
| JESSICA EDEN | EMILY SONG |
| CHEUK NAM HO | DAX (PAOLO) ACUNA |
| SHEK LAAM EDWIN LEUNG | AYLA STEWART |
| HON NG | KA YAN SO (KELLY) |
| KING HONG CHOI | SAM MEEKAN |
| TSZ KWAN FONG | ANGELINA INNOCENT |
| JAYOUNG CHOO | EMILY GAULE |
| YAN TUNG TSE | ZACH EDWARDS |
| WING YIN SZETO | DOUGAL CAMPION |
| SZE KEI MAK | MARLEY BIGGS |
