December 10, 2024
ITASIA講演会: 香港における「#CalligraffitiHK」の情動回路—アナログ的なパフォーマンスの形態としてITASIA Lecture:Affective Circuit of #CalligraffitiHK in Hong Kong: An Analogue Performance
Title:
Affective Circuit of #CalligraffitiHK in Hong Kong: An Analogue Performance
香港における「#CalligraffitiHK」の情動回路—アナログ的なパフォーマンスの形態として
Abstract:
This lecture performance is based on a work-in-progress collaboration between artistic experiments of optical intervention (Miu Ling Lam) and ethnographic reflections (Dino Ge Zhang). Hong Kong is no stranger to calligraffiti with its unsung heroes such as Tsang Tsou-choi (aka. King of Kowloon). In 2019, we witnessed a resurgence of such urban writings in the form of militant and hyperbolic graffiti that exhibited agitation, nativism, and outrage. In contrast, the post-2019 graffiti are often apolitical, pessimistic, and moody scribbles on similar urban surfaces such as back-alley walls, pillar boxes, and lamp posts. They can be aphorisms, lyrics, poetry, profanities, confessions, and even dialogues. These calligraffiti are then shared on Instagram, where anonymous communities seek consolation and solidarity during a time of dire uncertainty. In a lecture performance, we will utilize slide projection with manipulated optical effects to explore the affect-inflected circuit between Instagram posts and calligraffiti on the streets.
このレクチャーパフォーマンスは、光学的介入の芸術的実験(ラム・ミウリン准教授)と民族誌的省察(ディノ・ジー・チャン助教授)の進行中の共同研究に基づいています。香港では、ツァン・ツイチョイ(通称「九龍皇帝」)のような無名の英雄たちが象徴するカリグラフィティは珍しいものではありませんでした。2019年には、こうした都市の文字文化が再び注目され、過激かつ誇張されたグラフィティとして復活しました。それは、激動、ネイティビズム、憤怒を表現するものでした。それに対し、2019年以降のグラフィティは、しばしば非政治的で悲観的、そして気まぐれな落書きとして表れています。場所は同じく裏路地の壁、郵便柱、街灯柱などで、内容は警句や歌詞、詩、罵詈雑言、告白、さらには対話形式のものまで多岐にわたります。こうしたカリグラフィティはInstagramに投稿され、匿名のコミュニティが深刻な不確実性の時代に慰めや連帯を求めています。本レクチャーパフォーマンスでは、スライド投影と操作された光学効果を使用して、Instagramの投稿と街頭のカリグラフィティの間にある情動が反映された回路を探求します。
Presenters:
Dr. Dino Ge Zhang is a media anthropologist teaching at the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong. His current research primarily focuses on socio-technical, aesthetic and affective dimensions of contemporary video cultures/arts in the Sinophone world.
Professor Miu Ling Lam is a media artist and researcher of robotics and computational imaging. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, robotics, light field technologies, autostereoscopic 3D displays, and imaging science in general. She is currently an Associate Professor in School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong, where she leads the Bachelor of Arts and Science in New Media program.
Discussant:
Jiaxi Hou is a Research Fellow at the RMIT node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She holds a PhD from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies (GSII) at the University of Tokyo, where her research explored how disadvantaged populations engage with digital technologies and how social media and the platform economy reshape existing inequalities. Her work focuses on the intersections of technology, society, and inequality, with a particular interest in the social impacts of automated systems.
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Time: 17:00 – 18:30
Place: iii Main Building, 6F Conference Room(本館6階会議)