Video Essay (DVD-rom+Booklet, Invitation and Exhibition)

Video Essay, with its theme about “transformation / re-interpretation”---the tension between words and moving images consist the core concept of each piece of work. To present the keyword of “tension” visually by the “tear-off” Chinese character with artist’s images, which across the cover, invitation and video graphic of DVD-Rom.

Consisted of two creative processes (writing & video making), Video Essay takes the dialogue and re-interpretation between the two creative media as a basis for the transformation of experiences and observations of the city into art works. Each video artist is paired with a writer, either the video artist or writer finishes his/her work first which become the subject of the partner’s to explore the images and culture(s) of Hong Kong.

The fresh green colours are chemical to highlight the “refreshment” of idea with interactive creation between video (artist) and essay (writer).

Summer 2003

Cooked by Cyan Koo