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the 28th IFVA Festival Media Art Exhibition
After the unsettling three years, the world is finally recovering. Dormant creative ideas are at the verge of an insane explosion, awaiting to be ignited.
Short films, animations, media artworks for five categories from different Asian countries and regions together with those from Hong Kong talents were received. Together with the VR works for the VR Special Prize empowered by Meta, finalists are responding to not only struggles of life and death, but also heart-lifting daily episodes.
Media arts exhibition "CINEMA 2.0: Illuminating Vacuum" re-examines the complex relation of how the screen serves as a medium in the real world. Time-limited Pop-up VR Cinema will be presenting international and Hong Kong's award-winning VR works, "We Need to Talk about VR" Conversations will feature talks by foreign and local creatives to discuss the different aspects of VR as a new narrative method. Solo exhibition of Jess Lau, awardee of the 27th ifva Media Art Category Gold Award, reconstructs the memories of the city and moving bodies through a collection of new and old media artworks. Works by participants of "All About Us", the media education programme for ethnic minority youth will continue to celebrate diversity.
Akinori Goto (Japan), Akinori Goto (Japan), Beak Jung-ki (South Korea), Chan Long-fung (Hong Kong), Chan Wai-sum, Leung Yiu-wa, Hui Chi-sang (Hong Kong), Cheung Hiu-tung (Hong Kong), Colbie Fung (Hong Kong), Couch (Japan), Exonemo (Japan), Goki Muramoto (Japan), Joon Moon (South Korea), Mark Chung (Hong Kong), Min Chan-wook (South Korea), Wu Ziyang, Mark Ramos (China / United States)
Organised by Hong Kong Arts Centre, the 28th ifva Partners include Pure Yoga (Prize Sponsor), Goethe-Institut (Partner), U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau (Supporter), and Meta (Empowered by). CINEMA 2.0 is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, curated by Artware, with graphic and spatial design by NNNNNNN., technical support by Cubic Space, and Pop-up VR Cinema & Conversations supported by Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Film. All About Us is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, with the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong (Supporting Organisation), Nikon (Equipment Support), and Microsoft Surface (Community Partner). Festival Partners include Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme (ACDFS), Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Create Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore. Media Partners are Milk Magazine, Hong Kong Movie, Ming Pao Weekly, ArtMATE, Filmbrunch, Sample Post, ACOO, and Mindly Journal. Art Direction is by Visual Concepts by 藝域, Illustration by Yiyingqi 魏藝影, and the Website is managed by cccdi ltd. Production Support is provided by Cyberport, and the Legal Advisor is Keith Lam, Lau & Chan. ifva is one of the core events of the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong.
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