Full Description
This book overviews the depictions of Hong Kong through the creative lens of arts. Instead of examining how Hong Kong people make arts, it looks into how Hong Kong has been depicted through practice and/or set as the scene in various art forms including videogames, theatre, music, comics, Cantonese opera, and architecture.
The colonial legacy and geographical identity of Hong Kong as a port city inspire decades of global creative community to comprehend sonic and visual elements related to its cultures. It has frequently been set as the stage or backdrop of many artworks and cultural artefacts. The different depictions as in various art forms and by different artists offer multifaceted perspectives on the city's complex identity, inviting a full account of how Hong Kong is perceived, transformed, and created in the process of artmaking. Such account will preserve the history of artmaking in Hong Kong and offer insight on its roles in the global creative community.
This book is of key interest to scholars and students of Hong Kong Studies and Asian Studies, as well as practitioners in various art forms who are interested in the history and culture of Hong Kong.
Contents
1. Hong Kong in Architecture: Exploring Critical Regionalism in the Early Twentieth Century.- 2. Hong Kong in Cantonese Opera: Transmission, Evolution, and Challenges.- 3. Hong Kong in Cantopop: Constructing the 'Pearl' in Southeast Asia and the Wider World.- 4. Hong Kong in Choral Music: The Choral Music Community in 1930s to 1980s.- 5. Hong Kong in Comics: The Changing Iconographic Landscape of Heroes.- 6. Hong Kong in Dance: Understanding the 'Capitalist Way of Life' in Hong Kong.- 7. Hong Kong in Drama: The Portrayal of the City Through Applied Theatre Practices.- 8. Hong Kong in Film: Placemaking and the Location of Home(s).- 9. Hong Kong in Public Art: Collective Urban Patterns in the Public Realm.- 10. Hong Kong in Video Games: Cultural Representation in the Ludic Space.
