The exhibition is entitled “Where Time Turns Black.” Blackness ─ a feeling of mysterious suspense, hovers between the individual and the collective, between remembering and forgetting, and between the past and the present. Through the experience of companionship with her old mother, and of revisiting old haunts, Agnes keenly observed changes in life and in the city, and contemplated the essence of time. Her works are truly original and unique in style, and the images charmingly captivating.
Using a popular modern communicative device, the mobile phone, Agnes creates breathtaking pictures that feature the effects of blackout and distortion in an original panoramic format. Panorama is a versatile yet uncommon mode that requires delicate skills to render a good composition. The operation involves strictly straight photography without any post-production editing.
Overall, the blackout and distortion aesthetic effects complement the intended symbolic meaning, conveying a sense of inexplicable loss. Something that has made us who we are is slipping away. “It’s like being in a dream,” as her mother said.
The exhibition consists of two related sub-themes:
“Time and Humanity” focuses on the projected emotional landscape of her mother during sickness and recovery, whereby to reflect on the condition of human existence in the course of aging through an affectionate eye.
“Time and Space” broadens the focus on memory and spatial landscapes from a personal level to a social level, provoking thoughts regarding the relations among our cityscape, space and identity.
Agnes Ku is a sociologist and currently an Associate Professor at the Division of Social Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She received the Postgraduate Diploma in Photography in 2016. Her works have been exhibited locally and internationally.
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3:30 pm Ceremony (Refreshments after Ceremony)
4:15 - 4:45 pm Gallery Tour
Ping Yuan and Kinmay W Tang Gallery
Officiating Guests
Prof Agnes Ku, Artist
Prof Roger Cheng, Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning, HKUST
Prof Kellee Tsai, Division Head and Chair Professor of Social Science, HKUST
Ms Diana Chan, University Librarian, HKUST
Date 6 June 2017
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Venue: Ping Yuan and Kinmay W Tang Gallery, Lee Shau Kee Library, HKUST
Language: Cantonese
Registration for UST members
Enquiries: (852) 2358 6710
E-mail: library@ust.hk
*** All are Welcome! ***
- Love your perspectives & angles
- Very artistic, poetic!
- Inspiring 🙂
Dear Kuku,
好好听 🙂Cheers, Stacey
- “惟江上之清風，與山間之明月，耳得之而為聲，目遇之而成色詞解”
- Interesting concept. Just wondering what made you decide to ‘erase’ parts of the photographs leaving pixels? In memories, we tend to forget text as well. Thanks for the exhibition.
- 我想家了。小时候住的城市，总是给人私密的连系，像根须，像脉络，刻在骨血里，无法割舍。每次从孙地回家，在进院的时候，浑身都在震动，每次在孙地和家人视频，在小小的屏幕上看到妈妈脸的刹那，笑容是不受自己的控制的，这是完全不带回的性没有原因的笑。我想家了。好久没写中文了，辞不达意，语意混乱。
- Imperfect pictures, imperfect life… Great gallery!
- “…我们以为一直在前进，其实只是不断过时落伍…”
是的，可以成为经典永存崭新的东西越来越少见到了… - Interestingly and amazingly displayed. Thanks!
- Great panoramas!
- So, all the blackness in the photos is not the result of post-production editing? If so, it’s pretty impressive. I like your written description, too.
Dr Ku,
Nice exhibition
UST SOSC alumnus
- SOSC學生賀電！ ！ ！Fascinating photograph ！ ！ ！
Prof Ku,
謝謝你用鏡頭記錄地那些快要被遺忘的記憶 🙂
Joey Ng
- 不一样的视觉感受！赞！
- 希望美好的记忆不会被时间吞噬
- Wish good memory can last forever!
- Where time turns black, but memories not.
Fantastically creative use of a ubiquitous technology for great effect.
Powerful message and beautiful images. Exhibitions can’t often impact me as this one has.
缺失的天空墙角街道
让不完美越不完美
缺失又缺失
但能让人留出空间去想象也是一种精彩
- 看了这些之后突然明白父母那么希望自己回到他们身边的原因 “父母在，不远游，游必有方。” 希望可以珍惜陪伴他们的日子。
- 謝謝谷老師，帶給我不一樣的視覺感受。
- Met a real art.
每次看到都不同感受！
每次看都有不同意義！
謝謝吾友！
- 謝謝您令人感動， 也讓我反思如何好好和父親相處。
- 時間帶來記憶, 也帶走記憶, 珍惜當下, 陪伴親人, 留下回憶。
- Good job, although can’t understand.
- Suggestion: Nice curatorship. Maybe more theories or stories.
- 人生如梦！
Thanks Prof. Ku for making Humanities & Social Sciences manified in such a creative way.
A GCS student of Prof. Ku
- The photographs are gorgeous! Absolutely brilliant!
命題：千絲萬縷
聽覺：物種鏗鏘“呼吸聲”
嗅覺：理順香臭之分別
觸覺：手觸感為寶物記憶：喻：多發問，多思考，多記存
- 如果一切可以從新來過，人生又有什麼意思。
- 像全景模式沒有拍完的照片，像找尋他人青春的色彩回憶。
- 我喜歡光綫的反差 , 它們會讓照片更漂亮。很好!
- 很有意義, 恍如回到童年
- Fascinating photograph!!!
- Very nice and peace of mind.
一座文明的城市, 找不到昨天的印記。
我在時間裹穿梭, 往返於現在和未來之間。
墜進無時間的塵網中, 恍如在夢中那可會是沒有遇過的明天, 原來是别人的夢 。
- 抽象 , 貭感 , 懷舊。
- I can see that the creator put a lot of thought into the photos.
- Agnes, was at HKUST library for a free day on a short trip here – delighted to see your fascinated exhibition. Congratulations.
- 大江東去，浪淘盡，千古風流人物。
- 人生幾回傷往事 , 山形依舊枕寒流。
- Great, Almost cry. Amazing.
- 願青春不要逝去 , 時光留下回憶 。
- 我喜歡你的那句留黑與失真 。也喜歡你的構圖及對色彩的體會。我也希望我能多用你的方法用iPhone拍照 , 不過能力一定不及你了 , 祝好!
- 很有意思的是, 我初來到香港, 覺得這是一個能消磨掉人所有和消費無關的情感的地方。但從攝影展中看到了, 對城市的情感大多寄寓在, 沉澱在, 非’資本’的場所。
- Such an inspiring and touching exhibition. Evoked a lot of complex feelings and thoughts. Help me to appreciate the healing we all need is caring our aging parents… Thanks so much!
- 香港的變遷是一種無奈的悽涼, 走過我小時候生活的觀塘, 整個觀塘中心被拆了, 我的童年也彷彿崩毀, 心中像塞滿了「水泥」, 無法呼吸。歷史斷了, 隨著我們曾經住過的地方被「消失」。沒有了依戀的印記。
- 用了部份剪影的方法 , 突出了主題。
- These are quite nice! I really enjoyed looking at this collection!
時空如節表 , 韻律
時 – 時間穿梭如谷中谷內穿梭…….
空 – 如間隙空中断裂飛翔 如滑翔
時空之美如行雲流水
不很狂 不斷裂
- An ingenious way to express or attempt to express an unfathomable and unspeakable love and feeling that is still unsettling me. Well done, Agnes!
- 從扭曲的影像中還原最真實 , 也最易被忽略的日常。
- Absolutely beautiful !
- Remarkable!
- This is really educational and I really enjoyed it.
- 非常特别的光影世界 , 大開眼界 , thanks!
- 構圖都透過前景出現, 觀感突出立體主題, 確是佳作!!!
- 幻視之圖册 , 抽象之流幅。
- phone pano mode gives you much creative ideas. Good show.
- 留住時光 , 留住記憶 , 就有了香港的根。
谷老師:
很感謝您用心用力的分享 , 讓我們好好反思自己的生命 , 生活。時間不保留 , 年輕時不懂好好把握 , 你的展覽 , 令大家反思自己的過去 , 給大家勇氣和動力 , 重新掌握當下這一生的時光!
- 謝謝 Professor Ku 發人深省的展覽 , 我們要畢業了 , 願這兒沒有流黑 , 只有時光。
- 感覺非常有新意 !
- This is art. But I cannot understand.
- There’s a difference between mistake and art. Your exceptionally magnificent art made me forget the difference. Awesome work.
- Congratulations Agnes on the beautiful photography exhibit! Thank you for the lovely tour.
- If time is the flow of movement ,the place is the memory of time. Therefore the space should be embedded the humanity mind, spirit and his thoughts.
- 時間過得像光影, 但卻無法繼續。
- 時間一天一天流失 ! 記憶留在腦海裡 !
Dear Prof. Ku,
I took my Mum and Dad to your exhibition today! And told them your inspiration and stories of this exhibition! A nice experience for them to learn and hear your story! By the way my dad also watched video of you teaching HK culture. And he remembered you when I told him it’s your exhibition! Cheers & thank you for the artwork.
To Agnes Ku :
流光 , 時黑 ,
時光 , 留黑 ,
心中有光 , 何懼眼前一黑。
Dear Prof,
Ka Ka 呀:) 我來到你在科大展出的影展 , 上一次看(在藝穗會) 那次沒有今次這樣有那麼大的空間和寧靜去感受相中的情感。我看過你在明報的article – 你的”享受她的囉嗦” 我很深刻。從小到大, 我一直未能享受媽媽的囉嗦, 我現在跟爸爸的關係要好多了, 你的相片給了我空間感受母親年紀一日比一日大, 身體愈來愈弱時, 我們能否從新的角度看/關懷父母, 特別母親, 這是一個對我來講很大的反思。Prof, 感受到你對母親的那份愛。很有意思, 這個timely record! 謝謝!
- 好有idea, 懂得用” 流黑” 這媒介去創作一系列的情感世界 , 繼續努力去發掘更多的” 流光,時黑“的感情。
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