Pro Arts is proud to premier Michelle Kuen Suet Fung’s Plastic, plastic, every where! – Michelle’s first creative endeavor involving moving images. This video is comprised of hundreds of images, each meticulously hand-drawn, cut out and scanned before being compiled digitally. Fung rejects calling this work animation. Oblivious to animation history and convention, her work is firmly grounded in the tradition of drawing, much like that of William Kentridge.
The event will begin with a reading of an excerpt from Michelle’s new book Tin Hong Gaau Jyu (Joint Publishing, 2017), followed by an outdoor screening of the video Plastic, plastic, every where! and brief Q&A. An illustrated book, an extended version of the video narrative, will be on view at Pro Arts Gallery, during Michelle Kuen Suet Fung’s solo exhibition, Polluta, Floating Artist Colony in the Sky (June 1 – July 7, 2018.)
Plastic plastic, every where! portrays a dystopian future where a frenzy of human plastic
consumption (e.g., life saver donuts, telephone hotdogs) leads us past the point of no return. This global craze originates from the 2084 annual meeting of the Great Five Industrial Nations. At this meeting, the representative from the imaginary country of Contradictoria (in the form of a pig) proposes that if animals can learn to eat plastic, why can’t children? Plastic becomes an instant hit.
Everyone wants a piece of plastic. In fact, everyone is having a piece of plastic! Miss Dodo, an heiress-cum-teacher, meets a hundred-year-old sea turtle (possibly the last one on earth) on her saga to seek a world with no plastic.
The work is dark, poetic and empathetic. Devoid of dialogue or narration, the narrative could be hard, if not impossible to follow. A linear narrative gives way to a complete immersion of one visual moment after another. The emotions, however, are easily understood by a poignant tenderness and musical cues such as Massenet’s Meditation.
This event is made possible by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
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The event will begin with a reading of an excerpt from Michelle’s new book Tin Hong Gaau Jyu (Joint Publishing, 2017), followed by an outdoor screening of the video Plastic, plastic, every where! and brief Q&A. An illustrated book, an extended version of the video narrative, will be on view at Pro Arts Gallery, during Michelle Kuen Suet Fung’s solo exhibition, Polluta, Floating Artist Colony in the Sky (June 1 – July 7, 2018.)
Plastic plastic, every where! portrays a dystopian future where a frenzy of human plastic
consumption (e.g., life saver donuts, telephone hotdogs) leads us past the point of no return. This global craze originates from the 2084 annual meeting of the Great Five Industrial Nations. At this meeting, the representative from the imaginary country of Contradictoria (in the form of a pig) proposes that if animals can learn to eat plastic, why can’t children? Plastic becomes an instant hit.
Everyone wants a piece of plastic. In fact, everyone is having a piece of plastic! Miss Dodo, an heiress-cum-teacher, meets a hundred-year-old sea turtle (possibly the last one on earth) on her saga to seek a world with no plastic.
The work is dark, poetic and empathetic. Devoid of dialogue or narration, the narrative could be hard, if not impossible to follow. A linear narrative gives way to a complete immersion of one visual moment after another. The emotions, however, are easily understood by a poignant tenderness and musical cues such as Massenet’s Meditation.
This event is made possible by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Pro Arts is proud to premier Michelle Kuen Suet Fung’s Plastic, plastic, every where! – Michelle’s first creative endeavor involving moving images. This video is comprised of hundreds of images, each meticulously hand-drawn, cut out and scanned before being compiled digitally. Fung rejects calling this work animation. Oblivious to animation history and convention, her work is firmly grounded in the tradition of drawing, much like that of William Kentridge.
The event will begin with a reading of an excerpt from Michelle’s new book Tin Hong Gaau Jyu (Joint Publishing, 2017), followed by an outdoor screening of the video Plastic, plastic, every where! and brief Q&A. An illustrated book, an extended version of the video narrative, will be on view at Pro Arts Gallery, during Michelle Kuen Suet Fung’s solo exhibition, Polluta, Floating Artist Colony in the Sky (June 1 – July 7, 2018.)
Plastic plastic, every where! portrays a dystopian future where a frenzy of human plastic
consumption (e.g., life saver donuts, telephone hotdogs) leads us past the point of no return. This global craze originates from the 2084 annual meeting of the Great Five Industrial Nations. At this meeting, the representative from the imaginary country of Contradictoria (in the form of a pig) proposes that if animals can learn to eat plastic, why can’t children? Plastic becomes an instant hit.
Everyone wants a piece of plastic. In fact, everyone is having a piece of plastic! Miss Dodo, an heiress-cum-teacher, meets a hundred-year-old sea turtle (possibly the last one on earth) on her saga to seek a world with no plastic.
The work is dark, poetic and empathetic. Devoid of dialogue or narration, the narrative could be hard, if not impossible to follow. A linear narrative gives way to a complete immersion of one visual moment after another. The emotions, however, are easily understood by a poignant tenderness and musical cues such as Massenet’s Meditation.
This event is made possible by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
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The event will begin with a reading of an excerpt from Michelle’s new book Tin Hong Gaau Jyu (Joint Publishing, 2017), followed by an outdoor screening of the video Plastic, plastic, every where! and brief Q&A. An illustrated book, an extended version of the video narrative, will be on view at Pro Arts Gallery, during Michelle Kuen Suet Fung’s solo exhibition, Polluta, Floating Artist Colony in the Sky (June 1 – July 7, 2018.)
Plastic plastic, every where! portrays a dystopian future where a frenzy of human plastic
consumption (e.g., life saver donuts, telephone hotdogs) leads us past the point of no return. This global craze originates from the 2084 annual meeting of the Great Five Industrial Nations. At this meeting, the representative from the imaginary country of Contradictoria (in the form of a pig) proposes that if animals can learn to eat plastic, why can’t children? Plastic becomes an instant hit.
Everyone wants a piece of plastic. In fact, everyone is having a piece of plastic! Miss Dodo, an heiress-cum-teacher, meets a hundred-year-old sea turtle (possibly the last one on earth) on her saga to seek a world with no plastic.
The work is dark, poetic and empathetic. Devoid of dialogue or narration, the narrative could be hard, if not impossible to follow. A linear narrative gives way to a complete immersion of one visual moment after another. The emotions, however, are easily understood by a poignant tenderness and musical cues such as Massenet’s Meditation.
This event is made possible by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
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