Live + Zoom Artist Talk with Au Tze Long 區子朗
Date: Saturday 5 June 2021
Time: 11am
Venue: Blue Lotus Gallery, 28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
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Au Tze Long 區子朗 'Siu Ding 04' Hong Kong, 2018, Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery
‘NUDE STUDIES 裸體研究’ explores the timeless fixation by artists to represent the human body, specifically through the lens of three current photographers. All practice within the analog domain and yet their work manifests in unique forms. From the Grand Master of minimal black & white landscapes, Michael Kenna breaks new ground by photographing the female nude but not without his signature style and attention. For colour and the vital female gaze we turn to Au Tze Long whose intimate and deeply personal work moves between stories, dreams, ritual and reality. Whispering of life’s inherent messiness and pain, they also communicate the bond between photographer and model - human to human. Ben Felten’s project ‘Photosynthesis’ marries content and technique as his double exposures of plants on nudes come to life through blue tones of cyanotype printing which is originally developed in sunlight. Man and Nature grow, blossom and wilt with time: his prints remind us we are on this planet but only a brief moment.
Au Tze Long sees photography as a sublimation from reality to spirituality. A graduate of the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, she was awarded a scholarship through the Julian Lee Asia One Photographic Awards in 2017. Her first photo-book Intosomnia was published in 2018, and in 2018-19 she held solo photography exhibitions in Hong Kong and Tainan, Taiwan. Au is also an indie singer in two bands - Carame/ and Artichoke Heart -- her music interests are diverse, from dream pop to improvising ritual chant.
區子朗－藝術家分享會
日期：星期六 6月5日 2021
時間：上午11時
地點：Blue Lotus Gallery 上環磅巷28號
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Au Tze Long 區子朗 'Yang 02' Hong Kong, 2017, Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery
《裸體研究》探索三位當代攝影師鏡頭下的人體面貌，三者的作品均用菲林拍攝，但各自散發著其獨特的風格韻味。黑白攝影大師 Michael Kenna 突破往常的題材首次拍攝人體，其標誌性格調卻依舊表露無遺；著重色調及其女性審美觀的的區子朗，則透過極為私密和個人的作品帶領觀眾遊走於故事、睡夢、儀式和現實間，以作品耳語出人生的紛亂與疾苦；Ben Felten 透過雙重曝光和藍晒技法，將植物和裸照融為一體，讓意象與技術完美結合。
區子朗以人像攝影為溝通媒介，探討己身、他人與世界的曖昧關係，亦涉及心靈與陰性探索。為樂隊Carame/ 與「植物曲張」主音。2017年畢業於香港城市大學創意媒體學院。2018年出版小說攝影集《Intosomnia》，並於香港與台南舉辦個人攝影展。
