Artist Talk with Ian Lambot
Author of ‘City of Darkness Revisited’
Ian Lambot, Walled City 'Panorama South #1', Hong Kong 1989, Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery
Date and Time: Sunday 27 November 2022, 11am
Venue: Blue Lotus Gallery, 28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Free Event, RSVP required, Conducted in English
Contact kozaf@bluelotus-gallery.com to register for the live talk
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet with Ian Lambot on 27 November, where he will share his experiences of documenting Kowloon Walled City, and the history behind the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the world.
About the project ‘City Of Darkness Revisited’:
After several failed attempts, Kowloon Walled City has finally demolished 20 years ago, leaving behind a legacy of fascination that continues to grow, fuelled in part by the extraordinary communities of many urban legends. Designed and edited by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot, the team behind the City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City, this new publication questions those myths and explores the reality behind the Walled Citys extraordinary architecture and development.
About the Artist:
Ian Lambot trained as an architect and worked briefly for the Richard Rogers Partnership before arriving in Hong Kong in 1979, where he lived for the next 18 years.After stints running an architectural model-making studio and working with Foster and Partners - on the early stages of the Hongkong Bank project - he set up Watermark Publications, publishing in the years since numerous books on architecture, engineering and design, including four volumes on the work of Norman Foster and, of course, City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City.
He now lives in the UK, where he continues to design and publish books on subjects that interest him.
Ian Lambot Walled City 'South Facade #3B', Hong Kong 1990, Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery
Ian Lambot－藝術家分享會
日期：星期日 11月27日，上午11時
地點：Blue Lotus Gallery 上環磅巷28號
免費參加, 分享會將以英語進行
立即聯繫 kozaf@bluelotus-gallery.com 註冊以參加分享會
不要錯過11月27日舉行的 Ian Lambot 分享會，屆時他將會分享更多關於九龍城寨的故事，以及這個人口最稠密的小區背後的歷史。
關於《黑暗之城》:
經過數次失敗的嘗試後，九龍城寨終於被清拆將近 30 年，留下了永垂不朽的美譽，因為它展示出一個現代主義中建構出的反烏托邦空間，混合了污穢、黑暗、隨意的混凝土、過度擁擠的空間，孕育出一種令人不安卻又無法抵擋的佳釀；這種佳釀經常出現於電影、電子遊戲或作為在書中被引述的內容，喚醒大家只有城寨才能創造的東西是甚麼。攝影集《黑暗之城》由 Greg Girard（格雷格‧吉拉德）和 Ian Lambot（林保賢）攜手拍攝、設計和編輯，探討了城寨非凡的建築及發展背後的歷史。
關於藝術家：
Ian Lambot 來自英國，在大學時主修建築，曾在羅傑斯建築事務所（Richard Rogers Partnership）任職，於1979年來到香港後，在此地住了二十年，期間被九龍城寨深深吸引。曾經營建築模型製作工作室，又與福斯特建築事務所（Foster and Partners）合作（匯豐銀行興建項目的早期階段），其後成立 Watermark Publications，多年來出版無數有關建築和工程的書籍，包括四冊關於福斯特（Norman Foster）建築作品的書，還有《黑暗之城：九龍城寨的日與夜》。
他現居英國，並繼續從事設計和出版書籍工作。
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