Sunday, December 6, 2015

Hong Kong on Steps

Artist: Omni Art

Omni Art is the first Hong Kong art group specialising in 3D floor paintings, wall paintings and other creative art projects. Led by local artist Lam Yuk Fai, four young artists including Terena Wong, Cheng Kit Yu, Kum Ka Wai and Denise Yeung left their brushstrokes in various places around Hong Kong with a dream of making art everywhere and sharing their art ideas with everyone in the world. Upon their first encounter in a community art project in 2014, they started four 3D floor paintings in Tsuen Wan, and formed Omni Art. To date, they have created seven stair paintings across three districts in Hong Kong.

旅塗是香港首個專業3D地畫、壁畫及從事其他創意藝術的團隊,並由本地資深藝術家林旭輝老師帶領四位年輕藝術家王麗童、鄭潔瑜、甘家瑋和楊梓晴組成。他們的藝術創作足跡遍及全香港,務求把他們的藝術創作和理念與世界上所有人分享。2014年,他們通過荃灣3D地畫社群藝術計劃而互相認識。時至今日,他們已經在香港三個不同的地區創作了七幅巨型梯畫。
“Lost in Time PMQ" is a combination of stair paintings, floor paintings and installation. The concept is built on the historical background of PMQ and Hong Kong in the old days. The artwork is divided into four parts. A Chinese opera artiste in her costume painted on the far most stairs seems to be stepping down, while painted on the floor beneath those stairs are the streets of Hong Kong in the 1950-60s. A rickshaw on the street is waiting for the artiste, while another rickshaw carrying a passenger is leaving on the far left. The modern female painted on the stairs up front appears to be the artiste passing through the world beneath and walking back up to the modern world.  The juxtaposition of these scenes are divided by the painted iron bars on the floor: above the bars is modern-day Hong Kong and below the bars is Hong Kong in the old days. The best spot to capture this spectacle is near the stairs along Staunton Street. 
「時空交錯PMQ」是結合了樓梯畫,地畫以及裝置藝術於一身的作品。創作概念主要建基於PMQ及新舊香港的歷史背景。首先將整個作品以樓梯畫及地畫,分成上、下、前、後四個空間,後面的階梯畫有一個穿著粵劇戲服的花旦從階梯踏步而下,而地面則呈現出一條五十、六十年代的香港街道。街道上的一架黃包車等著花旦上車,左邊遠處另一架黃包車則載上乘客正在離開、而前面的階梯則畫有一個現代的女性,好像是那花旦從後邊的樓梯穿越了時空交錯的地下世界,再從前面的樓梯走上了現代一樣。這些交錯的時空就是透過畫在地面上的鐡欄,隱喻鐡欄之上為真實的空間,與下層的舊香港情景相互交錯。讓觀眾可於PMQ士丹頓街的階梯入口位置,感受這個交錯空間及留影成為作品的一部份。