Book Launch Exhibition Cum Forum: Creative Education And Dynamic Media

Date :
2014.7.7 - 2014.7.16

Location :
Goethe-Gallery, Goethe-Institut Hongkong
14/F HK Arts Centre
2, Harbour Road, Wanchai
Hong Kong

Time :
Monday-Friday: 10:00 am – 8:30 pm; Saturday: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Free Admission

Supported by Goethe-Institut Hongkong

OPENING RECEPTION:
Date: 7 July 2014 (Monday)
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Goethe-Gallery, Goethe-Institut Hongkong

FORUM:
Date: 12 July 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 4 pm – 5:30pm
Venue: Black Box Studio, Goethe-Institut Hongkong

Speakers:

Kurt Chan Yuk-keung (Director of MA Programme in Fine Art; Professor, Department of Fine Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Tobias Gremmler (Author of ‘Creative Education and Dynamic Media’)

Ada Wong Ying Kay (Founder and Chief Executive, Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture)

Moderator: Percy Fung (Owner & Production Director, Film Magic, Hong Kong)

Conducted in English. Free Admission.

Book Launch Exhibition Cum Forum: Creative Education And Dynamic Media

Exhibition

The exhibition unfolds the book 'Creative Education and Dynamic Media'into a gallery space. More than 200 student works are displayed on large screens. Each screen represents a chapter of the book, for example, “Digital Foundations”, “Motion Design” and “Research”. The spatial arrangement transforms the linear quality of the book into a non-linear, simultaneously perceivable information cluster, which reveals important interrelations among different chapters and topics of the book. The floor is covered by book pages. Visitors are invited to pick up a page as souvenir.

Forum

How does creativity emerge and how can it be nurtured? Johannes Itten, who taught at the famous Bauhaus School of Design in Germany stated “Play becomes joy, joy becomes work, work becomes play”. Play and work have much in common, like goals, achievements, competition, but also passion, talent and creativity.

Creative people like designers, artists, architects and filmmakers have the ability in applying individual talents and passion in their work. The uniqueness of their ideas and imagination became a foundation of their success. But what is the profound source of this uniqueness? And how can creative education nurture this source? Creativity is shaped by a society but also shapes a society. It affects economic and cultural developments. It is the motor that drives innovation and progress in many aspects. But the definition of creativity remains uncertain, which might be its essential quality. The forum will include a roundtable discussion, during which the origins of creative thinking and its relations towards play, education, design, economy and culture will be explored.

'Creative Education and Dynamic Media' authored by Tobias Gremmler provides guidelines and practical creative exercises which equip creative-major students in early semesters as well as creative practitioners with fundamental knowledge on creation methods. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press in May 2014.

Tobias Gremmler is currently Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media,City University of Hong Kong and Visiting Professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. He has taught at universities in Germany, Switzerland and the United States since 1996, and began teaching in China since 2003. He started his career as a professional designer for digital media in 1991. Since then, he has developed design solutions for companies such as Apple, Adidas, BMW, Samsung and Sony. In his artistic work, he blends media art with traditional art forms like theatre, music and sculpture. His artwork has been shown at Ars Electronica, Transmediale, and theatres like Volksbühne Berlin and Cultural Centre Hong Kong.