Groups
of 3 or 4 students present the topics below. Each group will have 20 minutes to
present the topic and 10 minutes Q & A session. Instructor will stop you talking
if you have already used up the time. You can have one representative to present
your topic. The group should lead the Q & A session. Think of some questions to discuss with other classmates. Your group need to write
down who responsible for which part on the last page of the PowerPoint file and
submit the hard copy of the PowerPoint file to the instructor in class as well
as a soft copy to Blackboard. Each group member should have an even share of workload,
contributing to the research, analysis and preparation of a PowerPoint file.
Topics:
1.
Visual Art Censorship Case:
"New Man"
2. Copyright and Re- Creation: Hello Kitty sued FM Theatre Power
3.
Management of City Renewal Project: Redevelopment
plan of Hong Kong harbour& Cheong
Gye Cheon
4.
Film Censorship: Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
5.
Policy of Public Art: Richard Serra "Tilted Arc "
The questions below are just some
guidelines for your reference. You can decide
the focus and the content of your presentation.
1. Visual Art Censorship Case:
"New Man"
(pictures
from Hong Kong Economic Journal)
a.
Study the responses of the following people to the "New Man" incident.
Do
you think their responses were appropriate and what influences had they
brought to the incident?
i. the owner of "New Man";
ii. Hong
Kong Arts Development Council;
iii. Arts Critics re-examining the incident
by taking the gender issue into
consideration, such as the Chinese translation
of "New Man", sexual
discrimination in Hong Kong;
iv. Hong Kong
artists signing a joint declaration on newspaper / participating
in a demonstration
/ organizing a exhibition titled "Penis Arts Exhibition".
b
. Analyze the reasons for supporting or against the showing
of "New Man"
in public places. What is your point of view?
c
. Analyze how the HK government officials define whether an article is
obscene
or not and the regulations that are imposed on obscene articles. Do
you think
this measurement is valid for art works? If not, how can these
regulations
be clarified to allow freedom of art creations / expressions?
Reference:藝術惹上香港法律的麻煩
2. Copyright and Re- Creation: Hello Kitty sued FM Theatre Power
a. Study the local law about copyright. Did FM Theatre Power infringed the copyright of Hello Kitty?
b. Review local law related to copyright. Does it hinder art creation and freedom of expression?
c.To advocate a different view of copyright. There are creative commons, some rights reserved, copyleft and open source, etc. What are these about? How does it work?
Reference:
Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Protection
The Implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC in the
Member States
香港獨立媒體談吉蒂與死人頭的侵權事件
尊重版權 vs 尊重創作
3.
Compare the redevelopment plan of Hong Kong harbour and the restoration plan of
Cheong Gye Cheon (清溪川) in Seoul:
During
the process of redevelopment plan of Hong Kong harbour, Star Ferry Pier and Queen's
Pier were demolished. It caused a number of objection from the society and social
movement which asked the government to review the policy of city planning. When
compared with the restoration of Cheong Gye Cheon, there is less objection. Why?
Compare the management of these 2 projects.
reference:http://beyondthestars.wordpress.com/
http://tchinese.seoul.go.kr/cheonggye/
4.
Film Censorship: Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
a.
Analyze the quoted examples of films being censored in HKIFF and the
reasons
against or supporting these censorship. What is your point of view?
b.
Study the criticisms of the film selection process (especially on the
curator's
role in this process). Do you agree with these criticisms or not?
c.
This was an issue when HKIFF was one of the government organisations, and when
the status of the HKIFF changed, this is not an issue anymore. What are the pros
& cons of cultural organisation to be owned by the government?
d. What is the film censorship system in Hong Kong now? Do you think if it is a good system?
5. Policy of Public Art: Richard Serra "Tilted Arc "
a.
Some people wanted to move the art work away and some people wanted it to stay.
What are their reasons?
b. The civic value of the empty plaza and the
artistic value of Tilted Arc, which one are more important? How to make
a balance?
c. Examine the procedure of realising the project of Tilted
Arc. Are their anything that can be improved, so that the art work can stay?
d.
What is Public Art? Is there any
regulation on the budget of public art on government buildings? What is the procedure
of erecting a public art in public space? Review the policy of Public Art in Hong Kong. Can the policy help promote public art in Hong Kong?
Reference: http://www.publicart.org.hk/articles.php
Other
articles about art censorship:
本地知名舞蹈團體宣傳單張遭康文署無理審查
(2008/4/4)
改革淫審立場書(廣邀聯署)
(2008/1/11)
封住你把口，請你唱首歌──排除萬難的首個同志創作展 (2007/1/22)
難道又是一個藝術檢查的例子嗎?
(2005/8/26)
more comment
"Alison
Lapper Pregnant" marble statue by Marc Quinn 2005
Clinton Boisvert “Fear” 2002
"Tumbling
Woman" Eric Fischl 2002
Criteria
for assessment:
-
Depth of analysis;
- Any insight for current situation;
- Accuracy;
- Organization;
- Team work.
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