A photographic image typically captures a specific moment, frozen in time. Photographic Artist Zhou HanShun’s mesmerising imageries on the contrary, unfreezes time. His unique technique of capturing the same scene at a multiplicity of moments, onto a single frame of the film emphasises the passage of time and imbues his works with added dimensions of movement and dynamism.
Art Projects Gallery is delighted to present Zhou HanShun’s “Frenetic City”, his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. “Frenetic City” features the city of Hong Kong where he had lived for several years. Beyond the visual cacophony of the city, HanShun unveils the underlying vibrancy, energy and tensions of one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
“Frenetic City” runs from 23 March 2019 till 27 April 2019 at Art Projects Gallery. An opening reception with the artist present will be held on 23 March 2019, Saturday at 4-6pm. All are welcome to attend.
Artist’s Statement
To say life moves fast in a city is an understatement.
People go through life in an uncompromising, chaotic pace,
overcoming and absorbing anything in their path.
Time in the city seem to flow quicker, memories in the city
tend to fade away faster.
Nothing seems to stand still in a city.
This project examines the intense and chaotic environment of one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Hong Kong.
When I first arrived in Hong Kong, I was immediately confronted by a society that is in fierce competition for physical and mental space.
I decided to capture and re-create the tension and chaos that I experienced in photographic form.
Each of the photographs in this series is not of a singular moment in time, but a multitude of moments in time captured in a single frame.
About the Artist
Born 1975 and raised in Singapore, Zhou HanShun is a Photographic Artist and Art Director. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT - Bachelor of Design with Distinction). His passion as a visual storyteller has been his constant exploration in his dual careers as an Art Director and Photographic Artist.
An avid traveller and citizen of the world, HanShun has lived in various cities including Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong, using photography as a way to discover, investigate and document the culture and people in the places that he has lived in or visited.
HanShun has exhibited at the KG+ Kyotographie Satellite Event (2018), Turnbas Cultural Center in Thessaloniki, Greece for Photoeidolo (2017), the Molekylo Gallery in Sweden, for the Malmo Fotobiennal (2017), the Gallery under Theatre in Bratislava, Slovakia for The Month of Photography Bratislava (2017), the Czech China Contemporary Museum in Beijing for the Songzhuang International Photo Biennale (2017), the PhotoMetria “Parallel Voices” exhibition in Greece (2016), the Addis Fotofest in Ethiopia (2016), among others.
HanShun was awarded a Special Mention at the Balkan Photo Festival (2016), Shortlisted for the Hariban Award (2018 and 2017) and was a finalist of Photolucida Critical Mass (2016), among others.
一般認為攝影就是凍結時空，捕捉瞬間時刻。然而，攝影藝術家周傼順令人著迷德攝影圖像，相反的將時空給溶化了。藝術家在一個幀中，捕捉多個瞬間拍攝同一場景的獨特技巧，強調了時間的流逝，並使他的作品充滿了動感和活力。
藝途畫廊榮幸呈現周傼順的香港首度個展《狂熱的城市》。《狂熱的城市》以藝術家居住多年的香港城市為題材。在這世界上人口最為稠密的城市裡，藝術家從這喧鬧吵雜的城市之中體現了其所潛在的活力、能量和緊張。
《狂熱的城市》將於2019年3月23日至4月27日，於香港藝途畫廊展出。展覽開幕酒會將於2019年3月23日，星期六的下午4時至6時舉行。歡迎各界人士前來參加。
藝術家自述
城市的生活節奏很快，這說法也太輕描淡寫了。
人們以不妥協的、混亂的節奏度過生活，
在他們的道路上克服和吸收任何東西。
在這個城市裡，時間似乎流逝得更快，記憶也往往消失得更迅速。
在一個城市似乎沒有任何東西停滯不前。
香港是世界上人口最稠密的城市之一，此次項目考察了其激烈和混亂的環境。
當我第一次來到香港時，立刻要面對的正是一個對身心空間競爭激烈的社會。
我決定捕捉並重新塑造我在攝影形式中所經歷的緊張和混亂。
本系列中的每張照片都不是一個瞬間的時刻，而是在一個幀中捕獲的多個時刻。
關於藝術家周傼順
1975年出生並在新加坡長大，周漢順是攝影藝術家和藝術總監。他畢業於新加坡南洋美術學院和皇家墨爾本理工學院（RMIT - 以優異成績榮獲設計學士）。作為藝術總監和攝影藝術家的雙重職業生涯，周傼順熱衷探索視覺藝術來表達故事的內容。
愛好旅遊有如遊牧民族，周傼順曾於多個城市生活，其中包括新加坡、上海和香港。通過攝影來發現、考察和記錄他所居住或參觀過的當地的人民文化。
周傼順的攝影作品曾於多個國家展出，其中包括日本、希臘、瑞典、斯洛伐克、中國北京、非洲的埃塞俄比亞等等。
傼順曾入圍和榮獲多個獎項，其中包括在巴爾幹攝影節（2016年）獲得特別獎、入圍Hariban獎（2018年和2017年）、入圍Photolucida Critical Mass（2016）等。
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