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3-2-1 Solstice Exhibition
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 6:30PM
Sunday, Jan 3, 2010 10:00PM
Location:Adapta Gallery I
View mapAddress:21 Old Bailey St, MidlevelsRegion:Hong KongContact:Adapta GalleryCategory:Exhibit

3-2-1 Solstice
Vernissage: 6:30pm – 8:30pm, 19 November 2009
Exhibition: 20 November 2009 – 3 January 2010
Venue: Main Gallery, 21 – 31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
Adapta proudly presents its third exhibition, 3-2-1 Solstice, opening on 19 November 2009 at Schoeni Art Gallery on Old Bailey Street. Once again Adapta has gathered a group of renowned contemporary urban artists – including the much anticipated female street art legend, Swoon – bringing their works and a wide diversity of styles to Hong Kong’s doorstep. The exhibition will feature 10 of the finest urban and graphic artists from UK, USA and Hong Kong, who will be showcasing a selection of originals and prints. 3-2-1 Solstice offers a magical opportunity for ‘early bird’ affordable gift sourcing, starting from the 321st day of the calendar year – with a freestyle live art performance at our branch gallery – leading up to the exhibition opening and winter solstice celebrations!
One of Adapta’s principal missions is to create a dialogue between the Western and Asian street art scene, and therefore, we have specifically invited local artist duo, Graphic Airlines, together with French street artist, L1ES ONE, to participate in “live art performance” sessions, to demonstrate their skills at our branch gallery on Hollywood Road and main galley on Old Bailey Street. Live art performances by these phenomenal artists will take place on the Tuesday (17 December, aka the 321st day of year 2009) before the exhibition opening, as well as during the opening night.
Another noteworthy characteristic of the exhibition, is that in conjunction with the Hong Kong showing, Adapta will also be hosting another exhibition in Tokyo, entitled Close Encounters, opening on 12 November 2009. The expansion into Japan demonstrates the overwhelming success, which Adapta has received since its launch in 2008, along with the keen acceptance of its audience. Close Encounters will take place at the Time Out Gallery in Shibuya, and participating artists include: Cyclops, Matt Small, Sickboy, D*Face, Vesna Parchet, David Bray, Word To Mother, Best Ever and Jeff Soto.
Participating Artists
Considered as one of UK’s most skilled graffiti artists, Bill London’s works are influenced by an eclectic mix of architectural line, bold colour, traditional tattoo and oriental art. He often employs ‘wild style’ graffiti with delicate aesthetic elements and complex layering to create mesmerising artworks that transcend the ordinary graffiti form. Bill London recently held a solo exhibition, They Seek Him Here, at London’s Rarekind Gallery in July 2009.
With pieces appearing extensively on the streets of East London, Cept began exploring graffiti in 1986. His works are instantly recognisable, given his choice of colours, letter techniques and Lichtenstein-esque approach. According to the artist, the message Cept conveys is: “CEPT, life, love, mystery, time, space, ownership, temporality, sick, venial, overwhelming joy.”
A Graphic Design graduate from Central St. Martins in 1992, David Bray has been a freelance illustrator since 1996 where he has developed an extensive portfolio of clients, including Harvey Nichols, MTV, Various Production, Puma, H&M, Vodafone, BBC Television, etc... His works reveal his lifetime love of drawing and an active imagination. Taking mainly women and animals as his motif, Bray creates elaborated and precise illustrations that explore sensations, utopia and a world of fantasy. David Bray participated in Adapta’s launch exhibition, Attention Spam, in 2008 and has created a print exclusively for Adapta based on his Hong Kong experience last year.
A Hong Kong artist, with background in Graphic & Media Design, Friendly Liu spreads her message through canvases, graphics, walls, photos etc… with the intention of sharing her love, passion and positive energy with her audience. Friendly claims her main influence being her father, who enthusiastically shared his love for art, Chinese calligraphy and photography with her since an early age. She held her first solo exhibition in August 2009, at Artist Unlimited in Germany.
Up and coming Hong Kong design duo, Graphic Airlines consists of two members, Tat and Vi, who joined forces in 2002 and have since become devoted advocates of the local street art scene. They profess to uphold the “aesthetics of ugly” through their “not-so-cute” characters. Graphic Airlines has exhibited extensively worldwide, including 2 short animations selected for theKinofest Competition in 2008 at The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest.
Jon Burgerman studied fine art at Nottingham Trent University, and started out doing stickers in college to pass time, pasting his drawings all over campus and beyond. He is now one of England’s most admired doodlers, and has worked on a variety of commercial projects, including artwork for a PlayStation Portable video game and several books; designs for exhibition at the Science Museum in London and plush toys for a Hong Kong toy company, Flying Cat.
French artist living in Hong Kong, L1ES ONE has been active in the city for several years now. His style is rooted in graffiti, yet he often ventures into other territories and disciplines. At his previous exhibition, LE GRAFF1T1 C’EST CH1C, held at M1NT in 2008, he virtually transformed the private club into something that resembled a heavily bombed building.
A graduate from Central St. Martin’s, Phil Ashcroft is now an artist based in London. He produces paintings, light boxes and prints, combining influences from abstract expressionism, British landscape painting, Japanese woodcuts, and graphic street art. Ashcroft integrates varied visual styles to generate a crossover between space, object and environment. As a selected artist for Deptford X 2009, Phil Ashcroft will be producing a new graphic work for a 48-sheet billboard located on the junction of New Cross and Lewisham Way. Ashcroft was a Finalist in the Celeste Art Prize in 2007 and selected for Contemporary Art Society’s ARTfutures in 2007, 2005 and 2004. His lightbox work, The Skid Stops At This Point People, was also collected by New Art Gallery, Walsall in 2007. One of his light boxes that will be featured is based on his interpretation of the Hong Kong Skyscape.
Swoon is the renowned street artist from New York City, who specialises in life-size wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of figures. Swoon studied painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and began doing street art around 1999, inspired by artists such Matta-Clark and Shepard Fairey. Her work often feature realistically rendered cut-out street people, pasted up against the gray walls and doors of the city, using them as her canvas. Elements of historical art and folk sources transpire through her work, and her art embraces a conceptual exploration of the ultimate street experience.
Vesna Parchet was the only female artist participating in Adapta’s launch exhibition, Attention Spam. Being of German origin, she was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan until the age of ten. Cultural diversities and social backgrounds have always fascinated Parchet, and “art” to her “is a reflection of life observations”. Many of Vesna’s pieces express an almost abstract futuristic sensation because of her intention to portray the changes in society and surroundings in relationship to humans, their nature and their behaviour.
About Adapta
Adapta is Schoeni Art Gallery’s satellite project in collaboration with UKAdapta, based in London. Adapta aims to bridge the gap between the understanding of this Urban Art movement in the European and Asian art markets, creating a dialogue which, until now, has been relatively unobserved. We believe that the talent-pool that Urban Art offers is extraordinary and hand-picking each artist specifically for each show will demonstrate, educate and provide a wealth of inspiration for the youth of today.
For interview arrangements with the artist or the gallery director, or further information please contact Daniela Cavero at prmarketing@schoeni.com.hk
3-2-1 Solstice
Exhibition venue : Main Gallery, 21-31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
Opening Date : 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 19 November, 2009
Exhibition runs : 20 November 2009 – 3 January, 2010
Contact Details : Tel +852-28698802 Fax: +852-25221528
www.schoeniartgallery.com ww
w.adaptagallery.com Close Encounters
Exhibition venue : Time Out Gallery, Liquidroom 2/F, 3-16-6, Higashi, Shubiya-ku,Tokyo
Opening Date : 12 November, 2009
Exhibition runs : 13 November 2009 – 3 December, 2009
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The People I've Slept With 姣妹日記
Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 7:10PM
Monday, Dec 7, 2009 7:30PM
Location:The Grand @ Elements 圓方
View mapAddress:2/F, Elements, Kowloon Station, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong KongRegion:Hong KongContact:Ying E Chi & People Pictures LLC3983 0033 (The GrandCategory:Release date
Dear friends,
Please join us for the Hong Kong premiere of The People I've Slept With 姣妹日記 at the Grand Cinema @ Elements 圓方, click on the link below to purchase tickets:
http://www.thegrandcinema.com.hk/movie_content.aspx?visMovie=678
On Sunday 11/29, the Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival will close the festival with the presentation of The People I've Slept With at 7:10PM. Director Quentin Lee and actress Karin Anna Cheung will attend the screening.
An after party will follow starting at 9:30PM at Stormies @ Elements, and we hope you can join us!
Following its festival premiere, The People I've Slept With 姣妹日記 will have an exclusive engagement of 1 week starting on 11/30 with a daily showtime of 7:30PM at the Grand.
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Jeanne Hartman's Acting Workshop, Take 3
Saturday, Dec 5, 2009 12:00AM
Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 12:00AM
Location:Hong Kong
Region:Hong KongContact:Jason TobinCategory:OtherJEANNE HARTMAN, Hollywood acting coach to professional actors for over 20 years and author of The Right Questions for Actors, returns to Hong Kong in December to bring her expertise in her intensive, all-day acting workshops.Ms. Hartman teaches the craft of acting using The Group Theater Stanislavski philosophy. This group became the “Legends in American Theater” including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Barbara Loden, Clifford Odets, Sanford Meisner and Robert Lewis, which led to the Actors Studio where famous actors from Marlon Brando to Robert De Niro studied. Ms. Hartman teaches preparation for film and television acting learned from her work with Mark Travis and Lawrence Parke. Her performance studies at Juilliard and theater training with Herbert Bergdorf add to Ms. Hartman’s ability to discover which technique is best for each student.YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN BECOME AN EXPERT AT YOUR JOB, AS AN ACTORCome to this workshop to learn the techniques, secrets, and tricks that professional actors use every day.TAKE YOUR ACTING TALENT TO AN EXPERT LEVELDESCRIPTION OF JEANNE HARTMAN’S 2-DAY WORKSHOP:In her two-day intensive class, Ms. Hartman trains her actors using:·techniques for dealing with nervousness
·sense memory
·back story preparation
·improvisational techniques
·on-camera technique
·cold reading and audition training
·voice and body language styles
·exercises in relaxationMs. Hartman limits her class size to a maximum of 18 students so each student is given personal attention. During the two days, each student will have the opportunity to be coached by Ms. Hartman and participate in scenes, improvistational exercises and auditions with other students.This workshop will include:·Group and Individual Exercises and Audition Preparation
·Scene Study
·Script Analysis to develop your character
·On Camera TechniqueLearn how to save Your Audition from going bad! Find out the “Secret” between Large and Small Roles. Detect the Clues in a Script that tell you what the Director and Writer REALLY want! Learn the Difference in Preparing for Film Television, and Stage work.DATES AND COSTS OF JEANNE HARTMAN’S DECEMBER WORKSHOPS(Early registration deadline November 28, 2009! Location to be announced)“PROFESSIONAL ONLY” - 2 DAY WORKSHOPS:·December 5 and 6, 2009, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 6pm
·December 9 and 10, 2009, Wednesday and Thursday 10am – 6pmThis class is open only to professional actors, directors, writers, and artists.COST OF TWO DAY WORKSHOP: HK$3,300EARLY REGISTRATION COST: HK$3,000"OPEN CLASS" - ONE DAY WORKSHOP:One Open Class available -·December 12, 2009, Saturday 10am-6pmThis class is open to beginners to advanced level performers, actors, directors, and writers.COST OF OPEN CLASS: $1800EARLY REGISTRATION COST: $1600INTRODUCTION TO ACTING CLASS – ONE EVENING WORKSHOP:·December 7, 2009, Monday, 7 – 11 PMThis class is for students who are interested in learning more about acting and willing to try group improvisations and performing with others.COST FOR THE INTRO CLASS - $600Payment in full confirms your place in the class.
For payment by Cash or Bank Transfer contact Jason Tobin or Desmond SoInstant payment by credit card or PayPal through alivenotdead.com:Private instruction is also available while Ms. Hartman is in Hong Kong. For more information contact Jason Tobin or Desmond So: actingweekend@alivenotdead.com
Testimonials:
“These past two days working with Jeanne Hartman was a wonderful experience. When you have the tools Jeanne gave us, it will definitely make you more confident when attacking a difficult scene or even an audition.” Andrew Lin
“JEANNE! YOU ROCK! Jeannie's teaching was so accurate, this class has given me lots of answers to my questions for so long in my acting career. This was a very important lesson for me, it's shown me the right mindset on acting and script acknowledgement and so much. I'm so excited about my next film project which will start shooting in a week, I think I'll do so much better!” Josie Ho
“It was a great time experimenting as well as watching my other classmates work as well. It's kind of like a good personal training session at the gym for actors. It's not often that actors in Hong Kong get a chance to attend things like these. Even if you aren't thinking about being a professional actor this workshop can help you with other things like public speaking and boosting your confidence and it's a whole lot of fun too!” Daniel Wu
“I am really happy I took part in this course and would recommend this course to anyone who is interested to learn more about acting. Jeanne is a wonderful teacher and it is obvious to me that she teaches acting in a way that empowers you to have more confidence in the choice you make for your performance. There are not many good acting teachers in Hong Kong, and to be able to work with a coach of Jeanne's caliber in Hong Kong is a rare opportunity.” Terence Yin
“I am still feeling the BUZZ from the acting workshop taught by master acting coach Jeanne Hartman. Jeanne was knowledgeable, incredibly insightful and inspirational. She made us realise that we all have our unique styles and there are always ways to look at a scene differently and things we can do to OWN the scene and make it OURS with certain 'tools' and 'secrets'. THANK YOU so MUCH Jeanne, for being so amazingly supportive and so willing to show us what is possible in each of us as actors. I will always treasure this class and the inspiration it has given me. I will take what I have learnt and power it into my future works. Only wish you had more time in HK to keep coaching us!!!” Grace Huang
“Thank you Jeanne !!!! You know you're amazing don't you? That you have some special powers to give people SECRETS we don't even know we have.” Race Wong
“Whether you have already had some acting training or none at all, Jeanne will teach you fundamental principles upon which to build a solid technique. I had such a fabulous time working on scenes with all my fellow actors. It was such a great learning experience to have my work critiqued by Jeanne "in the open" and given "trial and error" to approach the scene with different points of view, aspect, emotion, purpose, finding the potholes, methods and the "secret".” Rosanne Wong
“Jeanne helped me re-discover myself ! Life is all about acting.....acting is living....” Jun Kung
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- Hong Kong-based actress and model. Speaks five different languages. Experienced bountiful life and exotic culture in six scattered countries across the globe...Hong Kong-based actress and model. Speaks five different languages. Experienced bountiful life and exotic culture in six scattered countries across the globe. Current project: Producing my first feature film!
'I am a complicated girl with simple desires.'
'Knowing and understanding is knowledge. However, knowledge alone without practical capability is worse than NOT having had knowledge.'
Grew up in many different countries. Mum from Taiwan and Dad is a Shanghainese. While in university, came and visited HK a few times, loved it, so here I am now. My strongest passion? ACTING!
PS: A lot of people asked me where I am from. My mum and Dad after marrying migrated to Jakarta for business. To cut long story short:
Jakarta--> Taiwan--> Jakarta--> Singapore--> Jakarta--> Ohio--> LA--> Sydney--> HONG KONG
I believe in God and that everyone has something to offer to the world.
Usual activities apart from work: hiking, watching movies, chatting, hanging out with friends, taking care of hamsters, etc
Interests: reading (I think I am a half-nerd, haha), cooking, scuba diving, rock climbing, hamster-breeding, writing, new age, aromatherapy, learning languages, etc.
- Occupation: Actor , Film/TV Producer , Model
- Gender: Female
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