Our Journey

｜Origin｜

 

Humanities, Art and History, which are right beside us, yet seem so far away.

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In the real world, we are constantly dealing with the tedious details of life, often in rush and feel tired. In the virtual world, we are bombarded with numerous fragmented information. Perception has become dull; Beauty is obscured; Meaning is forgotten; even Thinking turns into a luxury, which action requires space, time, life materials, and practice.

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"Think we must." - by Virginia Woolf, 1938.

 

Humanities, Art and History are all life materials. Whether they are extinct, existing, declining or thriving, they are the sediment and traces of many lives, that we mean the culture. Thinking is a must, as it makes the vitality of culture flow and thrive. As human beings, we naturally crave the meaning of life. Throughout the river of history, countless crystallizations have been precipitated from the thinking of our predecessors which are diverse, complex and dynamic.

 

Hong Kong is a unique and complex city. But right at this moment, the local culture and its natural ecology are facing a shrinking trend of "diversification and pluralism" due to various human factors.

 

｜What do you see? How shall we prevent?｜- for Culture & Art 

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Here is the point where FRACTION starts.

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｜Exploration｜

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Focusing on culture & art | Exploring thinking & perception

 

FRACTION is an experimental research lab explores the dissemination, communion, and co-creation of practices in the public sphere in Hong Kong. Our goal is to promote the diversification of local culture and art, to preserve and appreciate the variety layers of communities, to discover and expand personal perspectives, and to explore the meaning of cultural identity. 

 

How is culture and art perceived? Just like how life is perceived.

 

Culture is not words printed in books, and art is not objects locked in exhibition halls. Culture and art are life materials | gain of thoughts. They are flowing & immersive; they are the energy that will constantly stack, intersect, dissolve, transform, and regenerate; they are the evidence of life living.

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How to READ cultural and art pieces? We should read them as how we read the life. Contribute our time, space with the perception; experience it with our honor; practice it in our lives and consciousness. Through the cycle of "Observation, Perception & Creation", the artistic vitality hidden behind could flow.

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｜Experiment + Practice｜

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｜Art Research Project - Lead our researchers to "TALK" with the art｜

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Discarding the top-down method, we start with intuitive feelings, then the relevant facts such as the historical background and professional indexe including themes, styles, materials, spatial composition, colors, techniques, etc. We also read the motivation, intention and goal from multiple perspectives. Encouraging our researchers to present and share ideas interactively, the whole process of research is set as playful games, which inviting participants to study as the scholars, to think as the curators, and create as the artists.

 

｜Culture Research Project - Lead our researchers to "WRITE" into the culture｜

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Discarding the guiding method, We stroll around the unique urban context spaces, and read from multiple perspectives such as cultural history, urban design, architectural design, environmental design and micro-ecology. Meanwhile, observe the dynamic relationships between "I, Objects & Non-objects" within the city

through our movement, experience and thinking. Encouraging our researchers to present and share ideas interactively, the whole process of research is set as playful games, which inviting participants to study as the scholars, to think as the philosophers, and create as the artists.

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More programs will be unlocked...

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