Publication
Digital Memoir of the South China Sea
| dc.contributor.author | Shui Kong Ho | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-17T07:04:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-17T07:04:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A Chinese junk in full sail is one of most enduring symbols of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and the surrounding South China Sea, which brings life and commerce to the region. Inspired by this symbol of Chinese culture along with other found artifacts, I have created a series of digital artworks based on my childhood memories of these iconic symbols of my Hong Kong upbringing. This series of work is based on deconstructed photographs of vintage patterns and sections of objects that were once common household and everyday articles. I then manipulate and reformat them into swirling designs of color that can only be described as having an association with contemporary digital images of fractals. Another category of found objects that appear in my work are natural wonders, such as shells and plants that are commonly found on Hong Kong’s rocky shores. My journey of selecting objects to photograph, deconstruct, manipulate, print, exhibit, and reflect on is integral to my artistic research. As such, it comprises material critical to understanding my identity as a bicultural artist and how I have come to understand certain cultural aspects of my youth as a person of Chinese heritage growing up in the harbour city of Hong Kong. In this paper, I intend to use complex spiral digital art to trace the inspirational forms that frequently materialize in my work. This work was exhibited in Hong Kong in March 2014 in conjunction with an explanation on how it might influence the visual culture there. | |
| dc.format.extent | 16 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ubd.edu.bn/handle/123456789/3663 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 19 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Digital art—China—Hong Kong | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Memory in art | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nostalgia in art | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Chinese art—21st century | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Victoria Harbour (Hong Kong, China)—In art | |
| dc.title | Digital Memoir of the South China Sea | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |
