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Digital Memoir of the South China Sea
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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.
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Date:
2015
Authors:
Shui Kong Ho
Publisher:
Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
