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On a black background is a greyish, imperfect line circle. The crooked line is brighter at the two o’clock and eight o’clock segment. At the ten o’clock position is a gap that curves inward on the left and outward on the right, which looks like a C-shape with the opening pointing towards the top right direction.

M+ Community Pilot Project—'L Community'

Details
Artist: Pak Sheung Chuen
Type: Workshop
Language: Multiple
Audience: Everyone
Location: Common Space
Accessibility: Accessible Caption
Programme
12 Nov 2021
7 Jan 2023
On a black background is a greyish, imperfect line circle. The crooked line is brighter at the two o’clock and eight o’clock segment. At the ten o’clock position is a gap that curves inward on the left and outward on the right, which looks like a C-shape with the opening pointing towards the top right direction.

M+ Community Pilot Project—'L Community'

The M+ Community Pilot Project is a socially driven initiative that empowers artists and community partners to explore the possibilities of social service through creative practices. We believe that engaging social workers and communities in activities that prioritise creativity and diverse perspectives can foster imaginations, cultivate an inclusive environment that offers new opportunities for underrepresented communities, and create hopes for the future.

L Community is a continuation of artist Pak Sheung Chuen’s project L, initiated at the 2012 exhibition Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei. The project began with a creative enquiry into the artist’s work and mindset. L Community attempts to shed light on his creative practice. The initiative demonstrates how his simple concepts can be evolved into numerous possibilities for community experiences through the reimagination of the mundane details of everyday life.

A series of experimental activities will be organized at M+ and across other community venues. This display at the M+ Learning Hub will track the project’s progress. Through this process, Pak hopes to inspire participants to start their own creative experiments.

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. In the foreground is a display rack showcasing five colourful sculptures of different forms. They are composed of irregularly shaped translucent acrylic sheets of various colours. On the table at the back placed acrylic sheets, some of which are also pieced together.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. In the foreground is the project introduction text panel. At the back stands two sculptures of about 1.5 and 2 metres tall, on which placed books and packaged food respectively. On the side are a book shelf and a long pedestal displaying also packaged food, and other exhibits.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. In the foreground is a cork board rack pinned with handwritten memo notes, photos, a photocopied newspaper and introduction text. On the black board rack at the back are a few lines of numbers that change in form, and a right-angled triangle with markings.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. Close-up shot of a book shelf with a dozen of books of various sizes and thicknesses. All books are wrapped in paper of black, white or different shades of grey colour. Some of their spines have a yellow round sticker and also names, alphabets or short phrases written on them.

Photo: Winnie Yeung @ Visual Voices

Photo of the entrance of the Learning Hub, a two-storey space. A string of white texts is put up on the glass exterior. The string extends from near the ground on the left and turns to a different direction when it reaches a pillar or the ceiling, as if a beam of reflected light that bounces off surfaces.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. In the foreground is a display rack showcasing five colourful sculptures of different forms. They are composed of irregularly shaped translucent acrylic sheets of various colours. On the table at the back placed acrylic sheets, some of which are also pieced together.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. In the foreground is the project introduction text panel. At the back stands two sculptures of about 1.5 and 2 metres tall, on which placed books and packaged food respectively. On the side are a book shelf and a long pedestal displaying also packaged food, and other exhibits.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. In the foreground is a cork board rack pinned with handwritten memo notes, photos, a photocopied newspaper and introduction text. On the black board rack at the back are a few lines of numbers that change in form, and a right-angled triangle with markings.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Photo of a corner of the ‘L Community’. Close-up shot of a book shelf with a dozen of books of various sizes and thicknesses. All books are wrapped in paper of black, white or different shades of grey colour. Some of their spines have a yellow round sticker and also names, alphabets or short phrases written on them.

Photo: Winnie Yeung @ Visual Voices

Photo of the entrance of the Learning Hub, a two-storey space. A string of white texts is put up on the glass exterior. The string extends from near the ground on the left and turns to a different direction when it reaches a pillar or the ceiling, as if a beam of reflected light that bounces off surfaces.

Photo: South Ho @ HO66.studio

Participating Artist

Pak Sheung Chuen obtained an undergraduate degree in fine arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since 2003, he has been a visual arts columnist for the weekend supplement of Ming Pao Daily News. Pak works across different mediums and draws inspiration from lived experiences to create playful works that explore hidden connections between people, events, and objects.

Chest-length portrait of Pak Sheung Chuen. He is a middle-aged man with short black hair, a high forehead and a goatee. Wearing a pair of thick clear frame glasses and an off-white long-sleeved shirt with a stand collar, he grins widely at the camera.

Portrait of Pak Sheung Chuen. Photo: courtesy of the artist

Community Partners

  • The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong - Jockey Club South Kwai Chung Children & Youth Integrated Services Centre
  • Caritas Mok Cheung Sui Kun Community Centre - Neighbourhood Kitchen
  • The Pokfulam Farm

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Image at top: Using the Light of the Waning Moon to Draw a Full Moon, 2007. Pak Sheung Chuen. © Pak Sheung Chuen. Photo: courtesy of Pak Sheung Chuen. M+, Hong Kong

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