Inspired by the famous animated version of the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design came up with the Riverside Scene of Local Agriculture. The piece aims to get its audience to reflect upon the alternative ways of life in Hong Kong, which goes beyond our cubicle or our cherished cup of Starbucks.
With the support of a local farmers' focus group, the students got an exclusive chance to interview 80 farmers whose livelihood will be affected by the construction of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. Their stories are then interpreted by the students and re-lived on a large scroll of painting.
You can imagine the scale of this project. The students had to map 18 farming households through surveying their village in Shek Kong, utilising computers in adjusting in sizes of houses and roads. Details on the houses, people, and crops were then added though the farmers' description.
If you want to look into a diminishing culture, you don't need to look as far as the Northern Sung dynasty. The exhibition, with detailed local farming skills depicted, will be on until this Friday at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Don't miss the last chance in witnessing a lesser known side of the Hong Kong.
Riverside Scene of Local Agriculture
Date: From now until 15 July 2011Time: 9:00am to 8:00pm
Venue: SD Gallery, AG 101, A Core, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University