Project Description

Acknowledgement for Excellent Youth Designs | 嘉許優秀新晉設計

Description:

Showing great support to the Macau Y Show since its launch in 2016, it has been the third consecutive year for the Design Council of Hong Kong (DCHK) to partner with the Macanese organiser Chiu Yeng Culture Limited to promote youth design power and good works. Rather similar in nature to our「DesignXcel」exhibition, yet with less emphasis on the collaborative spirit, the Macau Y Show is an annual event to award design excellence of design graduates of the year in several major disciplines around the world.

This year, DCHK has nominated 5 emerging young design talents from various Hong Kong design schools to participate in the Macau Y Show, all of their designs were showcased and exposed to the public at the Regency Art Hotel in Macau during 11-14 October. Jonathan Lau’s photography work provides the much needed tranquility in the hustle filled metropolis.

Unlike many other photographers who like to highlight the vibrancy and cyberpunk-esque when dealing with the metropolis subject matter, Jonathan reduces all distraction of colours down to the single colour – white. The play between light and shadow, the micro textures of building surfaces and the repetition of architectural features, had all become abstract visual elements under the lens of Jonathan.

He has travelled around Asia to find the suitable architectures that constitute his collection of photographs. Under the strong influence of minimalism, Jonathan created a world through his lens where geolocation is no longer relevant, but a parallel universe in which only architecture exists and is appreciated on its own artistic merit.

自2016年首辦以來，香港設計委員會連續第三年與澳門的主辦單位超盈文化有限公司聯成一線，推廣年青設計力量及優秀作品。澳門「Y設計展」是肯定世界各地設計畢業生卓越設計的年度頒獎盛事暨作品展，性質與《設計列陣》展覽類同，唯獨其著眼點並非側重協作精神。

今年，香港設計委員會共提名了5位來自香港各設計學院的新晉年輕設計人才參加澳門「Y設計展」，他們各人的設計均於10月11日至14日期間假澳門荔景灣藝術酒店展出予公眾參觀。劉兆正的攝影作品就為熙熙攘攘的大都市提供了它急需的一份寧靜。

與許多喜歡在處理大都市主題時強調活力和賽博龐克風格的攝影師不同，劉同學則喜歡將所有會分散觀眾注意力的色彩簡化至單一的顏色－－白色。光與影的關係、建築表面細膩的紋理以及建築特徵的重複，都在劉同學的鏡頭下成為抽象的視覺元素。

為了建構他的相片集，他曾到訪亞洲各地尋找合適的建築。在極簡主義的強烈薰陶下，劉同學用他的鏡頭創造了一個世界，在這裡，地理定位不再具有相關性，而是一個個平行的宇宙，當中只存在著建築，而且這些建築都能透過其自身的藝術價值受人讚賞。

Design Graduate:
LAU Siu Ching, Jonathan

Collaborator:
Chiu Yeng Culture Limited(Macau Y Show 2018)  澳門「Y 設計展」2018

Email:
jonathanlausc@gmail.com

School:
Savannah College of Arts and Design(SCAD)  薩凡納藝術設計大學