【ACO Art Space May - June】"Weee! we weave"
Date:2024.5.18 - 6.22 (Tue to Sun)
Time: 1 - 7 pm
Venue: ACO Art Space (6/F)
Opening performance by
Soundscape - Chan Ting @ctsimage
Performance Art - Pang Jing @pang_jing
Date: 2.04.5.18 (Sat)
Time: 2 - 3 pm
We weave, therefore we live - we live with fabric that keeps us warm and makes our lives so much easier. SAORI, founded by Misao Jo in Japan in 1969, is created not only to protect our physical bodies and to please the eyes, but also to unlock one’s artistic talent, liberate the souls and to encourage deeper connection with creativity and authenticity.
We are delighted to join hands with Centre for Community Cultural Development. By showcasing a series of SAORI created and handmade by artist-weavers across Japan and Hong Kong,* we manifest the uniqueness, boundlessness and freedom of self-expression contained and signified by every single piece of work that are too remarkable to ignore. Inspired by mother of nature, a SAORI web is reconstructed in the space. As colours, tactile elements, uninhibited hands and free will intertwine and interact, a creative process is initiated and evolves organically.
Let us just lie down on this web where flaws and faults are allowed and accepted, unwind, slow down (at least for a while), regain strength and ignite hopes and imagination.
*Acknowledgments
All the SAORI exhibits in this art space are provided by Centre for Community Cultural Development.
Artist-weavers:
Japan
Eji Jo
Hirohisa Osaki
Hamaguchi Tomokazu
Members of SAORI Hiroba in Osaka
Hong Kong
Cifu-Jai from St. James Settlement
Members of the Weavers' Alliance of Centre for Community Cultural Development
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