“Ersilia: Body Of The Gateway Cities” is a 2022 Videotage group exhibition curated by Angel Leung. Co-presented with FRAC Alsace, Ersilia explores the relationship between people and land through video art from Hong Kong and France, in physical and online screening. 

「連結之城：邊界城市的本質」是錄映太奇於2022年呈獻之群展兼線上放映，由梁安琦策劃。此展覽為錄映太奇與法國FRAC Alsace聯合呈獻節目，旨在透過香港與法國的錄映藝術，探索人們與其城市的關係。

Videotage is pleased to present the group show Ersilia: Body Of The Gateway Cities from 22 April to 29 May 2022 at Videotage (exhibition) and www.videotagecinema.com (online screening). Co-presented with FRAC Alsace, Ersilia explores the relationship between people and land through video art from Hong Kong and France.

Does a place shape its residents? Do we shape where we live? Hong Kong and Alsace are nearly 10,000 kilometres apart yet share some similarities: historically, both regions are the gateways of cultural exchanges with people who come, go, or stay. The fluidity in the population results in their unique and rich languages, people, thoughts, and stories.

The exhibition attempts to examine the delicate experiences of living between different cultures in Hong Kong and Alsace through the artworks of 8 Hong Kong and French artists: Annabelle Amoros, Robert Cahen, Comma (Clémence Choquet et Mickaël Gamio), Chilai Howard, Ellen Pau, Céline Trouillet, Yan Wai Yin, and Samson Young.

Curated by Angel Leung, the exhibition will put the Hong Kong and French artworks in pairs under 4 sub-themes: Stories, Languages, People and Thoughts to examine the similar or different experiences in both places.

Exhibition: Hong Kong
Date: 22/4-29/5/2022
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 12 noon – 7 pm
Venue: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Online Screening
Date: 22/4-29/5/2022

Artist Talks

Comma x Yan Wai Yin
Hong Kong artist Yan Wai Yin and French artist duo Comma (Clémence Choquet & Mickaël Gamio) will share their thoughts behind their artworks and their relationships with their surroundings. (Talk in English)
Date: 19/5/2022, 6 pm (HK) /12 nn (France)
Venue: zoom
Speaker: Comma (Clémence Choquet, Mickaël Gamio), Yan Wai Yin
Moderator: Angel Leung (curator)

Robert Cahen x Ellen Pau
Hong Kong and French video art pioneers Ellen Pau and Robert Cahen will talk about how they use video art to tell the stories of their hometowns. (Talk in English and partly French with English interpretation)
Date: 20/5/2022, 9 pm (HK) / 3 pm (France)
Venue: zoom
Speaker: Robert Cahen and Ellen Pau
Moderator: Angel Leung (curator)

Exhibition: France
A parallel exhibition will take place from 3 June to 2 July 2022 at the Agence en Résidence (Bordeaux, France).
Date: 3/6 – 2/7/2022
Opening hours: 5:30 pm – 8 pm (Thursday & Friday), 2 pm – 8 pm (Saturday), 2 pm – 5 pm (Sunday)
Venue: The Full Gallery, L’Agence en Résidence, 15 Place Du Palais, Bordeaux 33000, France

錄映太奇將於2022年4月22日至5月29日期間，呈獻「連結之城：邊界城市的本質」展覽 和線上放映（www.videotagecinema.com）。是次展覽為錄映太奇與法國FRAC Alsace聯合呈獻節目，旨在透過香港與法國的錄映藝術，探索人們與其城市的關係。 

 城市塑造了其居民嗎？抑或人才是一個地方的本質？香港與法國阿爾薩斯相距近一萬公里，卻在某些東西找到共通點：兩處在歷史上均是文化交流頻繁之地，見證著人們或來或去或留。流動的人口造就了兩個地方獨特又豐富的語言、群眾、想法與故事。 

「連結之城：邊界城市的本質」展覽透過八位來自香港或法國阿爾薩斯的藝術家：Annabelle Amoros、Robert Cahen、Comma (Clémence Choquet、Mickaël Gamio)、鄭智禮、鮑藹倫、Céline Trouillet、忻慧妍和楊嘉輝，在他們的錄像作品中探索生活在邊界城市的微妙體驗。 是次展覽由梁安琦策劃，透過將香港和法國的錄像作品並置於故事、語言、人與想法四個主題下，檢視兩地生活體驗的同與異。

香港展覽
日期：22/4-29/5/2022
開放時間：12 pm – 7 pm（星期一至日）
地點：九龍土瓜灣馬頭角道63號牛棚藝術村13號單位錄映太奇

網上放映
日期：22/4/2022

藝術家講座

Comma x 忻慧妍
香港藝術家忻慧妍與法國雙人組合Comma（Clémence Choquet、Mickaël Gamio）將會分享他們作品背後的想法，以及與其身處環境的關係。（講座以英語進行）
日期：19/5/2022，6 pm（香港時間）/12 nn（法國時間）
地點：zoom網上講座
講者：忻慧妍、Comma（Clémence Choquet、Mickaël Gamio）
主持：梁安琦（策展人）

鮑藹倫 x 羅伯特凱恩
香港與法國錄像藝術先鋒鮑藹倫與羅伯特凱恩將分享他們如何以錄像作為媒介，來說他們與身處之地的故事。（講座主要以英語進行，部份法語部份將有英語傳譯）
日期：20/5/2022，9 pm（香港時間）/ 3 pm（法國時間）
地點：zoom網上講座
講者：羅伯特凱恩、鮑藹倫
主持：梁安琦（策展人）

法國展覽
平行展覽將於六月在法國波爾多Agence en Résidence舉行。
日期：3/6-2/7/2022
開放時間：5:30 pm – 8 pm（星期四、五）、2 pm – 8 pm（星期六）、2 pm -5 pm（星期日）
地點：The Full Gallery, L’Agence en Résidence, 15 Place Du Palais, Bordeaux 33000, France