On the occasion of its 10th year anniversary, the MA in Visual Culture Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong will collaborate with Videotage to organize an exhibition and symposium exploring how a study of ghosts and their representations in visual culture can be used to expand and subvert notions of gender roles and academic productivity. Arguing for artistic approaches alongside analytical readings of ghosts, we will contemplate ghostly narratives from the point of view of intellectual and sexual empowerment.

The exhibition will feature the artwork The Ghost of Sister Ping, a multi-media installation based on a reinterpretation of historical Chinese ghost fictions filmed on location in Hong Kong’s north-eastern New Territories. The artwork presents the frustrated romance of a young academic lecturer, Sister Ping, as a looping montage of her life accompanied by a soundtrack of her powerfully ethereal and sexy voice. Visitors are welcome to join the love journey of Sister Ping, feeling her love affair more closely by touching her clothes and peeping into the bedroom of her ex-lover, who deserted her for a male lover and homme fatale, Fritz.

The artwork features emerging talent Sandy Liu Honam as Sister Ping and is written and directed by Katrien Jacobs in collaboration with Li Tiecheng, Gloria Furness, Evangelo Costadimas (BaoBao Films) and Fan Popo (Papa Rainbow, 2016).

The exhibition will also feature work about the power of animal ghosts by Kacey Wong.

在香港中文大學視覺文化研究碩士課程十周年之際，我們將舉辦展覽及研討會，探討鬼魂的研究，以及鬼魅的視覺形象如何顛覆與鬆動性別角色與學術生產的想像。在閱讀分析鬼魂故事時，我們會討論這些故事的藝術表達手法，並會從性與學術的賦權角度思考這些鬼魂故事。

展覽的多媒體裝置藝術《萍姐倩魂》，是歷代中國鬼怪小說的現代新編，影片在香港新界東北取景。故事講 述年輕學術講師萍姐坎坷的愛情經歷。作品用循環蒙太奇的手法伴隨她輕柔而性感的聲音，闡述她的一生。歡迎訪客加入萍姐的愛情旅途，透過觸摸她的衣物，近距離體味她的戀愛故事;訪客亦可窺探她前度的寢室。萍姐被人拋棄，更發現他身陷一段同性戀關係，被較他年輕許多的蛇蠍情人弗里茨(Fritz)壓在身下。

作品中的主角萍姐由新人廖浩嵐出演，余幼薇(Katrien Jacobs)身兼編劇和導演，李鐵成、Gloria Furness、 Evangelo Costadimas (Baobao Films)、及范坡坡 (《彩虹伴我行》, 2016) 參與製作。

展覽同場亦會展出來自黃國才(Kacey Wong)關於動物鬼魂的作品。

Schedule of Events:
“The Ghost of Sister Ping” Exhibition Time & Venue:
27 October 2017 – 17 November 2017, 12pm – 7pm (Mon-Sat) @ Videotage, Cattle Depot, To Kwa Wan

“The Ghost of Sister Ping” Exhibition Opening
27 October 2017 (Fri) 7pm-9pm @ Videotage, Cattle Depot, To Kwa Wan (Shuttle buses will be arranged from CUHK)
Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/xIbPWqUtZAqfsZX62

Other Activities:
Symposium on “Ghostly Temptations: Artistic and Sexual Empowerment in Academia” 30 October 2017 (Mon) @ The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/xwnqzGTFkqsR7D6t1

3pm-5pm @ G24 Fung King Hey Building, CUHK:
Roundtable Discussion on “Rebirth of The Artistic Academy”:
An open dialogue between local artists and artist-scholars.
Participants: Prof. Judith Zeitlin (U. Chicago), Prof. Helen Grace (U. Sydney), Prof. Lo Kwai Cheung (HKBU), Prof. Katrien Jacobs (CUHK), Prof. Benny Lim (CUHK), Dr. Li Tiecheng (CUHK), Dr. Isaac Leung (EUHK), Dr. Kacey Wong (Artist), Dr. Ian Fong (Independent Scholar), Ms. Tammy Cheung (Filmmaker)

7pm-9pm @ Swire Hall LT1, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK:
Keynote Lecture by Prof. Judith Zeitlin (U. Chicago) on “Spirit Marriage & Phantom Heroines: From Chinese Literature to East Asian Film & Media”

《魅影蹤跡》展覽日期: 27.10.2017 – 17.11.2017
時間:中午 12 時至晚上 7 時 (周一至周六)
展覽地點:香港土瓜灣牛棚藝術村錄映太奇

活動安排:
《魅影蹤跡》展覽開幕
2017 年 10 月 27 日(周五)晚上 7 時至 9 時 @ 香港土瓜灣牛棚藝術村錄映太奇
(屆時將有穿梭巴士從中大出發)
登記: https://goo.gl/forms/xIbPWqUtZAqfsZX62

其他活動:
鬼魂誘惑:學術中的藝術與性賦權主題研討會
2017 年 10 月 30 日(周一)@ 香港中文大學
登記: https://goo.gl/forms/xwnqzGTFkqsR7D6t1

下午 3 時至 5 時 @ 香港中文大學馮景禧樓人文雅集 G24
圓桌討論「藝術學院的重生」: 藝術家與學者公開討論抗衡傳統學術生產與另類文化知識的研究方式，把藝術方法引入實踐知識的好處。參與者: 蔡九迪教授(芝加哥大學)、Helen Grace 教授(雪梨大學)、羅貴祥教授(香港浸會大學)、余幼薇教授(香港中文大學)、林國偉教授(香港中文大學) 、李鐵成博士(香港中文大學)、梁學彬博士(香港教育大學)、黃國才博士(藝術家)、方浩然博士(獨立學者)、張虹女士(製片人)

晚上7時至9時@香港中文大學太古堂LT1
主辦:
由著名鬼魂學者蔡九迪教授(芝加哥大學東亞語言及文明系)主講，關於鬼魂、性別與知識實踐的演講