Madeleine Slavick: 香 HONG 港 KONG 嗓 SONG
16 February, 2016 - 17 April, 2016
Photography Gallery
Madeleine Slavick, Bagged Sign, Tai Hang, Hong Kong (2010), Photograph
Madeleine Slavick, Through a windshield, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong (2010), Photograph
In this exhibition, Madeleine Slavick presents the poetry, poverty, and generosity of Hong Kong.
The body of work draws attention to her multi-faceted practice as writer and photographer, artist and activist. It draws attention to the many natures of Hong Kong – the natural beauty and the pollution, the rural and urban, insects and high rises, grit and wealth.
The photographic images of香 HONG 港 KONG 嗓 SONG and the accompanying book ‘Fifty Stories Fifty Images’ trace nearly twenty-five years of living in Hong Kong.
About the Artist:
Madeleine Slavick has exhibited her photography internationally (Austria, Canada, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and USA) and has published several books of photography, poetry, and non-fiction -- 'Fifty Stories Fifty Images' on which ‘Hong Kong Song’ is based, 'Something Beautiful Might Happen' (Tokyo, 2010), 'China Voices' (Hong Kong, 2010), 'delicate access '(Hong Kong, 2004), and 'Round – Poems and Photographs of Asia' (Hong Kong, 1997).
This exhibition is presented as part of Auckland Arts Festival
