Mur Nomade has invited French painter Régis Gonzalez and Hong Kong artist Tsang Chui Mei to participate in a collaborative artist-in-residence program at Osage Atelier. During a two-week residency, they will create together a 20-meter long ephemeral wall painting.

The working method for this collaboration will derive from Exquisite Corpse, a game invented by the Surrealist writers and painters, inspired by the old parlor game Consequences, in which words or images were collectively assembled. Surrealists partook of this game in French cafés during the 1930s, intending to produce creative processes free of conscious control.

During the residency, Régis Gonzalez and Tsang Chui Mei will work in open-studio. This will give an opportunity to visitors of all ages to interact with experienced painters from two different cultural backgrounds.

As this wall painting is designed to be ephemeral, the emphasis will be put equally on the collaborative process of creation, the sharing between the artists and the Hong Kong public, and the end result. This initiative is based on the conviction that cultural exchanges support creativity, encourage experimentation and foster mutual understanding.

The Artist Residency will be from 17 April-26 April 2013 (visitors are welcome to view the process and interact with the artists on site). To mark the end of the artist-in-residence program and present the completed wall painting, there will be a Reception and Artist Talk on Saturday 27 April, 2013 at 3:00 pm. The exhibition of the wall painting completed during the residency will be from 27 April-30 April 2013.

Image: © Osage Gallery