A fascinating film or novel holds a kind of power to draw us into its imaginary world, causing us to forget about reality. It is not only the plot and characters, but also the details of these classic films and novels, like flowers, plants, backgrounds, objects and their embodied symbolism lead visual artist Ivy Ma to reminisce. All these stimulated her to create a series of visual art works inspired by classic films of Fei Mu, Yasujiro Ozu, Yoshimitsu Morita and novel of Virginia Woolf, leading the viewers to appreciate these works from another perspective.

Ivy abstracts her favourite scenes from the films of these masters, and re-interprets some of the items in her unique visual language. These items include the lily from And Then (1985), the orchard from Spring in a Small Town (1948), and the plants from Tokyo Story (1953), which together create the scenery of this exhibition. From printing to sketching and animation, Ivy conducts her visual experiments through different artistic media. Another series of exhibits is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel, The Waves (1931). Ivy has rearranged the found objects that she picked from the seaside, adding photos, immersing the audience in the inner landscape of the novel.

Exhibition (I)
Date : 4 － 21.6.2011
Time : 10:00am － 8:00pm daily
          (Closed on Thursdays)
Venue : Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Film Archive
Address : 50 Lei King Road, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
Free admission

Exhibition (II)
Date : 24.6 － 3.7.2011
(Closed on 25 - 26.6.2011 (11:00am - 12:00noon)
& 2.7.2011)
Time : 11:00am － 9:00pm (Sundays to Thursdays)
          11:00am － 9:30pm (Fridays and Saturdays)
Venue : Exhibition Hall, Tsimshatsui Book Centre, The Commercial Press
Address : Shops B1007-B1010, B1/F, Miramar Shopping Centre, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Free admission

Education and Extension Activities
Activity 1 : Exhibition Guided Tour (in Cantonese)
Activity 2 : The Beauty of Still Lifes - Drawing Workshop (in Cantonese)
Activity 3 : Talk : Exchange between Film, Text and Visual Arts (in Cantonese)

Enquiries on Exhibition and Education & Extension Activities :
Community Art Team, Art Promotion Office
Tel : 3101 2713 / 3101 2712
Fax : 2104 7886
Website : http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/apo/

Arts Accessibility Service
We strive to make our programmes accessible to all. A Braille version of the exhibition pamphlet is available, while the guided tours and workshops will be organised for communities with special needs during exhibition period. Please contact the "Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong" for details of the Arts Accessibility Service.

Tel : 2777 1771
Fax : 2777 1211
Email : ada@adahk.org.hk
Website : http://www.adahk.org.hk/

Activities are subject to change without prior notice.

Presented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Organised by Art Promotion Office
Project Partner : The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd.
Arts Accessibility Service Partner : Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong