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American artist Desirée Holman’s live performance “Sophont in Action” is now recruiting passionate art lovers and enthusiast dancers as “indigo children”. Participants will work with international media art and contemporary art artists and perform the performative art piece at 1a space's “ Our Bones Are Made of Starlight” exhibition during the period of the Art Basel Hong Kong. Seizing your opportunity of performing under the spotlight and exchanging with artists and visitors from around the world. The Indigo Child character comes to life in the live performance, "Sophont in Action". Indigo children are digital natives—examples of a techno-advanced intelligence that may bring to light a new formula for peaceful cooperation with emotive technologies. They are often described as the next stage in human evolution, whose purpose is to usher in a new and improved phase of our species. Recruiting: Indigo Children 1) visually aged between 7 to 17 2) passionate about dance and looking for a performing opportunity 3) have olive to dark brown complexions (optional) All are welcome! Feel free to join the performance “Sophont in Action” in March to explore one of the most prominent art organization in Hong Kong. Recruitment: From now to 12 March 2018 Application Method: For interested party, please send the required information to info@oneaspace.org.hk with email subject "Application to performance "Sophont in Action"." 1. Name 2. Contact number 3. A recent profile photo of yourself Candidates with less experience will also be considered, we welcome all students from primary to secondary schools. Venue: 1a space Address: 1a space , Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Enquiry: 25290087/ info@oneaspace.org.hk Facebook : 1a space Instagram: 1a_space

(只供英文版) If you are passionate about art and looking for an internship experience with flexible working schedule during your studying, welcome to join the 1a space Internship Programme - 2018 Spring this year to explore one of the most prominent art organization in Hong Kong. It will be a unique opportunity for current students in Arts, culture and humanities disciplines in obtaining contemporary art exhibition experience in a gallery setting. The intern will work closely with the management team of 1a space to gain insights in art/literature project development, event logistics, exhibition setup and dismantling, as well as other art administrative tasks. Internship Schedule: Application period: now until 11th March 2017 Duration: 19th March 2017 to 30th June 2017 Working hours: Part time - Working dates are negotiable You will be able to: - work closely with curators and performers to organize an outdoor art event - gain practical training in curatorial work through active involvement in our exhibition preparations and logistics, while working closely with the team members of 1a space to assist in exhibition installation and dismantling, opening events, exhibition reception, guided tours and other administrative work of the gallery -Successful candidates for the Internship will be provided with travel allowance. We are looking for: Fresh graduate/ student currently studying art, design, literature, architecture, moving images, art education, museum studies or other related subjects; with strong interest in working professionally in the contemporary art field. A good team player with good communication skills. Outgoing, gracious and obliging with good command of spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese / Mandarin). Skills in photography, videography and Adobe Creative Suite is a plus. Application: If you are interested in this internship post, please submit your application along with your CV to 1a space’s email address: info@oneaspace.org.hk with email subject: Application to 1a space Internship Programme - 2018 spring For more information, please contact: 2529 0087 Personal data will only be used for application processing. Applicants do not receive any response by 18th March 2017 should be seen as unsuccessful. Data will be kept up to 6 months, and destroyed afterwards. About 1a space​ 1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit making contemporary visual art organization and art venue founded by a collective of Hong Kong artworkers. It moved from its original location an old government warehouse at Oil Street, North Point, to the current location at Cattle Depot in 2002. 1a space aims to promote the making, experimentation, exchange and dissemination of contemporary art both in Hong Kong and in the international arena. Over nearly two decades, 1a space has developed into one of Hong Kong’s leading contemporary art organizations. It has produced more than 130 exhibitions and activities, and has been active in international exchanges, cultural festivals, participatory community art, as well as art education and publication. The operation funding of 1a space has been supported by the grants and donations, while its administration cost is partially supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

If you are passionate about art and looking for an internship experience with flexible working schedule during your studying, welcome to join the 1a space Internship Programme - 2018 Spring this year to explore one of the most prominent art organization in Hong Kong. It will be a unique opportunity for current students in Arts, culture and humanities disciplines in obtaining contemporary art exhibition experience in a gallery setting. The intern will work closely with the management team of 1a space to gain insights in art/literature project development, event logistics, exhibition setup and dismantling, as well as other art administrative tasks. Internship Schedule: Application period: now until 11th March 2017 Duration: 19th March 2017 to 30th June 2017 Working hours: Part time - Working dates are negotiable You will be able to: - work closely with curators and performers to organize an outdoor art event - gain practical training in curatorial work through active involvement in our exhibition preparations and logistics, while working closely with the team members of 1a space to assist in exhibition installation and dismantling, opening events, exhibition reception, guided tours and other administrative work of the gallery -Successful candidates for the Internship will be provided with travel allowance. We are looking for: Fresh graduate/ student currently studying art, design, literature, architecture, moving images, art education, museum studies or other related subjects; with strong interest in working professionally in the contemporary art field. A good team player with good communication skills. Outgoing, gracious and obliging with good command of spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese / Mandarin). Skills in photography, videography and Adobe Creative Suite is a plus. Application: If you are interested in this internship post, please submit your application along with your CV to 1a space’s email address: info@oneaspace.org.hk with email subject: Application to 1a space Internship Programme - 2018 spring For more information, please contact: 2529 0087 Personal data will only be used for application processing. Applicants do not receive any response by 18th March 2017 should be seen as unsuccessful. Data will be kept up to 6 months, and destroyed afterwards. About 1a space​ 1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit making contemporary visual art organization and art venue founded by a collective of Hong Kong artworkers. It moved from its original location an old government warehouse at Oil Street, North Point, to the current location at Cattle Depot in 2002. 1a space aims to promote the making, experimentation, exchange and dissemination of contemporary art both in Hong Kong and in the international arena. Over nearly two decades, 1a space has developed into one of Hong Kong’s leading contemporary art organizations. It has produced more than 130 exhibitions and activities, and has been active in international exchanges, cultural festivals, participatory community art, as well as art education and publication. The operation funding of 1a space has been supported by the grants and donations, while its administration cost is partially supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Art Basel will return to Hong Kong from 29 - 31 March 2018 for its sixth edition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, featuring 248 premier galleries from 32 countries and territories. The show provides an in-depth overview of the region’s diversity through both historical material and cutting-edge works by established and emerging artists. 1a space has been organizing the fair’s school tours on providing insights on art appreciation to art teachers and students. Reaching the 6th year of the partnership with Art Basel in Hong Kong this year, 1a space provides guided tours to secondary school teachers and students aged 11 or above by local artists or arts students from tertiary education during the show on 29 (Thur) and 30 (Fri) March, 2018. A complimentary one-day admission ticket will be given to successful applicants. Registration can be up to a maximum 15 students and each application requires at least one accompanying teacher. In view of the active response of the guided tour to ensure our service quality, we would like to invite you to complete a questionnaire about your participation in the previous School guided tours with us at Art Basel. It is a *compulsory requirement for the schools who had participated in our previous guided tours. Results will be used as reference for selection process and assessment of the tour. Questionnaire: Online Version: https://goo.gl/forms/NosgQYdlngWlS3Xl1 PDF Version: Please Download Here To register for the upcoming Art Basel School tour, kindly complete the registration form (Please Download Here ) and submit by email (info@oneaspace.org.hk) or in person to 1a space on or before 11 March 2018 . Please register in advance to ensure your place in limited quotas, you will receive a confirmation email with 1a space Company chop and confirmation number once your application is successful. Please note the followings for registration: All participants must be aged 11 or above. The recommended minimum chaperone student ratio is 1: 5 (1 teacher with 5 students). Thus, two docents will serve a group of 18 people, which can be up to a maximum 15 students and each application requires at least one accompanying teacher. During the tour, participants are not allowed to leave the group. All schools must use the Expo Drive entrance, and proceed directly to the dedicated School Group Cloakroom. For safety and security reasons, backpacks, suitcases and trolleys of any size are not allowed. Bags, briefcases and similar items larger than 16" x 8" x 16" (40 x 20 x 40 cm) must be deposited at the coat check. Only one bag per person is allowed. Places are limited, please register as soon as possible. Please submit the completed registration form to info@oneaspace.org.hk before the deadline with the email subject stating ‘Application for 1a space Art Basel in Hong Kong School Tour’. Please note that we will not accept registration by FAX. Schools participated in previous Art Basel school tour in 2013 -2017 must complete the survey. For more details of Art Basel in Hong Kong, please refer to https://www.artbasel.com/hongkong. For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us by 2529 0087 or through an email to info@oneaspace.org.hk.

一年一度的巴塞爾藝術展香港展會將於2018年3月29日至3月31日假香港會議展覽中心舉行，合共248間來自32個國家及地區的頂級藝廊參展。是次展會更展出區內多元的藝術視野、歷史素材及由知名與新晉藝術家的前瞻作品。 踏入第六年為巴塞爾藝術展的合作夥伴, 1a 空間將於2018年3月29日(星期四)及2018年3月30日(星期五) 展會舉行期間，由本地藝術家或藝術系學生為中小學院校老師及11歲或以上的學生提供免費團體導賞服務。 成功報名之院校師生將獲贈單日入場門劵。每間院校最多可登記15位參觀學生，而每團需要至少一位隨團老師。 導賞團現已接受報名。有興趣者，可在此下載報名表格。請填妥報名表格並於2018年3月11日或之前，電郵至info@oneaspace.org.hk 或 親身到1a空間遞交表格。如申請成功，學校將會收到附有1a 空間印章及確認編號的電郵確認。 鑑於過往反應熱烈和確保我們的導賞質素，如 貴校曾參與由1a空間提供的巴塞爾藝術展學校導賞團，閣下必須填妥有關導賞團經驗的問卷調查。問卷將用作參與導賞團篩選及檢討之用。 問卷調查: (網上版) https://goo.gl/forms/6xz8xPlDHTmmwHmu1 (PDF版本) 請在此下載 如欲報名導賞團，請注意以下事項： 1) 所有參加導賞的學生須為11歲或以上; 2) 建議的師生比例為1:5，即1位老師對5個學生。 屆時將會有2位隨團導賞員，因此最佳組合為1位老師與15位學生，一團最多18人。每間院校最多可登記15位參觀學生，而每團需要至少一位隨團老師。 3) 導賞期間，隨團者不可擅自離隊; 4) 學校必須使用博覽道入口，直接到展覽廳的學校專用衣帽間報到; 5)由於安全理由，書包、旅行箱及手推車一律不可攜帶進場。任何大於16" x 8" x 16" (40 x 20 x 40 cm)的手提行李必須放置於學校專用衣帽間內。每人限制寄存一件手提行李。詳情請參閱附件學校團體守則。 6) 名額有限，欲報從速。請於截止日期前，把填妥的報名表格 電郵至info@oneaspace.org.hk。電郵請列明“報名參與1a 空間主辦2018巴塞爾藝術展香港展會學校團體導賞團”。不接受傳真遞交。 7) 曾參與2013-2017巴塞爾藝術展學校導賞團的學校必需填妥問卷調查https://goo.gl/forms/NosgQYdlngWlS3Xl1。 有關巴塞爾藝術展香港展會詳情，請參閱 https://www.artbasel.com/hongkong。 如有任何查詢，歡迎致電2529-0087或電郵至 info@oneaspace.org.hk。

這一系列的工作坊藉著鹽為不同年齡層的參加者帶來非一般的藝術體驗，以鼓勵參加者多利用日常生活中的事物去創作，從而思考藝術與生活之間的聯繫。工作坊除將會透過實驗鹽的不同特性，讓參加者初步了解雕塑藝術、塗鴉、抽象畫藝術創作的樂趣等。希望透過平面和立體的創作激發參加者的思維以及增強對正負空間的了解。 每個工作坊均會收取 每位港元 $60的材料費，參加三個工作坊將獲港元$10優惠。 ---------------------------------------------------------- A. 禪繞工作坊（歡迎6歲或以上人士參與） 禪繞畫是一種具有心靈療癒力的創作方式，透過重複繪畫有規律的圖案讓參加者達成放鬆的狀態，並從中得到平靜。是次工作坊將加入鹽的元素，讓參加者能擁有一個獨一無二的禪繞作品。 日期: 4/3/2018（日） 時間: 下午 2:00 - 4:00 B. 立體雕塑創作工作坊（6-12歲） 工作坊將分為兩個階段，並於兩天舉行。透過循環再用一些於日常生活中常見的物料，製作一個立體雕塑。 參加者必需出席共兩天課程。 第一階段: 日期: 4/3/2018（日 ） 時間: 下午 5:00-6:00 第二階段: 日期: 11/3/2018（日） 時間: 下午 4:30 - 6:30 C. 塗鴉工作坊（6-12歲） 塗鴉一向是小孩的摯愛，但如何令他們踏出多一步，讓塗鴉不再是一堆胡亂畫的線條和顏色，而是具意思的創作？是次工作坊將引導他們思考當中的線條和空間，發現更多可能性。 日期: 11/3/2018 （日 ） 時間: 下午 2:00-3:30 ---------------------------------------------------------- 地點 ：1a 空間 香港九龍土瓜灣馬頭角道63號牛棚藝術村14號 先到先得，額滿即止。 ⏩⏩有興趣參加者歡迎致電 2529-0087 或 電郵至 info@oneaspace.orh.hk 報名; 亦歡迎填寫網上報名表: https://goo.gl/forms/6PKpaNapAYx7oI0B2 報名 ! 🤣

A series of workshop will be conducted with the use of salt. It aims to explore possibilities of everyday life through the creative process and in a playful way. Participants will experience basic sculpting technique, free-drawing, and abstract painting. Through 2-D and 3-D artwork creation experiences, participants may further develop and enhance their sense of sensibility. The workshop aims at igniting your personal art style, concept and originality. Workshop fee: $60 HKD per person per workshop, a $10 HKD discount for attending all 3 workshops. ---------------------------------------------------------- A. Zentangle Workshop ( Age 6 or above) Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, soothing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. The workshop will use the unique characteristic of salt as the medium and create a one-of-a-kind Zentangle experience. Date: 4th March 2018 (Sun) Time: 2 pm - 4 pm B. 3-D sculpting Workshop (Age 6-12) The workshop aims to inspire children’s awareness by creating a 3-D sculpture with daily life elements. Participant must participate in BOTH 2 days: Part 1: Date : 4/3/2018（ Sun） Time : 5 pm - 6 pm Part 2: Date: 11/3/2018（ Sun） Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm C. Free-drawing with salt Workshop ( Age 6-12) The workshop develops children’s free-drawing with stereoscopic and perspective elements and picture composition techniques Date: 11/3/2018 （ Sun） Time : 2 pm - 3:30 pm ---------------------------------------------------------- Address: 1a space Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis. ⏩⏩Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in joining us, please fill in the online application form: https://goo.gl/forms/6PKpaNapAYx7oI0B2 ; You can also email to info@oneaspace.org.hk or call 25290087 for workshop application. 🤣

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Art Basel will return to Hong Kong for its sixth edition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, featuring 248 premier galleries from 32 countries and territories. The show provides an in-depth overview of the region’s diversity through both historical material and cutting-edge works by established and emerging artists. 1a space has been organizing the fair’s school tours on providing insights on art appreciation to art teachers and students since its inaugural show in Hong Kong. Reaching the 6th year of the partnership with Art Basel in Hong Kong this year, 1a space is now looking for docents providing tours for school teachers and students aged 11 or above during the show period from Thursday 29 and Friday 30 March 2018. 1a space is now looking for 10 docents providing up to 3 tours a day. Each tour will last for 45 minutes with maximum 18 participants in Cantonese or English. Selected docents will be responsible for sharing information about the art fair, participating artists and their works from selected galleries. A briefing and training session will be provided to the docents. A commitment of up to 7 hours per day is expected, between 27th March – 30th March. In return, 1a space will provide a complimentary pass to the Art Basel in Hong Kong which allows docent to enter the fair for the entire fair period ( 27th March – 31st March 2017) . Limited travel allowance will be provided. Requirements: Major in Fine Arts, or other Arts & Cultural disciplines preferably with knowledge of art history in the field of contemporary art Strong communication and organizational skills Fluency in Cantonese and English Interested candidates are invited to send full resume to info@oneaspace.org.hk (Subject: 1a space docent for Art Basel in Hong Kong) by 4th March 2018. Selected candidate will be contacted for an interview session. 1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit making contemporary visual arts organization and exhibition venue founded by a collective of Hong Kong artworkers. Over the past 20 years, 1a space has presented and organized more than 140 exhibitions and activities. 1a space has played a vital role in developing new frontiers for the visual arts scene in Hong Kong and its representation abroad. All applications will be treated in strict confidence and personal information will only be used for recruitment related purposes.

1a space is please to present Sunny Wang’s 4th solo exhibition,“The Shape of Time –Solo Glass Exhibition by Sunny Wang” in December 2017. Currently, We have received Dr. Knothe's review on the exhibition. Dr. Florian Knothe, Honorary Associate Professor of the Department of Fine Art of the University of Hong Kong and Director of the University Museum & Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, provides his professional review on Sunny Wang's glass art solo exhibition. Dr. Knothe's shares his insight on how Sunny Wang's works echo with 1a space gallery space and draw spectators into her creation. "Poetic Stones is visually pleasing and exemplary of skillful artistic talent. When seen in a group, the objects invite a study of each individual piece, and they, on a much larger scale, determine the space and the way visitors perceive a landscape laid out with and by the ‘stones’. Here each display differs, as the artist both works with the space diverse galleries provide while she also makes the space by allowing her ‘stones’ to dominate and guide. They guide the eye and reading of the scene and draw the spectator into it." For more: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11AiSVtbbMnC6hkibfUEKOJ32rhV2TDPPidniewFoC8Y

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After the selection by the 1a space curatorial panel, we would like to announce that Justin Charles Hoover’ Our Bones are made of Starlight is selected for the 21st Century Art Incubator- Open Call for Curator. Thank you all applicants who enthusiastically joined our event and please continuously support all the updates at 1a space. Exhibition Title: Our Bones are made of Starlight Curator: Justin Charles Hoover (胡智腾) Participating artists: Ranu Mukherjee, Mail Order Brides (MOB), Fang Lu, Desirée Holman Exhibition Opening: 23 March 2018, 6:30pm Exhibition Period: 24 March – 29 April 2018 Abstract: Four female artists interrogate global capitalism, intersectional identity and animistic ritual through folk narratives, occult mysticism and utopian fantasy in contemporary, post-modern performance and video. Curatorial statement: Our Bones are made of Starlight is an exhibition of time-based media by six inter-racial American and Chinese female artists. These artists riff off of the contradictions today in the world of technology, business and globalization. By highlighting the occult, the mysterious and animistic, these artists deflate the promises of technology, the utopias of various cultural revolutions, and the limitations of supposedly open and free societies. Through reinventing myth, these works of art debunk the declarations of neo-liberalism and attack the basis of today’s inequitable global economic order. By reinventing our self-identities in today’s neo-liberal maelstrom this exhibition takes post-modern ritualism and reflects our contemporary political and social shortcomings through humor and irony while poking holes at the very fabric of global capitalism and its discontents. Through reinventing ancient rituals, recreating new forms of divination, and appropriating characters from fairy tales as stand-ins for failed leadership, the artists of Our Bones are made of Starlight reconcile the complex contradictions inherent in today’s political and global landscapes. Through time based arts, including video, performance and social practice, four female artists/artist groups provide the public with newly invented customs, beliefs and rituals that help guide our society towards a clearer understanding of who we are in society, or more importantly, who we can be. Inspired by ancient divination, ritual practices and mystical contexts these fierce female artists drive forward contemporary art practices, reassign traditional gender roles and dispel the ghosts of nihilism. Through videographic forms of speculative fiction, all the works featured in this exhibition embody the collision at the heart of global capitalism, liberal democracy and identity politics. They look at how we continue to attempt to live by antiquated cultural norms within a cultural fabric that is fraying and increasingly unrecognizable. Individually, each of these featured artists investigates relational intersectionality, power and identity today and in the future. They look at how we describe our pasts and the ways in which we build our futures. However, their work goes much further than this. The individual bodies of work look at processes of assimilation, histories of exile, and ritualistic practices such as oracle divination, astrology, folk-horror, animism and the supernatural. Featured works includes an immersive three-channel video projection, screen-based video works and a social-practice live performance with accompanying photographic and installation elements. These works invoke hopeful and escapist notions of the cinematic through their scale and aesthetics, but place the work in the white-cube environment to contextualize the work in the criticality of contemporary art and to encourage a more active way of seeing and experiencing contemporary art in real time. Specifically, the exhibition begins with the work of Ranu Mukherjee, an American of a mixed-heritage, presenting the work Extracted (trilogy) which is a fifteen minute hybrid animation based off the Classic of Mountains and Seas or 山海经. This film interweaves visual elements from this ancient text along with elements of the histories of immigration by Chinese to America during the time of the Gold Rush period and during the Chinese Exclusion Act. Her work seeks to destabilize origin stories and recreate narratives of otherness and creolization as a nod to a future of increasing racial and cultural complexity. The exhibition continues on to include the work of Desiree Holman who presents Sophont, a three-channel immersive film installation commissioned by the Performance and Film program at SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art). This work explores the iconography and aesthetics associated with science fiction and fantasy such as aura photography, occultism, mysticism and various levels of pseudo-science. Oscillating between an orange cyclorama sound stage and various outdoor utopian garden settings, racially ambiguous children, adults and the elderly, dance in ecstatic and serene situations. Perhaps the work seeks to propose an exceedingly complex multi-racial future, or perhaps the work seeks to present some form of dystopian time-traveling cult engaged in their typical behavior, but what the viewer is left feeling is an uncanny reflection of the utopian dreams of our recent past mixed with a new set of hopes of our present time. Next the viewer is presented with the work of Mail Order Brides of MOB for short. The MOB is a a trio of Filipina-American artists engaged in an ongoing conversation with culture and gender. Jennifer Wofford, one of the primary group leaders, was raised in Hong Kong and much of her work deals with the intersection of multi-rational identity as well as feminist narratives and gender-queer politics. MOB is currently working as a fictitious group of female, elite, and blood-thirsty CEO’s for the tech-giant Manananggoogle. Traditionally, the Mananang is known to be a vampire-like mythical creature of the Philippines, a malevolent, man-eating, blood-sucking monster or witch capable of severing its upper torso and sprouting huge bat-like wings to fly into the night in search of its victims. It is also a story that expresses the deep roots of misogyny in traditional cultures, and how these injustices are perpetuated through the seemingly innocuous routes of folktales. Together the MOB artists use adaptive personas to transform their identities as minority women into alfa, often corporate males. In a sort of corporate culture drag, these three female artists present domineering, murderous and hilarious personas that lead corporate “on-boarding” performances, lectures, and other industrially related corporate activities. The exhibition Our bones are made of stardust would feature a new performance by the MOB as the mythical folk-nightmare leaders of a globalized tech corporation monolith presenting a new corporate “on-boarding” experience. This social practice performance would require the patrons take part in a special event. This can be part of the opening reception or designed as an ancillary program so as not to disrupt the flow of opening night. The MOB would also present photographic and installation based works related to this theme. Finally, the exhibition will present the work Canton Novelty a 25-minute film by Chinese filmmaker Fang Lu, with dialogue in Cantonese and Mandarin and with English and Chinese subtitles. Canton Novelty is a work about “creating” miracles in our everyday life. Ruohan, Lily and Zoe, three girls who are close friends, are spending summer vacation together in the southern city of Guangzhou. They are curiously documenting their vacation with their cell phones, while simultaneously discovering each of them have latent super-power. They begin exploring the city of Guangzhou with theirs wondrous abilities mixing tropes of science fiction, fantasy and the modern super hero drama. The work is inspired by the history of the supernatural and the occult as ways of developing identity within a group, stoking fear, or providing a population with hope in an afterlife or with something beyond the mundane. The goal of the exhibition is to showcase work by artists who are active story tellers in contemporary time-based media. Each artist here weaves complex, colorful and abstract narratives about politics, identity, power and gender. It is no coincidence that all the featured artist are also all females. This exhibition, at its core, is about advancing a feminist narrative. It is about repositioning a male-centric world as elitist, unjust and pervasive. This work therefore seeks to present alternative futures for and by women and gender nonconforming. These are often abstract, fragmented or utopian/dystopian, but they explore how we can imagine a world totally different from the one we currently live in. These works are critical of the current status-quo and provide alternative future for us to occupy, even if for only a brief moment in time. __________________________________________________________________________________________ About 21st Century Art Incubator: 1a space aims to provide emerging artists and curatorial talents a platform for conceptual and experimental art to fill the gap between larger public institutions and commercial ventures. Aiming to continuously rethink and re-examine the scope and the boundaries of “space,” 21st Century Art Incubator solicits and supports ideas for projects that take innovative curatorial approaches and experimental formats. About Open Call for Curator: The Open Call for Curator aims to promote arts in Hong Kong to the international arena and energize the Hong Kong Art Scene by encouraging international collaboration. The project offers one conspicuous curator/curatorial team from Asia Pacific the necessary time and resources to realize and agitate new frontier in cultural discussions and project with the aim of encouraging inter-cultural exchanges, curatorial research and exhibition planning, and time to collaborate with the creative community and art network in Hong Kong. 1a space provides allowance for flight tickets (for non-Hong Kong curator(s) only), accommodation (for non-Hong Kong curator(s) only), exhibition space and production fee to the curator(s), who produces an exhibition in 1a space in March-April 2018 with at least 1 related public programming. Also, selected curator(s) will be awarded a $20,000 HKD honorarium. All applications submitted will be considered final and treated as such. Applicants will not, under any circumstances, be permitted to add or edit an application once it has been submitted. All incomplete or duplicate applications will be immediately disqualified. All the submitted plans and materials will be entrusted confidentially. Submission Requirements: Curator or curatorial team from Hong Kong and Asia Pacific A no more than 10-page detailed exhibition proposal that outlines both the curatorial statement, background and plan for the exhibition a short synopsis of proposed project expectation and objective for joining the project A preferred duration of stay and if accepted this can be negotiated according to gallery availability and schedule a working timeline for the exhibition to open in March to April 2018 List of participating artist(s) and short bios for each A completed Budget Plan with considerations for shipping and/or art production as well as artist fee Curator(s)’CV Portfolio of previous production. To apply, please send us the required documents (in English) via e-mail to: info@oneaspace.org.hk or by post at Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong For more information, please visit our website: http://www.oneaspace.org.hk If you have any questions please write to: info@oneaspace.org.hk Submission deadline: 22nd October 2017 24:00 (Hong Kong Time) Successful applicant(s) will be notified in November 2017 About 1a space 1a space, founded in 1998, is an independent, non-profit making contemporary visual art organization and art venue founded by a collective of Hong Kong artworkers. It moved from its original location an old government warehouse at Oil Street, North Point, to the current location at Cattle Depot in 2001. 1a space aims to promote the making, experimentation, exchange and dissemination of contemporary art both in Hong Kong and in the international arena. Over nearly two decades, 1a space has developed into one of Hong Kong’s leading contemporary art organizations. It has produced more than 130 exhibitions and activities, and has been active in international exchanges, cultural festivals, participatory community art, as well as art education and publication. The operation funding of 1a space has been supported by the grants and donations, while its administration cost is partially supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Website: http://www.oneaspace.org.hk/