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Soul of the City - International Symposium Art and Public Space
   
13-Feb-04 Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Time Programme
AM
9:15 -9:30  Opening Speech
Dr. the Hon. Patrick C. P. Ho
Secretary for Home Affairs of HKSAR
9:30 - 9:45  Introduction
Dr. Desmond Hui (Moderator)
Director, Centre for Cultural Policy Research of the University of Hong Kong
9:45 - 10:15  Keynote Speech: Art and Urban Design
Mr. Fumio Nanjo
Deputy Director, Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills, Japan
10:15 - 10:30  A Contextual Approach to Art Space in Hong Kong
Mr. Gary Chang (HK)
Director, Edge Design Institute Limited, Hong Kong
10:30 - 10:45  Art in Public Interest
Dr. Katharina Blaas-Pratscher
Head of Department for Art in Public Space, Government of Lower Austria, Austria
10:45 - 11:00  The Public Space and the Museum - A History of the 1990s
Dr. Susanne Neuburger
Curator of Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK), Austria
11:15 - 11:30  The Relationship between Public Art and Community Space
Ms. Ada Wong
Chairperson, Wanchai District Council, Hong Kong
11:30 - 11:45  Drawing in Space
Mrs. Kveta Pacovska
Artist, Czech Republic
11:45 - 12:00  Whose Space Is It Anyway? Pubic Art in the Shifting Sands of Recent Czech History
Mr. Richard Drury
Curator of Museum of the Czech Museum of Fine Arts Czech Republic
12:00 - 12:15  MTRC's Role in Supporting Public Art
Mr. Philip Gaffney
Operations Director, MTRC, Hong Kong
12:15 - 12:45  Floor Discussion Section
PM
2:00 - 2:15  Role of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in the Promotion of Public Art in Hong Kong
Ms. Lesley Lau
Curator (Art Promotion Office), Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR
2:15 - 2:30

 Introduction of Shenzhen International Public Art Exhibition
Ms. Le Zhengwei (Represented by Ms. Xu Chunhong)
Deputy Director, He Xiang Ying Art Museum, Shenzhen

2:30 - 2:45  The Fifth System: An Individual Case of Public Art in South China
Mr. Pi Li
Curator
2:45 - 3:00  Of Man and Chairs
Mr. Freeman Lau
Designer / Artist, Hong Kong
3:00 - 3:30  Present as the Past Interpreted for Future
Mr. Czeslaw Bielecki
Architect, Republic of Poland
  Mr. Krzysztof Kopytko
Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and European Integration of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
3:45 - 4:03  Public Area Is A Private Property
Mr. Boris Ondreicka,
Artist, Slovak Republic
4:03 - 4:21  Specific Aspects of the Cultural Policy in Relation to Public Arts Presentation
Mrs. Danica Johanidesova
Director, Department for Promotion of Culture, Arts Division, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
4:21 - 4:39  Government Policy on Promoting Visual Arts
Mr. Zsolt Jekely
Director General, Department for International Relations, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Hungary
4:39 - 4:57  Public Art in The Mirror of The Changing Regime
Mr. Adam Farkas
Chancellor of the Institute of Fine Arts of Hungary, Republic of Hungary
4:57 - 5:15  How to Apply the Concept of Public Art in Architecture
Mr. Heung Cheuk Kai
Director of Daniel Heung and Associates, Architects and Engineers Ltd., Hong Kong
5:15 - 5:30  Conclusion
Dr. Desmond Hui (Moderator)
Director, Centre for Cultural Policy Research of The University of Hong Kong
 
14-Feb-04 Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Time Programme
AM
9:15 - 9:30  Introduction
Prof. David Lung (Moderator)
Professor & Head, Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
9:30 - 9:45  World-class City, or World-class City-planning?
Dr. Chan Wai-kwan
Senior Director of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
9:45 - 10:15  Why I Love London
Mr. Fred Manson
Former Director of Regeneration at London Borough of Southwark, UK
10:15 - 10:30  Towards Quality Public Space in Hong Kong
Mr. Augustine Ng
Assistant Director, Planning Department, HKSAR
10:30 - 11:00  DiverCity: Public Space Without Authors
Mr. Crispin Kelly
Developer / Architect, UK
11:15 - 11:30  Public Art in a Compact City - How Urban Renewal Can Reclaim and Make New Space for Art
Mr. Andrew Lam
Executive Director, Planning & Development of the Urban Renewal Authority, HKSAR
11:30 - 12:00  Art and Regeneration in the City of Coventry
Sir Richard MacCormac
Architect, UK
12:00 - 12:15  ' Public Art Research', commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Dr. Desmond Hui
Director, Centre for Cultural Policy Research of The University of Hong Kong
12:15 - 12:45 Floor Discussion Section
PM
2:15 - 2:45  Commissioning Art for the UK Public Domain: Issues and Examples
Ms. Michaela Crimmin
Head of Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, UK
2:45 - 3:00  Lantern Wonderland
Mr. William Lim
Creator, Big Lantern Project
3:00 - 3:20  A Symphony of Lights Project
Mrs. Winifred Chung
Assistant Commissioner for Tourism, HKSAR
3:20 - 3:25  Buddy Bear Project
3:45 - 4:15  A Practitioner Straddling Art and Architecture
Mr. Thomas Heatherwick
Artist, UK
4:15 - 4:30  Hong Kong As Method
Mr. Chan Koon Chung
Writer
4:30 - 5:00  Floor Discussion Section
5:00 - 5:15  Conclusion
Dr. Desmond Hui
Director, Centre for Cultural Policy Research of The University of Hong Kong
5:15 - 5:30

 Closing Speech
Dr. the Hon. Patrick C. P. Ho,
Secretary for Home Affairs, HKSAR

 
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