M+, Hong Kongs new museum at the West Kowloon Cultural District, presents M+ Matters—a series of FREE public talks exploring critical issues with key players in the fields of visual art, design, architecture and the moving image. M+ Matters—Import/Export: Postwar Design and Industry in East Asia The symposium will place mass-produced objects at the centre of East Asia’s post-WWII economic and industrial narrative—mapping and tracing the key phenomena, products, manufacturers and design influences that moved throughout the region. Issues such as imitation, copying and appropriation; the transference, adaptation and invention of typologies and design vocabularies; the role of new technologies and production processes; and the absorption of these objects into their respective visual cultures will also be discussed. Date: 12 Sept, 2014 Time: 6:30pm-8:45pm Venue: InnoCentre, Chamber 3 (72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong) Language: English, with Cantonese simultaneous interpretation The speakers are: • Takayuki HIGUCHI, Associate Professor, Department of Design Science, Chiba University, Japan • Yanta LAM Hin Tong, CEO, ChinaDesign Research Work-Group, Hong Kong • Jeffrey L. MEIKLE, Professor, Departments of American Studies & Art History, University of Texas at Austin, the United States Organiser: M+, West Kowloon Cultural District Free Admission. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online registration is available at westkowloon.hk/Mplusmatters
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:20:56 +0000
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