Luke Ching Chin Wai

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Luke Ching Chin Wai
程展緯
Born1972
Hong Kong
EducationBA Fine Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996; Master of Fine Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998
Websitewww.galleryexit.com/ching-luke.html

Luke Ching Chin Wai (程展緯; born 1972) is a conceptual artist and labour activist from Hong Kong. His artistic practice twists the role of the artist and observer and has created works which, with a mix of humour, respond to the cultural and political collisions in Hong Kong.[1] He studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and graduated with an MA in Fine Art in 1998.[2] He has participated in exhibitions and residencies worldwide.[3]

Artistic practice[edit]

Ching's works range from photography, sculpture and video to social intervention, often made as a spontaneous response to his surroundings.[4] His artistic practices are based upon his belief in agency and responsibility of the artist for social purposes.[5]

Since 2007 in his ongoing project undercover worker, he has worked in different low paid jobs in Hong Kong to experience their working environments and make first-hand observations of working conditions.[6] He used his project to visualize problems hidden within Hong Kong and connect different situations and lead several campaigns to improve working conditions of low paid workers.[5] As part of his 'labour campaigns', he has successfully improved working conditions for low paid workers, such as providing chairs for security guards and cashiers; provided a new design for public rubbish bins to make cleaner’s job easier; and urged the city’s Labour Department to improve health & safety standards related to prolonged standing.[6] His work has launched collaborative activities to encourage employers make positive changes and raise awareness of worker’s welfare.[5]

He also uses pinhole photography, installations and video works to document of the rapid changes to Hong Kong and other cities.[7] In 2017 he turned a hotel room at the Titanic Hotel, Liverpool into a pinhole camera for the Look Liverpool International Photography Festival.[8]

His works Pokfulam Village: View (Positive) (1999), Screensaver (2014), 1823: Complex Pile (2014), and Pixel (2014) are collected by M+. [9]

Exhibition Glitch in the Matrix at Para Site in 2021

Art residencies[edit]

[1]

  • 2020 Helsinki International Artist Programme[10]
  • 2012 Breath, Chinese Arts Centre, UK[11]
  • 2008 plAAy: Hide and Seek, Blackburn Museum, UK [12]

Awards[edit]

  • 2019 shortlisted Visible Award for Undercover Worker Project[6]
  • 2016 Hong Kong Arts Development Council Artist of the Year: Visual Arts[13]
  • 2005 Photography Award Winner, Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2005, Hong Kong[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Luke CHING 程展緯". Exit Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  2. ^ "Digital File '1 degree_website.doc' (GB3451/OC/D/1801/963)". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  3. ^ Yeung, Yang (2019). "South Ho's Force Majeure and Luke Ching's Liquefied Sunshine". Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  4. ^ "Look/17: Luke Ching". Liverpool International Photography Festival. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  5. ^ a b c Leung, Suzannie K. Y (2019-11-28), "Socially engaged arts: Luke Ching's practices for Hong Kong", The International Journal of Social, Political, and Community Agendas in the Arts, 14 (4): 25–35, doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v14i04/25-35, S2CID 212845318{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Award 2019 – Shortlisted Undercover worker – Luke Ching". Visible Project. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  7. ^ Wilson, Henrietta (2016), "For now we see through a window, dimly: Luke Ching", AsiaArtPacific, retrieved 2020-02-24
  8. ^ Goodbody, Pete (2017), ""Playing With Time": Artist Luke Ching Makes Giant Pinhole Camera For Look/17", Double Negative, retrieved 2020-02-23
  9. ^ "Luke Ching Chin Wai | Makers | M+". www.mplus.org.hk. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  10. ^ "Luke Ching Chin Wai". Helsinki International Artist Programme. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  11. ^ "Breathe Residency (People's Residency): Luke Ching, 16 July - 16 September 2012". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  12. ^ "plAAy: Contemporary Asian Art in Blackburn with Darwen Archive". Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  13. ^ "Awardee List 2016". Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  14. ^ "Hong Kong Art Biennial 2005 results announced". Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Retrieved 2020-02-24.

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