CONTENTS FOUR

111 CLASSY DIRTY 112 Andrew Lee 113 Harmony Pang 114 cyrusNONAME 115 STANDING IN THE SHADOWS 116 yan zhuang
mei 117 Wiliam Belle 118 DAN F 119 Aries Lee 120 Ka Fai 121 Samson Luk 122 KELEBRA 123 micros Yip 124 Kerick Wong
125 Wilson Shieh 126 Jih-E Peng 127 CHEAPMAN 128 Cheung Kin wai 129 skin:inks 130 jen 131 KATY pang 132 INVASIAN
133 Kalun leung 134 Daniel Lim 135 Alain Yip 136 a yip 137 johnny dance 138 John Lam 139 moe inaki 140 Yumlart
141 Cupid lEUNG CHI LAM 142 WZA x Know1edge riders 143 laleEskin, Bie 144 4Get 145 Kay Yuen 146 Enoch Cheung

111 112 115 118 125 129 130 131

132 133 134 136 138 141 142 143

Why so serious?

They say that something like 75% of new magazines don’t make
it past the third issue. So it’s with a big grin and a raised digit to
the doubters, that we present GalleriFOUR. Especially in these dark,
troubled times, when all talk is doom and gloom, it’s reassuring to
have a flick through these pages and see that Hong Kong’s creative
community has plenty to smile about.

Of course it’s not always easy. Each issue of Galleri is an enormous

task and takes up a lot of time that honestly we should be using to
keep our businesses running. But just when we’re about to call it
a day, someone steps in with the kind of support we need. And
lately, that support has come from our partners and friends over at
alivenotdead.com. Not only did they create the new interactive and
fully functioning galleri.hk website, but they are a constant source
of encouragement, ideas and exposure – not to mention of course
that they know EVERYONE. So it’s also thanks to them that we met
the lovely ladies at Belvedere Vodka who not only gave us plenty to
drink, but also through their belief and support helped make this issue
a physical reality.

But what next? Now is a time when budgets are being cut and
everyone is looking a lot closer at how they’re spending their money
and what they get for it. Bring it on we say – because maybe, just
maybe, it means people will not automatically look overseas and use
the latest over-priced over-rated imported talent. Maybe instead they’ll
look closer to home and see the genuine quality talent that has always
been right here on their doorstep.

See, it’s not that bad after all…

Jay FC & Timon Wehrli

November 2008, Hong Kong

Note Following numerous enquiries from our readers, Galleri Magazine would like to
point out that Jay FC is currently married with one son and Timon Wehrli is currently single
and available.
EXHIBITION 111 CLASSY DIRTY

CLASSY DIRTY is a group exhibition feature created by Galleri

Magazine in association with luxury vodka Belvedere and artists’
network alivenotdead.com

Drawing from the cream of alivenotdead.com visual artists, the

exhibition brings together photographers, graphic artists, illustrators
and urban artists each interpreting the ‘Classy Dirty’ theme in their
own unique style. This irreverent and sexy theme was developed
from the recent commercial work titled “Luxury Reborn” exclusively
by acclaimed photographer Terry Richardson for Belvedere Vodka
featuring Jade Jagger and Vincent Gallo (also shown in part here).

It’s not as if we need any more proof that Hong Kong’s creative
community is at the top of it’s game right now, but here it is anyway.
Enjoy!

Many thanks to all the artists who contributed to the exhibition and
also to Belvedere Vodka and alivenotdead.com for their valuable
support in making it happen.

www.galleri.hk
www.belvederevodka.com
www.alivenotdead.com

Check out the artists’ profiles, images, updates, blogs and more over
at www.alivenotdead.com

Above & Right: Jade Jagger for

Belvedere Vodka by Terry Richardson
Gareth Brown info@blowupstudios.com.hk Emily Eldridge eldridge_emily@yahoo.com Isabell Chan isabellbellbell@gmail.com Vi@GraphicAirlines vi@graphicairlines.com
Jonathan Jay Lee contact@jonathanjaylee.com Timon Wehrli timon@reddogstudio.com.hk Man-Tsun anthony.tsang@manxtsun.com
Brooke Kent brookekent@gmail.com Jon Tadashi Martin jon@reddogstudio.com.hk JayFC bodhi@chinastylus.com
Moe Inaki moeinaki@hotmail.com Katy Pang kadykit@hotmail.com 1Kstyles lun@1kstyles.com Laleeskin, Bie laleeskin@yahoo.com ChinaStylus info@chinastylus.com Jih-E-Peng j.e.peng@gmail.com
Simon Birch info@simon-birch.com Andrew J. Loiterton andrew@ajlphoto.com
Kelebra kelebra99@gmail.com YanZhuangMei yanzhuangmei@163.com Anna Fredriksson girlsoutperformedboys@hotmail.com
EXHIBITION 112 Andrew Lee

Name Andrew Lee

Profile Andrew is a passionate designer who was born and raised

in Hong Kong. He chose to study ‘Illustration Design’ and ‘Visual and
Communication Design’ after his high school and has worked as a
graphic designer in Hong Kong since 1991.

In 1998, Andrew moved to the UK in order to strive for gaining more

exposure in the design industry. He first studied ‘Transport Design’
at Coventry University for 4 years and ‘3D Computer Animation’ at
Bournemouth University for another year. During his stay in the UK, he
worked in several game companies in London and acted as 3D Artist
and Concept Artist.

Having acquired much valuable skills and experience in the UK,

Andrew came back to Hong Kong and soon joined a mobile
game development company as an Art Director. At present, he is a
prestigious leader in the industry. While he is sometime a freelancer,
he also enjoys being a teacher and therefore he acts regularly as
a lecturer. Andrew also participated in several Asia Game Show
poster productions. Conceptual design, 3D modeling, texturing and
animating are his strength.

Contact mail@andrewlee.hk

Website www.andrewlee.hk
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EXHIBITION 113 Harmony Pang

Name Harmony Pang Oi Man

Profile I am a Chef and cooking is one of my great passions but Ive

got say, photography is the true one; capturing the moment, finding
the right vision to reflect the right emotions, clicking for the ideal
cliché. This is what I love doing, spending the time necessary to find
a perfect spot and letting those beautiful moments just for the eyes to
admire and the memory to twist. This is why I will always give it the
best shot..

Contact harmony_pang@hotmail.com
EXHIBITION 114 cyrusNONAME

Name CyrusNONAME

Country Hong Kong

Profile Drawing is my lover, my heroine, my morning glory. It is a

portal to send me away from the holocaustic reality. A never-ending
journey of self-exile. A little world where I can finally consume instead
of being consumed.

Contact cyrusnoname@gmail.com

Website www.myspace.com/cyrusnoname

CyrusNONAME is in the alivenotdead.com creative network.

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EXHIBITION 115 STANDING IN THE SHADOWS

When an Italian film production company approached ChinaStylus / Contact info@chinastylus.com

Red Dog to document the making of a movie in Hong Kong starring
Maggie Q and Michael Wong, no one could have predicted the www.chinastylus.com
eventual scale of the task. The ambitious and highly entertaining www.reddogstudio.com.hk
project followed the entire process of a Sino-Italian horror movie from www.atomicsushi.tv
early pre-production right through to the film’s premiere at the Cannes
Film Festival.

The process begun by putting together a team of researchers,

photographers, videographers, writers and producers – under the
creative direction of ChinaStylus – with the Red Dog Studio team
responsible for stills and Atomic Sushi on video duty.

After a year on the project, thousands of photographs and hours of

footage later, the resulting output was immense. And by the time the
project was eventually considered complete, the team had designed
and created an over-sized 248 page book, movie promotion material
and identity, put together a 30 minute TV documentary, created an
interactive website, title styles, film posters and packaging – right
down to the ‘on location’ crew shirts and caps.

If you’d like a copy of the book and documentary Standing in The

Shadows: The Making of a Horror Movie please drop us a line and
we’ll sort one out for you.

Standing in The Shadows is a ChinaStylus and Red Dog Studio project.

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EXHIBITION 116 yan zhuang mei

Name Yan Zhuang Mei 閆壯楣

Profile
1981 生於黑龍江哈爾濱
2002-2006 就讀中央美術學院
2005 《芯的圖片》群展 美阿畫廊
2006 參加平遙攝影節
2007 嘉德春季拍賣
2007 嘉德秋季拍賣

Contact yanzhuangmei@163.com

Yan Zhuang Mei is an official artist in the alivenotdead.com

creative network.
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EXHIBITION 117 William Belle
Name William Belle
Profile William is a French actor from the ‘Yamakasi’ movie produced
by Luc Benson. Now currently living in Hong Kong, he plans to take
his journey further on the crowded streets and get in touch with the
key people of the movie industry to expose his greater talent and his
addiction to taking risks. He has been involved in various advertising
campaigns including Puma and K-Swiss shoes. Red Dog Studio
grabbed the moment of displaying his art form.
The Art of Displacement
How long have you been doing “The Art of Displacement”?
Actually, I began 18 years ago when I was nine. I remember following
my big brothers in the playgrounds in order to jump on the barriers...
Of course, my parents weren’t aware about this! But I didn’t want to
live without taking some risks in my whole life. I had such an ease
the first time I tried a jump. Such a change inside myself that I knew
I will do this forever.
What’s the skill of this sport?
First of all, you have to be healthy and physically strong. I often
practice a whole day in order to be ready before hard jumps... But
physical condition is just peanuts without a huge mental strength. You
must practice both. By my side, the more I practice, the better I feel.
It’s a kind of drug!
Photography by Timon Wehrli at Red Dog Studio.
www.reddogstudio.com.hk
How do you choose the venue?
Well... I don’t choose venues, I train in various places. If I see a great
area in the street, I will jump... For me, cities are like huge game areas.
Do you have a team?
At the beginning “The Art of Displacement” had nine members, a
team called Yamakasi. Then, two of us left to practice “Parkour”,
another sport where you must overcome obstacles in an emergency.
Since 1995, clubs have been created, with teachers and coaches,
in oder to train new “traceurs”...
It’s very crowded in Hong Kong. Do you think it’s suitable for “The
Art of Displacement” here?
Of course it is suitable! I love Hong Kong and its strong spirit, it is one
of my favorite game areas. Actually I travel between France and here.
I want to meet photographers, producers... and one of my dreams
will be to play in a Chinese movie.
Could you summarize art in a strong word?
Definitely “Love”. You need a lot of love to go beyond your defects.
There is no anger, no rage, or no strength which permits to realize
this. Only the power of love.
Contact wbelle@hotmail.fr
Text Phillipe Franc
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EXHIBITION 118 DAN F

Name Dan F

Rendition
The second studio album from HK based producer Dan F features
imagery created by artist Shann Larsson and package implementation
by Corellian Tactical Engineering Ltd.

For the mail order version of the CD, the packaging reinforces the
strong dystopian themes present within the music; militaristic styled
supply box, insurgent’s shemagh and a subdued insignia patch all
echo the album’s underlying concept. Sniper rifle not included!

Contact dan@disuye.com

Websites
rendition.disuye.com
www.alivenotdead.com/disuye
www.alivenotdead.com/shannlarsson

Dan F and Shann Larsson are official artists in the

alivenotdead.com creative network.
EXHIBITION 119 Aries Lee

Name Aries Lee

Profile As an emerging artist after recieved the B.F.A. at Tokyo

University of Fine Art and Music in 1969 and M.F.A. in 1971,I had
a significant experience by learning sculpture further at the Staatliche
Kunstakademie Dusseldorf Germany. In the following years I immersed
myself in an exploration of European contemporary art movement of
the time. From 1977 to 1985 I taught in the Chinese Univerasity of
HongKong, and then forcused on my own studio practice in Japan
and San Francisco,where he assimilated the lessions of European and
American modernism, as well as Japanese traditional arts.

Numerous awards, such as; 2007 Beijing Olympics Landscape

Sculpture competition – 2006 Beijing Olympics Landscape Furniture
Comprtition – 2001 French Digital sculpture competition – 1990
Commission award of 3 sculptures for the HongKong convention
Center, unveiled by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The biggest
budget of my public art work was $180,000

Contact arieslee@sbcglobal.net
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EXHIBITION 120 Ka Fai

Name Ka Fai Upcoming Exhibition

Sunny Art & Culture Museum, Taipei, TAIWAN
Profile Asian Regional Curator of Les 16 Anges. (6 September to 12 October 2008)

I am a Hong Kong-based self-taught artist obsessed with Acrylic Contact hk.ma.ka.fai@gmail.com

paintings. I started to learn Western art during my early school days.
I gained a good number of awards during different school terms, Website www.les16anges.net
however, I diverted attention towards obtaining further professional
qualifications in the computer science field.

2004: Paul Klee’s Artworks rekindled my interest and desire to

paint again.

2007-08 Exhibitions
Open Art, PARIS
Rueil-Malmaison, at “Atelier Grognard”, PARIS
Espace V in Villepinte, PARIS
Galeria Sa Tafona, SPAIN
Artist Commune, HONG KONG
Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea-FIRENZE, ITALY
Marziart International Gallery, GERMANY
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, INDIA

Ka Fai is in the alivenotdead.com creative network.

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EXHIBITION 121 Samson Luk

Name Samson Luk Credits

迷走人偶
Profile Graduated in Interior Design at HKU SPACE Community
College with excellent academic accomplishment, Samson Luk Model: Casper
endeavoured not only to produce quality work, but also seek for Styling: Casper, Thomas, Samson
perfection. He strongly believes that camera can capture the soul Hair Stylist: Gi
of feeling with his creative ideas. The world can also be conveyed Makeup Artist: Shue
in photos through the viewfinder. He is eager to put his every single Photography Assistants: Hoyin, Thomas
effort in photography, and yet his enthusiasm to develop his lifelong
career as a professional photographer is just more than a dream.

Contact samsonluk@yahoo.com.hk

Website www.fotop.net/samson66
EXHIBITION 122 KELEBRA

Name Kelebra

Profile Grown whith a nomad spirit, away from any home and
keeping my “freedom of speech” clear. I’ve been traveling all my
life from continent to countries,from culture to men. No mater the
medium or the style, onely creating mater, Art is my best “weapon”
and drawing is my best friend .

Schools
1992-1993 Prepart (Paris, France)
1994-1996 ENSAV Lacambre, Painting section (Brussel, Belgium)

Contact kelebra99@gmail.com
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EXHIBITION 123 micros Yip

Name Micros Yip

Profile What I am going to tell is about street cats in my home town,

Hong Kong, something about their daily life.

Being a photojournalist, I travel through the city all the day. I meet
those friends around here.

They always show the power of life, even living in hell, they would
find out their heaven. Although it is always a hard-day, they never give
up and keep personal characteristic. Their biggest enemy, human,
should have a lesson from them. I show pieces of their life by photos,
hope that you can know more about them. You need not do anything
special, but at least, respect them and don’t try to hurt them.

I hope that you will like my street cats photos, as well as stray cats
on streets.

Contact info@streetcatfoto.hk

Websites
www.streetcatfoto.hk
www.pbase.com/micros
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EXHIBITION 124 Kerick Wong

Name Kerick Wong

Age 22

Profile I am a graphic design/illustration student who is studying in

Canberra of Australia.

All my insiprations come from music, fashion and weird things in

daily life.

Contact kerickkerickkerick@hotmail.com
EXHIBITION 125 Wilson Shieh

Name Wilson Shieh

Profile Born in Hong Kong in 1970, Wilson Shieh received a

B.A. degree (fine arts major) and a M.F.A. degree from the Chinese
University of Hong Kong in 1994 and 2001 respectively.

He works in Chinese fine-line style figure painting, with contents of

sexuality, role play, costume play and cultural symbols presented in a
contemporary approach.

Selected exhibitions include “The Third Chengdi Biennale” (New

International Convention Centre of Chengdu, China, 2007) ;
“Contemporary Asian Art in Print (Asia Society 50th Anniversary)”
(Singapore Tyler Print Institute; Asia Society, New York, 2006) ; “The
Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art” (Queensland Art
Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 1999).

Contact chengshieh@hotmail.com

Title: Rock Coco

Year: 2007
Medium: Chinese ink and
watercolor on white silk
Size: 73x89 cm
EXHIBITION 126 Jih-E Peng

Name Jih-E Peng

Profile Jih-E Peng was born in Taipei; she immigrated to New

York City when she was four months old, and subsequently took
residence in a variety of areas, including New Jersey, Shanghai,
Paris, and Hong Kong. Her photographic career began in 2002.
This is her first exhibition in Hong Kong, as well as her first foray into
art photography.

Exhibition Movements of Vivaldi

Returning to traditional film as a respite from a background in digital

commercial and fashion photography, Jih-E Peng explores a romantic,
painterly style in an attempt to capture the spirit of Vivaldi in seized
motion. The photographs, taken between movements of “The Four
Seasons”, draw on her older styles but ultimately represent extreme
change and development in her artistic maturation, as they fall upon
the eye surreal, soft, and remarkably sensual.

Contacts
j.e.peng@gmail.com
me@jih-epengphotography.com

Website www.jihepengphotography.com
EXHIBITION 127 CHEAPMAN

Name CHEAPMAN

Location Hong Kong

Profile CHEAPMAN is a kid who doesn’t have a good memory;

he likes to talk to strangers and tells them his story to make sure
that he does exist in the world; he scares that he might forget
himself one day.

CHEAPMAN是個善忘的小孩，喜歡找陌生人聊天，講自己的故
事，希望藉此確定自己的存在，恐怕一天善忘的習慣出現時，就
連自己也忘記了自己。

Contact info@cheapman.com.hk

Website www.cheapman.com.hk

CHEAPMAN is an official artist in the alivenotdead.com

creative network.
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EXHIBITION 128 Cheung Kin wai

Name Cheung Kin Wai

Profile
1985: I was born in 1985.

2006: I graduated a Graphic Design diploma at ‘Caritas Bianchi

College of Careers’ in the summer. And I have started my photography
career immediately. I have touched with commercial and fashion
Photography in this two years. At the same time, I have tried and
started to create my own photo. It just cause by interesting and
passion, no other.

2008: The beginning of this year, I have resigned my job in ‘Lester

Lee Photo Workshop Ltd’ and planning the next step for the new page
in my life. Still looking forward to everything in photography.

Contact cheungkinwaiphoto@gmail.com

Website www.cheungkinwai.com
EXHIBITION 129 skin:inks

A result of a years’ planning and production, SKIN:INKS is the More exhibition and event images at:
ongoing ChinaStylus / Red Dog Tattoo Art Project... www.alivenotdead.com/skininks

Kicking off in June 08, the first exhibition launched with a ‘quiet’ Contact info@chinastylus.com
private event for over 300 at Racks in Central, with Sam Lee and Miss
Yellow supplying tunes for a crowd of celebs, tattoo artists, enthusiasts, www.chinastylus.com
supporters, TV crews and press. The exhibition featured 27 canvases www.reddogstudio.com.hk
by 20 different tattoo artists from 14 of Hong Kong’s finest tattoo
studios and ran for an entire month, culminating in a massive wrap
party, charity auction and live tattoo convention at CLIQ. This time
over 600 people showed up, serenaded by Bodhi and the mighty
Uptown Rockers with live tattoo demos by Gabe from Ace Dragon,
Julia from Starcrossed, Joey from Temple and Omar of Magic Tattoo.
Silky smooth superstar Michael Wong and the gorgeous Cara G
hosted the event, and pro auctioneer Jehan Chu put the artwork under
the hammer – raising a phenomenal HK$150,000 for youth outreach
charity Kely Support Group.

Thanks to everyone who supported the event and exhibition and

were so generous. And of course a special thank you to all our
sponsors who helped make the whole SKIN:INKS concept such a
phenomenal success.

If you’d like a copy of the SKIN:INKS Tattoo Exhibition book, please

drop us a line and we’ll see what we can do. And look out for the
next installment of SKIN:INKS currently being planned for 2009.

SKIN:INKS is a ChinaStylus and Red Dog Studio project.

Artist Gabe at Ace Dragon Model Rowena Gonzales Artist Leon at Ace Dragon Model Jan Chan
Artist Kin Liu at Kin’s Tat To O Model Ausker Artist Joey at Tattoo Temple Model Janelle Zai Artist Julia at Star Crossed Tattoo Model Mimi Artist Sze C at Sze C Tattoo Model Pui Pui FC
Artists (left to right) Models (left to right)
Sammy at Sammy Tattoo Christy
Leon at Ace Dragon Daniel Segall
Julia at Star Crossed Tattoo Janet & Katrina
Jan Kwok at Ink Tattoo Lo Ping Yan
Ross at Star Crossed Tattoo Janet
Julia at Star Crossed Tattoo Jan Chan
Jimmy Ho at Jimmy Ho Tattoo Janelle Zai & Daniel Segall
Timmy at Tattoo Temple Andre Andrade
Ricky Lo at Ricky Tattoo Anthony Wallace
Dicky at Dicky Tattoo Mimi
Joanne at BlueTongue Designs Kinson, Jan, Phoenix & Marco
Leon at Ace Dragon Geneveve Soh
Kin Liu at Kin’s Tat To O Boon Khoo
Matt at Fung Tattoo Phoenix
Joanne at BlueTongue Designs Ausker
Kevin Poon at Star Crossed Tattoo Lo Ping Yan
Omar Tsoi at Magic Tattoo Tereza
Vince at Tattoo Temple Cosmo & Brooke
Sammy at Sammy Tattoo Benson Looi
Murat Karhan at Primal Ink Twinson
Omar Tsoi at Magic Tattoo Adam Raby

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EXHIBITION 130 jen

Name Jen

Profile
Stay focus and lets DREAM ^.^
Stay calm and lets LIVE =.=

Contact polarbear_bhb@hotmail.com

Jen is currently working full time at ChinaStylus Studio.

www.chinastylus.com
EXHIBITION 131 KATY pang

Name Katy Pang Project

First editorial since landing in Hong Kong - “Carrie”
Profile I graduated from the Norwich School of Art & Design,
England in 2006 and received a BA Hons degree in Graphic Design Photographer: Katy Pang
(specializing in Photography). After graduating, I started working for Assistant: Steve Wong
a local photographer. After a year I decided to move to Hong Kong Make Up: Pui Pui
to pursue fashion photography further. Never thought I’d be able to Model: Carrie Chiu
survive a week on my own in a whole new place until within 3 weeks
of moving here I found Red Dog Studio and from Jan 2007 became a
Producer/Photographer. “Now anticipating how my life will pan out
and learning how to NOT look back, I’m challenging it everyday!”

Contacts
kadykit@hotmail.com
katy@reddogstudio.com.hk

Website www.katypangphotography.com

Katy Pang is currently working full time at Red Dog Studio.

www.reddogstudio.com.hk
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EXHIBITION 132 INVASIAN

Name INVASIAN

Profile backbone for the street culture. The world’s first dedicated
Asian graffiti and culture magazine, INVASIAN, covers wide range of
countries such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Indonesia,
Philipines, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. INVASIAN
magazine is among the few reporters on the subculture of street culture
within Asia. Besides graffiti, the magazine features an in-depth look
into music, events, interviews and fashion within the Asian region.
The magazine is printed quarterly and the contents are written in
English, Japanese and Chinese for the convenience of the readers.
Available at invasianmagazine.com, book stores and retailers around
the globe.

Contact info@invasianmagazine.com

Website www.invasianmagazine.com

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EXHIBITION 133 Kalun leung

Name Kalun Leung

Profile I am always interested in the double-sided character of

human beings, detached and sentimental. Inspired by 3 years
film study in university, “staged moment” become the method i
always apply when conducting a photo project, trying to approach
photography as a realm of fiction and duplicity. Meanwhile, I try
to restrain the expression and the gesture of the model so as to
provide an ambiguous narrative possibilty to the viewers as i always
think that one shouldn’t access any artwork without interpretation of
personal experience.

Contact kalun_leung@hotmail.com

Website www.flickr.com/photos/coolkalun

Kalun Leung is in the alivenotdead.com creative network.

EXHIBITION 134 Daniel Lim

Name Daniel Lim

Profile Daniel Lim, an illustration instructor at Otis College of Design

and a well know artist in many social media and creative circles, has
often been described as a hybrid of John Currin and Yoshitomo Nara.
Her online gallery, boasting 1000 drawings, started as a rebellion
against the current gallery establishment and is now quite popular
amongst artists and art enthusiasts.

Contact fawnfruits@gmail.com

Website www.fawnfruits.com 

Daniel Lim is an official artist in the alivenotdead.com

creative network.
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EXHIBITION 135 Alain Yip

Name Alain Yip

Profile Alain realized his photography destiny back in 1968 with

his first toy camera. His enthusiasm in photography and constant
breakthrough makes him a genuine creative photographer in Hong
Kong. The key of my success is a simple word “interest”, said Alain.
My work and my interest are the same, i.e. photography. My work
brings me endless joy and memorable moments.

Alain Yip, a reputable professional photographer in Hong Kong who

initiated the Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers in 1986.
He has often been invited as speaker and consultant by numerous
professional institutes and organizations throughout Asia Pacific.

When asked about his philosophy in mastering photography

technique, he replied in a casual note, Forget about all the rigid rules
and skills! Let it come and go as natural as breathing. You will then
be as creative as you can image.

What is the secret in taking good photos? Alain stressed, Good

photography is not skin-deep, it has something to tell. A good piece
of work must convey feelings which interact among the photographer,
the photographed person or object and the audience. The more
feelings you put in during the process, the more influential the photos
will be.

Website www.alainyip.com

Blog http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/alain-yip

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EXHIBITION 136 a yip

Name A Yip

Profile
- studied Graphic design and illustration courses in
KTVTC from 1999-2000

- worked for the <U+> Magazine of a non-profit making

youth organization <Breakthrough> as a Graphic Designer
from 2000-2004

- worked for <Pill and PIllow> company as a web designer

from 2005-2007

- illustration was shown regularly in the <U+> Magazine

since 2005

- drew illustration for <muse>, <meta>, <metro-pop>

and <Reebok>

- now is a freelance illustrator, web and graphic designer

Contact mayipo@gmail.com

Website www.ayip.hk

A Yip is in the alivenotdead.com creative network.

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EXHIBITION 137 johnny dance
What
Name Johnny Dance the What the world calls light,

World
We cannot see.
Profile Johnny Dance was born in Australia, but has lived Melancholy has not colonised my mind
elsewhere. As he is right now. He has worked in a Fun Park and Yet what seems to be is darkness:
a Butchers, and currently works in an industry that can best be The Sun shines still reflected through the Moon
And with this mantle seems to reign almighty
described as an amalgam of the two. His first musical efforts will

Calls
Yet the humble servant wanders freely
be out later this year under the pseudonym of The Killing Words on
Although invisible in the smog to me
Broken Stone Records. My eyes catch no lumens from the heavens,
Only inert luminescence of the Neon.
Contact JohnnyDance@brokenstonerecords.com

Light
We went to see the fire. To taste acerb
All was gone, the street deserted and the water
Had quenched the dragon in the crowd
So we were dragged away.
To drink the drink of the Masochist: The Misere
A synthetic bitterness all together false
Quinine without salvation
Don Juan’s Misericord became our Processional

Proxy living is a strange position;

Asking for reality and being slapped in the face.
Wishing for Love, while raping Fortuna.
Begging for forgiveness, then awaking the Leviathan.
Yet searching for knowledge, and finding knowledge,
While truth casts herself from the precipice in desperation,
Crushing only the curious on upon collision.

Trips up and down the escalator

Ascending. Descending: My Elevator.
Latitude’s given when elevation’s denied.
Frustrations now paid for with Indulgences
Indulgences funded through Justifications
Decimalised and Decimated by deception
The Lantern catches the Poet of the Ghosts on fire,
While the Poet of History adds another verse to his epic.
 And
Bring Me And bring me home in blankets of the morning! False idols battle with false prophets. But Praised be the day! Timelessness of mind is limited by the singularity of the ultimate. The spark that lit the flame,

Home in
Child when you smile, you bring about confessionals,
And lift the palette from the road to the sky,
And draw the sound of dawn’s faint drone away.
Better both than neither When the lock is turned with our key Carelessness with delivery will bring about annihilation. In turn becomes ‘The Spark
One or Nought is irrelevant when we are reliant on the either/or. This fate cast on us shall flee Repetition derives answers That lit The Flame.
Life is true when facts speak less than metaphor. and vision remain Repetition creates disasters Transmuting into infinite luminescence.
The mist shall concede the way I have loved before but never lived within
I dream in my narcolepsy, of seconds away with a return ticket. The fog-of-war leave our minds, Yet I yearn to continue to extend beyond. Where are the eights before the numbers?

Blankets
I Of arrows from the quiver shot amongst it Our enemies will vanquished be The shoulders are waiting for their burden;
When the light raids the room, Targets chosen merely from the bell curve, We shall regain command! These meditations are growing weaker by the day And the rafters anticipate the explosion
Night melds into daylight’s eminence Plucked from the moments quatrain Drifting away from singularity, We all gather for the inquisition,
The canker of the goings-on are made real, Heads with light so that we may live again. I shall sing with you this song, and it will ring; Focused more on mental clarity But the model prisoner has belayed
And imminent before us. And from this song truth will overflow from our lip’s meniscus Than prostration, The Solitaire over the penitentiary’s walls

of the
Affliction spreads and weakness weeps from the eyes;
Labours ladder for the climb to slumber, Jacobin.
Softness and deftness appease a journey shortened,
Capitulation gratifying, and none more pleased than I.
Hours turn in sweeping reversals;
II
Trial and error will not suffice,
Once you have tied the gold belt around your waist,
And carry sixteen ounces as your burden.
Tearing streams of it like ribbon
In torrents overburdened by captivity,
Running, towards diffusion amongst the background radiation.
To replace the ether condemned below, with our breath renewed
Power than on humility
And while I try to increase the amplification,
They still seem to miss their mark along the way.
So now false hopes deployed in holy places
Fifth freedom, six sigmas of celebration
Conformity. Unionism. Down with the opposition
(The Governor of the Shadows no longer knows
what he’s talking about)
That deadweight is there as the balancing item:

Morning
And the silence of man calls for nature’s upheaval.
The world races forward to cling to the ground
While the ground grasps on too:
The hopes and the dreams
Are chalked and walked into pavements.
The heaviness of the crowd expels the air
The first horns force the first fresh breath to appear
In a city resurrect, pulsating with blood and sweat
We lie inert: Sediment upon the bed.
You cannot frame the vision, for you do not see
But shatter enamel and erode away the fragments.
Complexity brought down by attrition,
The smoothing of the land into rolling splendour
Attrition it seems is enough to weather
The rock of this Prometheus is bleached bare by the sun
And his blood; He was not rescued, but sunk into the mud
The grand art of man is not to progress, but to understand
The remnants of understanding fall beyond the bound’ry
Banality of excess has created the sourest legacies
Scratch bare the surface of the stone, and build to heaven
Remove the earth from the ground and send it to heaven
And in exchange
The firmament has been caught in turn
And banished into hell
But still, there will come a time,
When I shall sing a song with you,
Fortunes, will swing through great reversal,
And upheaval.
Circumspection will drive the melody,
While in duality, the cynicism and the love for the world
All of this will be spun from foolhardiness and the lacklustre,
The callous and the mechanical
not from the heart.
My heartstrings have been already tied
and then loosened from my neck
But when again tuned by you,
Then we shall sing:
III
I see it clearly now
Madness an Reason are brothers
Womb-sprung in battle
Castor clinching Pollux in equal supremacy
Not islands, but mere canals.
Both lead with one hand and guide with the other.
Breaking the cartilage in both noses in crude synchronicity
I would undertake an audit of such beliefs
to put them into line,
If I didn’t believe that such soldiery would destroy the lifeblood.
The beast in the cage
Longs to tear into the hearts of all before him
Contradiction is how the left foot follows the right around this ring,
Or is that the other way around?
Solitude should bring about some kind of answers.
Gifts of fleeting weight and farce.
I have loved before but never lived within,
Fill up the walls with glory, with information; Carry the nine, and what remains of the old times?
Free recall makes life an allegory
Bath the blood in sunlight. Absolute zero is a powerful enemy
Seep it into the stone to remind us we are going Zero points the boundless cavern.
And seep into the pockets to remind us of where we have been. When do the eyes close perfectly?
It is useless to care about any more than this When the ghosts inside the room decide
Where we are going, and where we have been. “Enough is enough.”
Process, aloneness and past places in collage
Meld into something that resembles cohesion
And this seems to be good enough Do not rationalise any of this.
Meld into something that resembles cohesion Absorb the insanity of it all in feeling
Three deep breaths, then pranayama:
Revert into the infinite regress.
IV
Background radiation silences all critics.
‘It is the fool and the brazen who act in desperate harmony
While the remnants bow down to the victor’
Power is useless in postulate form,
Unless seized by the martyr and dissipated through the fire,
Phlogiston and in time congregation, co-linearity
EXHIBITION 138 John Lam

Name John Lam 星夜

Profile 1947年空難流落地星，經羅茲威爾入境移民香港。
因地星空氣含氧量日低，影響思想系統及語言能力，唯有借繪畫來與人類
溝通。

現為自由插畫師 ~ 畫作帶點童真，時而亮麗，偶爾沈鬱，背後常隱藏對扭
曲現實的悲嗚。意境遊走於現實和虛空之間，恍兮惚兮，其中有物，其中
有信......

Contact johntylam@yahoo.com.hk

Blog http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/johntylam

Title: 不能存在的女兒
 Title: 冷巷 Title: 燈影

Title: 別了
EXHIBITION 138
EXHIBITION 139 moe inaki

Name Moe Inaki

Nationality Japanese

Profile I am currently a student in City-university, studying in the

Bachelor Art Degree of Creative Media. This will be my 5th year
living in Hong Kong. I have graduated from Canadian International
School in 2007, and right now I am trying to develop my skills in
photography, contemporary art, and graphic designing in university.

I have work experience in working for Juice magazine as a graphic

intern last year, and also with a scholarship from School of the Art
Institute of Chicago.

Contact moeinaki@hotmail.com
EXHIBITION 140 Yumlart

Name Yumlart Artists

Simon Birch
Profile Established in 2003, Yumla almost immediately became the Victoria Weiss
focal point for Hong Kong’s underground music lovers and creative ChinaStylus
heads. Founded by producer Dan F, the little bar continues - 5 years Carbon Workshop vs. Robot
on - to scuttle ahead of the pack importing new & obscure genres into ST/ART Collective
the city; long before anyone else catches a whiff. Bobbie C / Icebox Design
Gary Kramer / Drift1 / The Embassy
The Yumlart scheme began shortly after the bar opened, allowing Yan / Mooncake
visual artists to join in on the act by interpreting the outside space, ProWolfMaster
and make a right awful mess of the pavement at the same time. But Insight Clothing (Australia)
whatever has ‘gone-up’ on the wall has entertained punters as much Pen One & Sphinx & Drift1
as the music. All Patrons United Under One Scribbly Wall (4 yr anniv.)
NWSK (Scotland)
Contact contact@yumla.com Gene Pendon / Heavyweight
Emily Eldridge
Website www.yumla.com All patrons united (5th Anniversary) plus Word to Mother (UK)
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EXHIBITION 141 Cupid lEUNG CHI LAM

Name Cupid Leung Chi Lam 梁志林

Location Canada, Hong Kong

Profile
doublewood™ 双木化工 - 化概念 為武功
願 有這一天
我的作品被油麻地街坊褔利會納入永久收藏品
願 有這一天
我的作品在我死後五十年仍有人大量複製
未能蘇富比 但願上 EBAY

Contact doublewood@live.hk

Website http://doublewoodoll.blogspot.com/

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EXHIBITION 142 WZA x Know1edge riders

THANK YOU goes to our first and official riders...

LUI ARAKI and NAOTAKA OHYA.

Photography: Warren aka WZA (www.hkskateboarding.com)

Japan distributor: Wabi Sabi Co Ltd (Mr Mabo Sato)

For information please contact: sales@know1edge.com

LUI ARAKI NAOTAKA OHYA

WZA and Know1edge are official artists in the Frontside nosegrind on the curve ledge at Chai Wan Skatepark Frontside ollie on the steep sketchy bank at Chai Wan
alivenotdead.com creative network. rocking his favorite Know1edge HESSE polo shirt. (secret spot) with his Know1edge SHANE stripes tee shirt.
EXHIBITION 143 laleeskin, Bie

Name Laleeskin, Bie

Profile Sometimes I sleep so much, I can’t tell if it’s day or night

Sometimes I eat so much, I can’t tell if I’m hungry or full
Ignorance is bliss

As growing up and living in a day dreaming world. Laleeskin ever

hasn’t really awake. She spent her childhood in Hong Kong day
dreaming about Barbie everyday and night. At the age of everyone
around her was falling in love, she decided to go to Paris, a place
with the smell of art where she could daydreaming more freely. In
2007, she’s back, with the unique day dreaming technique, “Space
Out”. I love her.

Bio written by Isabell Chan, who always appears in her nightmare.

Contact laleeskin@yahoo.com

Laleeskin, Bie is currently working full time at Red Cactus

www.redcactus.com.hk and she is part of the
alivenotdead.com creative network.
EXHIBITION 144 4Get

Name 4Get

Profile Since the dawn of 2003, 4Get has combined his

experiences as an artist from England and Hong Kong to create a
vibe and flow understood only by the city.

To 4Get, boundaries and limitations are the only fictional aspects

of imagination. Whenever he stencils cartoons on t-shirts or paints
murals upon stairwell walls, he consistently proves his philosophy.
Adding to the invasion of his characters, he also specializes in
geometrical, abstract designs.

Project 4Get will be working with his Fe Ciega team in painting

his largest creation yet. This massive mural will cover an entire 6
story building wall.

Contact timothy_10@hotmail.com

Website www.flickr.com/photos/4getboutit/

4Get is in the alivenotdead.com creative network.

EXHIBITION 144
EXHIBITION 145 Kay Yuen

Name Kay Yuen

Profile Born and rise in Hong Kong from 80s.

A graduate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, BA (Hons)

Design in 2004, three years after obtaining a diploma in video
production at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Entitled
to study in Kent Institute of Art and Design (UK) under its BA (Hons)
Photography in 2003.

Work Statement A Tranquil Journey, odyssey

I used a quiet pictorial approach to provide viewers with a glimpse

into the subtle serenity afforded by landscape photography. It creates
surreal-like scenes by combining the characteristic features of pinhole
photography with traditional photographic techniques. The resulting
images are rough, stark and mysterious. The series of sentimental
images illustrate my tranquil journey during the autumn of 2006 at the
Tongariro National Park in New Zealand. It also provides viewers
with unbounded expanse of imagination.

Contact siukankay@hotmail.com
EXHIBITION 146 Enoch Cheung

Name Enoch Cheung

Profile Enoch Cheung graduated from the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art)
degree, jointly presented by the RMIT University and Hong Kong Art
School. He then received his Master degree in Fine Art at the RMIT
University, Australia. He taught at the Hong Kong Art School, HKICC
Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, and now continues his study in
Europe.

Enoch explores various art media constantly, by which expresses

his concerns on two main themes: The influence of digitalization on
our lives, and the evolution of his birth place. He has based his
subject matter on all things about Hong Kong in the recent years. In
the meanwhile, Enoch also questions himself in terms of identity and
reflection in his most recent works.

His work has been shown in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore
etc, including solo exhibition “Digital All” (Para/site, 2001) and
“Collective Memoabilia” (Too Art, 2007). Selected Group exhibition
includes “Temporal being” of Microwave International Media Art
Festival (2002), “Mapping Asia – 18th Asian International Art
Exhibition” (2003), “Move On Asia” – Animation & Single Channel
Video Art Festival (2004), Restore – October Contemporary (2007),
Time after Time (2007) and others. “Matter Dismatter - when art meets
new media” was jointly curated by 1a space and Enoch at 2004.

Contact enocheung01@yahoo.com.hk

Website www.enocheung.net

Blogs
shutenochdownx2.wordpress.com
Title: Not Agoraphobia
enochplayground.wordpress.com Medium: Photography
EXHIBITION 146
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