Assemblies Exhibition: Hong Kong Creativity
| Author | Sylvie Castonguay |
| Position | WIPO Magazine Editorial Staff, Communications and Public Outreach Division |
Hong Kong - the Pearl of the Orient - is a gateway for international trade, attracting to its shores the best of east and west to complement its rich Chinese cultural heritage. The exhibition "HK Creativity - Intellectual Property in Hong Kong, China," held at WIPO headquarters during the WIPO Assemblies of Member States, celebrated the contribution that IP has made to Hong Kong's social and economic development, displaying works of art, design, fashion, film and highlighting IP enforcement efforts.
In 2000 Hong Kong commissioned a team of international communications firms to develop a strategy to position the city on the world stage. This was the launching pad for the Brand Hong Kong project. An international test audience selected the dragon image above, which incorporates the letters H and K and the Chinese characters for Hong Kong.
Ah Chung started his artistic career as one of Hong Kong's first political cartoonists. In 1984, he started to create a series of ink and color painting, which made him one of Hong Kong's most popular artists. A collection of his works can be seen in the Hong Kong Museum of Arts.
Broad-minded (1998), Riding the clouds and mounting the mist. Yellow river becomes a brook. (right)
Happy-go-lucky (2005), Easy to be perspicacious. Forbearance is hard. (far right)
The Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), founded in 1972, advocates public interest in design and a higher profession status for designers. The Association organizes many events to promote Hong Kong's designers, such as the HKDA Awards, exhibitions, and seminars to educate designers on protecting their IP rights.
In Love with Bamboo by Alan Chan, 2004. The poster replicates the same image joined together horizontally to form a series of verticals that look like bamboo. The Chinese character for the human being is depicted from the Chinese character for bamboo. (far left)
Flip: Chinese Contemporary Book Design by Freeman Lau, 2004. (left)
Chinese calligraphy is over 3,000 years old and a revered form of art in China, Japan and Korea. Its practitioners are many - it requires simply paper, ink and brush...
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