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Clara Cheung 張嘉莉

Clara是位社區藝術的老手,經驗豐富。而且能把個人藝術以外的志趣,連繫到社區很生活化的活動,同時又能夠回饋所用的社區物料資源。

駐留的焦點聚在社區體能運動和碎布的收集,轉化成瑜珈和織物的關係。一張個人編織結的瑜珈氈,在織的時候潛進靜觀的氛圍,就如同瑜珈的身心放鬆、寧靜致遠的情景。這場靜態的織物工作坊和體態運動,參與者不僅是土瓜灣的社區街坊,還有區外的朋友,他們都需要投入「自己氈自己做」,設計適合自己身體的動作,是項靜態的工藝和身體的玩意,某些動作是在把玩自己身體的能量和限制,整個活動本身是強化知性和感情的並存,這是「很Clara」的做事印象,她的訓練其實是多媒體創作,然而從事社區藝術是對人的關注,兩者中她融合了這個玩法,實踐了社區「土炮式」的創意方式。

Clara is a veteran community artist. In addition, she can connect her interests other than art to the daily live activities in the community, and at the same time give back resources to the community.

The focus of her residence was on physical exercises and collection of rags and clothing, which transformed into a relationship between yoga and weaving. A personally woven yoga mat dived into the atmosphere of meditation while weaving, just like the physical and mental relaxation and tranquility of yoga. In this static fabric workshop and body movement, participants were not only community neighbourhoods in To Kwa Wan, but also friends outside the district. They all needed to invest in “making their own felts” and designing actions that are suitable for their body. With crafts and physical workouts, certain actions were playing with the energy and limitations of her own body. The activity was about strengthening the coexistence of intellectuality and emotion, which is the characteristic of Clara who trained in multimedia creation. Engaging in community art is about paying attention to people. She combined her creation with play, and practiced the local community method.