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Hanison Lau 劉學成

學成是位多方向的創作人,以社會事件導向混合媒介和裝置創作。他駐留的創作概念是以「江湖」發展出各樣江湖組成的事和物。江湖規距,江湖豪傑、江湖霸主、江湖恩仇,都跟習武和兵器有關。造劍的工藝是透過社區回收物資開辨工作坊,街坊幫忙分類碎木,老中青忙著比對個人兵器,修邊和上色,自己兵器自己造,並學習適合體能的兵器操作,最終參與「武林大會」,帶著「架生」在社區追逐著玩耍。看著這些「新江湖人物」重回社區街道玩耍,回復社區的生氣,「落街玩」其實是人與人之間的信任和互助,「鄰里」是個美好的詞彙。

遊戲的世界很開闊,但遊戲常在於追逐贏的一刻,江湖造劍則是「沒贏」的工作坊,像Luke的葉劍是「輸硬」的工作坊一樣,過程和結果有幸災的快感和詩意。起碼讓孩子成為「江湖中人」,游走社區,或落得「街童」稱號。

Hanison is a multi-directional artist, who is guided by social events to create mixed media and installations. The creative concept in which he had during his residence was to develop series of events around the idea of “Gong Woo” (spirit of fraternity).

Rules, heroes, overlords, enemies are all related to “Gong Woo” and weapons. At a workshop of making swords from recycling materials in the community, the neighborhood helped sort the broken wood, the old and young were busy making and coloring their weapons. They learned to do workouts with their weapons for physical fitness. At the end they took part in the "Kung Fu Festival" and chasing and playing with each other in the community. With these lively players, the spirit of the community was greatly rejuvenated. "Playing in the street" can be translated into trust and mutual assistance between people, and "neighborhood" is a wonderful word.

The world of games is wide ranging, but games are often about win and lose. The sword making workshop is not about winning, like Luke's Leave Sword Workshop that is a "no-win" game. Though the processes and results were rather an unfortunate “pleasure” of dealing with the troubling yet poetic consequences, at least it lets the children wandering around the community, gaining the title of "street kids".