1. Who is the artist?
The artist is Eddie Cheung Wai Sum.
2. What is the form, media, material used for the artwork?
The artwork is a teamwork of 4 artists. Eddie is one of them. Eddie and the other 3 artists use videos to represent the theme of the artwork which is "Time". Those videos came from the public and editted by another person.
3. What is the artwork about?
The artwork is called "OF THE TIME". It is a visual art open project which is all about the very abstract concept in the world which is "time". Those artists wanted to explore the possibility of representing the many ideas about Time through this investigative project. How long does the audiences spend on the videos is observed . Every audience can write dome someing about time aftering spending time on the videos.
4. What is the cultural and social background of the artwork?
This artwork is a teamwork. The four artists has different themes of the artworks. Finally, when they talked about time, various interpretations and ideas came out. Eddie found that it is very interesting and worth investigating. Moreover, Eddie thinks that cooperating with other artists can use the new way of thinking instead of the original way of thinking of the previous works.
5. Is there any connection with local or international art history?
Eddie said that, in european art history, "time" is described as a very abract concept. Among 4 artists, some of them interpret time as very abract and metaphysical.
6. What is your understanding/interpretation of the artwork?
In the exhitition, when I saw the artwork, I don't know what it means. Then I watched the videos for several times. In the videos, I think that everybody repeat and repeat the same track everyday. We are all in a rush and miss this beautiful world. We should explore more new and interesting things.
7. Do you like the work and why?
Certainly. I like it. To me, this artwork is very different from the traditional artwork such as painting. The artists use a very new way to deliver their messages. Through this artwork, I can reflect myself. Am I just wasting time on meaningless things everyday?
8. You can compare with othere artist's work if relevant.
As mentioned, this artwork is different from other artworks. This can be more likely to arouse my curiosity and interest.
9. What do you think of other people's (critic/historian/art writers) comment on the work?
I think many people do not quite understand what the videos want to tell us and found it boring. However, this concept "time" is very important as all of us should think about it deeply.
10. How significant of the work in the context of Hong Kong?
It is known that Hong Kong people care about time a lot. They want to fill up their time with everythings. Therefore, this artwork is significant in the context of Hong Kong to give reflection to Hong Kong citizens. During the several days of exhibition, more than 200 vistors have written somthing on the feedback card. It is already very successful of this artwork which exhibited in Hong Kong.
Website: http://www.ofthetime.hk
