UST Hosts Installation Art Exhibition for Chinese Artists from around the World

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[evdate 1998-02-06] For release 6 February 1998 UST Hosts Installation Art Exhibition For Chinese Artists From Around The World A group of 16 artists from around the world will participate in a large-scale installation art exhibition, "Journey To The East '98", to be held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Exposition Hall between 14 February and 29 March 1998. "We have chosen Journey To The East as the theme to direct and arrange an artistic activity. There have been ten such events over a period of 19 years between 1979 and 1998," said Mr Danny Yung, curator of the exhibition and Artistic Controller of HKUST's Center for the Arts. "The structures of these ten events were varied, involving indoor and outdoor performances, workshops, installations and parades." The exhibition will be opened on 13 February by Mr An-Kuo Cheng, Managing Director of Chung Hwa Travel Service; Mr Alfredo Conte, Acting Consul General of Italy; Dr Simon Kwan, Chairman of the HKUST Art Endowment Committee; and Prof Peter N Jr Dobson, Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs, HKUST. A seminar on installation art will be held at the Exposition Hall at 2:30 pm on 14 February. Details of the opening reception and the exhibition are as follows: Opening reception: Friday, 13 February 1998, 4:30pm Venue: Exposition Hall, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Exhibition dates: 14 February to 29 March 1998 Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1-5 pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 am - 6 pm (Closed on Mondays) For public enquiries, please call Miss Jeddy Mok of HKUST's Center for the Arts on 2358-6149. Note to Editors: You are invited to send your representative(s) to cover the opening reception and seminar. The opening reception will be followed by a guest performance. For further information, please contact Mr King Cheng of the Public Affairs Office on 2358-6305, or email pamedia@usthk.ust.hk.

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