After the first performance at the opening of the showcase “Ew! Normal?”, the second part of the performance has been postponed a few times due to the heightened Covid-19 measures. Part 2 of the performance is now scheduled to take place on 6 Feb 2021. “Bridging Be-sides” is an intimate virtual event to bridge the two parts of the performance. This is to be broadcasted via Instagram live through our social platforms and 4 artists’ personal accounts on 9 Jan 2021, from 5 to 6pm Hong Kong time.

“Bridging Be-sides” joins the first part - in-person encounters with artists through the docents in the studio space - and second part of the performance - online encounters and poignant perceptive discussions amongst the participants. “Bridging Be-sides” invites audiences across the globe to have a peek into the working process of four artists - BH, Doris Ng, Marty Miller and Jen Yoohyun Lee. This live open studio will last an hour. Here, the audience can have a real-time rendezvous with the artists’ work-in-progress, from the artists’ points of view. What is on live will be the hands of the four artists, busily working on their own painting, multi-media art, photography and narrative art projects. Yet, we hope to subtly blur the lines between participant and artist, therefore asking what it is to view each other normally within this strange time. This curated approach to the social provides a view of the artmaking process and evokes interest for Part 2 of “Be-sides”, occurring on February 6th!

自《Ew! Normal?》開幕日的第一場表演後，第二場表演活動因疫情被推延數次。第二場表演現將在2021年2月6日舉行。而《Bridging Be-sides》這場親密的線上活動，將是連接兩場表演的橋樑。活動將在2021年1月9日，香港時間下午5至6時，在我們的社交平台和4位藝術家的個人社交帳戶上直播。

《Bridging Be-sides》連接了表演的第一部分—在工作室空間透過導賞員接觸藝術家；以及第二部分—參加者在網上動人演譯的討論活動。《Bridging Be-sides》希望邀請世界各地的參加者窺探四位藝術家—BH、吳玳誼、Marty Miller和Jen Yoohyun Lee—的創作過程。直播將時長一小時。觀眾將能以藝術家的視點，與藝術家正在創作的作品實時相遇。直播將是展示四位藝術家，動手創作繪畫、多媒體藝術、攝影，以及敍述性的藝術項目。然而，我們希望低調地模糊參加者和藝術家的界線，從而質問在這不正常的時代中如何正常地互相對待。這個對社交的策劃方式將為2月6日舉行、第二部分的《Be-sides》提供觀賞藝術創作過程的角度，勾起對活動的興趣。