Media preview for “Rebuilding the Tong-an Ships New Media Art Exhibition” organised by City University of Hong Kong and National Palace Museum
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event 1: Media preview for “Rebuilding the Tong-an Ships New Media Art Exhibition” organised by City University of Hong Kong and National Palace Museum
Date: 14 August 2015 (Friday)
Time: 2:15pm
Venue: 3/F, Academic 3, CityU, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Event 2: Opening ceremony for “Rebuilding the Tong-an Ships New Media Art Exhibition” organised by City University of Hong Kong and National Palace Museum
Date: 14 August 2015 (Friday)
Time: 4pm
Venue: Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, 5/F, Academic 3, CityU, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Guest: Dr Norman Leung Nai-pang, Pro-Chancellor of CityU
Mr Herman Hu Shao-ming, Council Chairman of CityU
Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU
Fung Ming-chu, Director of National Palace Museum
Mr Richard Wesley, Director of Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Website： www.facebook.com/tong.an.ship.hk
A new media exhibition that brings to life sea-faring culture and the Qing Navy’s advancement during the 19th century is a unique collaboration between City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei.
The collaboration is titled “Rebuilding the Tong-an Ships New Media Art Exhibition”, and it represents the first collaboration between a local university and NPM. It is also fully supported by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum.
Tong-an shuttle ships built in Fujian Province during the mid-Qing Dynasty were used by merchants, the navy and pirates. This versatile ship helped to fuel a power struggle in East Asia’s seas.
The exhibition relates the ships’ legendary story and the history of the Qing naval defence to the audience in a compelling manner. The 15 exhibits include a projection of virtualised moving images of Cheung Po-tsai, the movement-sensing interactive system for manipulating the ship, the Tong-an Ship Scale Model, a 3D animation explaining the various components of the ship and the animated Pacifying the South China Sea scroll, among others.
The exhibition will run from 15 August to 30 September and admission is free. The media preview will be held in the afternoon of 14 August, followed by the opening ceremony. (Please refer to the attachment for the introduction of the exhibition.)
Media enquiries: Mavis Wong, Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 6121 or 6126 4449)