Artist
CHAN Ping-chiu
Veteran theatre director, playwright and curator of theatre programs, currently the artistic director of On & On Theatre Workshop. Born in Hong Kong, Chan Ping-chiu graduated from Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Drama School, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts respectively. In 1988 Chan founded the experimental theatre group “Sand & Bricks”, a collective of young and upcoming artists from different aspects.
In the mid-90's, Chan turned his footsteps to education, he joined Chung Ying Theatre Company as education officer, and started to develop large scale programs in youth theatre which left a profound impact on the local art scene. During the pre- and post-1997 period, Chan staged a series of works expressing the complex sentiments and identity crisis of Hong Kong people on the handover. Among the series, Fly! Fly! Fly! Archaeology Birds won widespread acclaim and Vision Invisible: The Happy Journey was invited to tour in Taipei, Tokyo, and Europe. In 2001, Chan received a Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council to join a 10-month cultural exchange residency in New York, studying at New York University and staying at the Ontological-hysteric Theatre under the mentorships of Richard Schechner and Richard Foreman. A year later, Chan returned to Hong Kong and set up Cattle Depot Theatre at Cattle Depot Artist Village. Since then, Chan has curated and directed a series of cutting-edge creative works, including the well received campaign Contemporary Writing for Theatre.
Apart from On & On Theatre Workshop, Chan also directed for mainstream theatres such as Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Chung Ying Theatre and Hong Kong Arts Festival, etc. Chan’s awarded works include: Waking Dreams in 1984, Electronic City (director’s cut), The Postcolonial God of Food, Der goldene Drache, hamlet b., Oleanna, etc. In 2013, Chan was selected as the Best Artist of the year (Drama) by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Recent works include, Best Wishes, Tête-bêche and Tit Hong Lane.
In the mid-90's, Chan turned his footsteps to education, he joined Chung Ying Theatre Company as education officer, and started to develop large scale programs in youth theatre which left a profound impact on the local art scene. During the pre- and post-1997 period, Chan staged a series of works expressing the complex sentiments and identity crisis of Hong Kong people on the handover. Among the series, Fly! Fly! Fly! Archaeology Birds won widespread acclaim and Vision Invisible: The Happy Journey was invited to tour in Taipei, Tokyo, and Europe. In 2001, Chan received a Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council to join a 10-month cultural exchange residency in New York, studying at New York University and staying at the Ontological-hysteric Theatre under the mentorships of Richard Schechner and Richard Foreman. A year later, Chan returned to Hong Kong and set up Cattle Depot Theatre at Cattle Depot Artist Village. Since then, Chan has curated and directed a series of cutting-edge creative works, including the well received campaign Contemporary Writing for Theatre.
Apart from On & On Theatre Workshop, Chan also directed for mainstream theatres such as Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Chung Ying Theatre and Hong Kong Arts Festival, etc. Chan’s awarded works include: Waking Dreams in 1984, Electronic City (director’s cut), The Postcolonial God of Food, Der goldene Drache, hamlet b., Oleanna, etc. In 2013, Chan was selected as the Best Artist of the year (Drama) by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Recent works include, Best Wishes, Tête-bêche and Tit Hong Lane.
2016
Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart
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