People have a fear of a particular environment or thing, such as darkness, height, the center of water, fire and so on. These fears stem from the state of human which having primitive living in the wild for survival ages ago. Fear is the instinctive reaction of human to the nature. The area that triggers fear is the amygdala in brain. Amygdala consists of two groups of almond-sized neuron. When they are stimulated by the horrible things and moments, they release the neurotransmitter and transmit the key signal to the rest of the brain and the whole body. Now we live in the most longevity and wealthy era that life is running smoothly for most of the people but the unfading shadow of fear is still not diminished but lingering. We usually do not share with others about the fear we have and hide them within secured living.
Through this exhibition, students from the School's Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art)* programme hope to share with the audience these throbs and resonate together through the works.
每個人對某種環境或事物會湧現恐懼感，例如黑暗、高處、水中央、火等產生自然的畏縮反應。這些恐懼源於人類在原始時代在野外生活的狀態，是人類適應大自然的本能反應。而引發大腦恐懼反應的區域是杏仁核，杏仁核由杏仁般大小的兩群神經細胞組成，一旦受到恐怖事件刺激，便會釋放神經傳導物質，並將關鍵訊號傳遞至大腦其他部位乃至全身。我們身處有史以來最長壽又富有的時代，多數人都過著十分平安的生活，但恐懼的陰影卻不減反增，依舊揮之不去。城市人會對若干特殊物體或情境感到恐懼，而我們通常都避免跟其他人分享這些安全之下的恐懼感。
透過是次展覽，學院藝術文學士*學生希望跟觀眾分享這些內心的悸動，與大家產生共鳴。
Exhibition Period
17 - 29 July 2017
10:00 - 20:00 (Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays)
Participating Artists:
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art)* students (majoring in Photography)
藝術文學士*學生 (主修攝影)
CHAN Oi Yan 陳靄欣
CHEUNG Yick Kan 張亦勤
CHOW King Fung 周景豐
CHOI Ching Nga 蔡青雅
LAU Pui Ngo 劉培娥
YUEN Kam Wa 袁錦華
*The programme is co-presented by Hong Kong Art School and RMIT University
*課程由香港藝術學院及澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學合辦