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EoP Public Forum: Ecologies of Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day of roundtable discussions and project demonstrations exploring artistic practice, technology and urban space as a public humanities<\/strong> research initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, 25 April 2025 
Time: 10:00am \u2013 7:30pm  
Venue: G\/F Atrium, Lee Shau Kee Architecture Building, CUHK 
Register to join: https:\/\/forms.gle\/jAY7nWGgdeuXAhRy9<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecologies of Participation <\/strong>(EoP) is a transdisciplinary research collaboration initiated by scholars working between Fine Arts, Architecture and Media and Cultural Studies at CUHK. Through panel discussions, workshops, artistic projects and symposiums, the initiative aims to bridge research and practice by providing platforms for developing experiments with creative practice, technology, and urban space.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this culminative event, the public forum gathers speakers from previous events, with invited international scholars and practitioners to further engage with us on key questions around the conception of participation in the East and Southeast Asian contexts, the role of art and technology in urban and social transformation, and the challenges of practice-based research in Hong Kong and beyond.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will be a full-day event held at the School of Architecture at the CUHK, including project presentations, roundtable discussions and prototype demonstrations consolidating some of our research around technology-enabled participatory practices in urban space. The programme will result in a publication and a network of like-minded scholars and practitioners in the region. We welcome you to join us for this momentous event.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About EoP: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecologies of Participation<\/strong> (EoP) is a collaborative research project initiated in 2024 by Yim Sui Fong<\/strong> (Assistant Professor of Fine Arts), Melody Hoi Lam Yiu <\/strong>(Research Assistant Professor of Architecture) and Ashley Lee Wong<\/strong> (Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The initiative aims to develop practice-based collaborations to explore the role of creative arts in society. EoP is kindly supported by the Research Institute for the Humanities, and the Faculty of Arts at CUHK.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schedule: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00am – 10:15am <\/td>Event introduction and welcome  <\/td>Event organisers: Yim Sui Fong, Melody Hoi Lam Yiu and Ashley Lee Wong <\/td><\/tr>
10:15am – 11:45am <\/td>Session 1: Project Presentations: The Role of the Arts and Technology in Urban and Social Transformation  <\/td>Speakers:  Agung Firmanto Budiharto<\/strong> (Geger)<\/strong>, Lifepatch (IN) Pak Sheung Cheun<\/strong>, HASS Lab (HK) Federico Ruberto<\/strong>, formAxioms,  Senior Lecturer, Architecture, National University of Singapore Tim Wong<\/strong>, Loftwork (TW) <\/td><\/tr>
11:45am – 1:30pm <\/td>Lunch  <\/td>Chung Chi College Staff Club  <\/td><\/tr>
1:30pm – 2:45pm <\/td>Session 2: Roundtable discussion: What is participation in East and Southeast Asia?   <\/td>Speakers:  Nie Xiaoyi, <\/strong>researcher, writer, and curator (CN)  Minna Vaijakka<\/strong>, Senior Researcher, University of Helsinki (FI) Debbie Ding<\/strong>, Artist-scholar and PhD Candidate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore <\/td><\/tr>
2:45pm – 3:15pm <\/td>Coffee break <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
3:15pm – 4:30pm  <\/td>Session 3: Roundtable discussion: What is at stake for Practice-based Research in Hong Kong and beyond?    <\/td>Speakers:  Frank Vigneron,<\/strong> Chair and Professor of Fine Arts, CUHK Pat Wing Shan Wong<\/strong>, Foreseen Property Agency, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University  Ryo Ikeshiro<\/strong>, <\/strong>Assistant Professor, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong  <\/td><\/tr>
4:30pm –  5:00pm  <\/td>Conclusion  <\/td>Concluding remarks and Q&A <\/td><\/tr>
5:30pm – 7:30pm  <\/td>Session 4: Prototype Demonstrations and Dinner  <\/td>Workshop sharing: EoP initiators  EoP Prototype:  Debbie Ding, <\/strong>VR chat world  Pat Wing Shan Wong<\/strong>, 3D scanning and cultural heritage   
Open mic: 
Fung Junhua<\/strong>, Energy Waving Collective (CN)  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Guest Speakers: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agung Firmanto Budiharto [geger]<\/strong> is a co-founder of Lifepatch \u2013 a citizen initiative in art, science, and technology \u2013 and URBANCULT.net, a documentation of street art in Yogyakarta. He is also passionate about fruit fermentation and supports creative practices rooted in the spirit of DIY (do it yourself) and DIWO (do it with others). He holds degrees in Politics & Government Science from UGM and in Education from USD, both universities in Yogyakarta. His artistic practice includes media fabric \/ silk screen printing, and linocut-based printing. Since March 2019 has been actively volunteering in a sea turtle conservation in Yogyakarta. He co-founded Kawan Pustaha, a collective dedicated to exploring and preserving old Batak manuscripts in 2022. He explores bean-to-bar chocolate making \/ cacao projects, running workshops with local communities and students making their own chocolate as part of his ongoing personal project in decolonizing knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debbie Ding <\/strong>is an artist-scholar working across the intersection of artistic research, technology and game studies, exploring psychogeography in virtual worlds. She is currently doing a practice-led PhD at Nanyang Technological University on the NTU Research Scholarship. Ongoing exhibitions include NTU Museum and New Art Museum Singapore. Her work was shortlisted for the President\u2019s Young Talents 2018 and Impart Art Awards 2020 and is collected by the Australian War Memorial and Singapore Art Museum. Notable exhibitions include Ars Electronica, \u201cRadical Gaming\u201d at HeK Basel, \u201cWorldbuilding\u201d at Julia Stoschek Foundation Dusseldorf, \u201cWikicliki\u201d at Singapore Art Museum, \u201cRadio Malaya\u201d at NUS Museum, Kochi Biennale, and the Singapore Biennale.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ryo Ikeshiro<\/strong> is an artist, musician and researcher who explores the possibilities of meaning and context through sound and its materiality in relation to digital audio and technologies. His work includes installations and live performances using immersive audiovisual environments, field recordings and generative works.\u202fHe has participated in exhibitions at the Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea, and M+ Museum of Visual Culture, Hong Kong, and he is a contributor to Sound Art: Sound as a medium of art, a ZKM Karlsruhe\/MIT publication. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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