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SCAD HK closing, Nick Brandt's photography & in the studio: Chinese fusion band, Zenwester

2020-04-15

SCAD HK closing, Nick Brandt's photography & in the studio: Chinese fusion band, Zenwester

2020-04-15
It’s been a tough twelve months for Hong Kong’s education sector. Last year’s social unrest, followed by the January outbreak of Covid-19, forced universities and schools to stop physical classes and conduct as many as they can online. There is even uncertainty about whether the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams will go ahead at the end of this month. For Savannah College of Art & Design’s local branch, SCAD Hong Kong, which has long had difficulties meeting student recruitment targets, this may have compounded its problems. After operating in Hong Kong for ten years, the school announced in March that it’s closing its campus here at the end of May.

British photographer Nick Brandt’s portfolio centres on the damage human beings are doing to the natural world. Since 2001, he’s been working on a trilogy documenting the increasingly endangered wildlife of East Africa. On show at the Blue Lotus, “Inherit the Dust” conceived in 2014, is an offshoot of that trilogy. For this project, Brandt printed a selection of his images of animals life-size and placed them in now-urban locations that had formerly been their homes.

The members of the Chinese fusion band Zenwester, set up two years ago, are no strangers to The Works. They were last here during the Lunar New Year celebrations to play us a festive tune. Focusing on combining traditional Chinese instruments and compositions with Western music, the band has created its own unique sound and identity. Zenwester are here to talk to our fellow presenter, Billy Lee about their latest single.

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