黃小燕
香港近年碰口碰面都是「社會參與式藝術」，甚或有趁墟現象，但這方面的討論卻未跟得上實踐，因為，觸碰社群／社區藝術實踐上的問題意識，譬如「社區是誰的社區？」、參與性、創作倫理、美學形態、介入的效應，對之加以詰問或深入探究的論說，可謂遠遠不成比例。本文的著墨點，乃在於回溯及梳理香港自九十年代以來「社區藝術」的發展脈絡，不論官方政策及資源的投入，民間的邊探索邊實踐，以至社會氛圍的變迭，各股力量拉鋸，鼓動這一範疇的挺進。
關鍵字：社區藝術、社群藝術、社會參與式藝術、社會實踐、藝術行動、「問題化」論述、「欣賞式」論述
Community Turn: Social Practice in Hong Kong Art
Phoebe Wong
Recently many exhibitions in Hong Kong are concerned with “socially-engaged art” / community art and it appears that some people are trying to be part of the trend. However, the discussion on the subject falls far short of its practice. The problematics of touching the community / practicing community art, such as “whose community is it?”, participation, ethics of practice, aesthetic forms, intervention effects, and the in-depth discussions of those questions are disproportionately scarce. Accordingly, this essay traces and focuses on the development of “community art” in Hong Kong since the 1990s, including the struggle between the Government’s policies and resources, the exploration and practices of various artists and groups, and changes in the social atmosphere, in the hope of a more advanced understanding of the practice of community art.
Phoebe Wong is a Hong Kong-based researcher and writer with a special interest in contemporary art, design and visual media. More than anything else, she is a culture junkie