FP writer W.L. Lai asserts life worth living as he recalls HK students once upon a time
“This night, no dawn…,” FP writer W.L. Lai ruminates and asks, “What was it that took these young people to the street on a day when they could have been drinking, eating and fun-making?” 這一夜,看不到黎明 / 黎偉亮
FP writer W.L. Lai walks through Wanchai of the 1970s & 1980s in 2016… Gentrification and more… 灣仔 / 黎偉亮
[source of banner image: http://www.artsportagecounty.org/our-initiatives/creative-economy-inventory-project/] 『創意產業』,一個看似原創的名詞,初聽到時,口中唸著唸著,總有種怪怪的欠缺自然的感覺,感覺何來?我嘗試用普通常識、常人角度對這複合名詞說出常人一般的聯想。 創意:純大腦運作。建基於固有知識,源於生活並帶有改善生活的功能;亦可天馬行空,作前人之未作,純粹為解放固有觀念或思想。兩者皆以 social innovation為目的。 產業:牽涉土地運用、人力資源、融資、成本控制,旨在以最低成本謀取最高回報並尋求不斷的利潤增長。 啊…….. 彷然大悟! 這兩種東西之間原來存在著根本上的矛盾,硬把它們拉一起,甚至產生邏輯上的謬誤。 規劃化後的『創意產業』論述可又另一回事。
FP writer, manager and barista Wai-leung Lai speaks of his 3-month experience at Floating Projects as a non-artist. 「據點」作者、場地經理、咖啡師黎偉亮從藝術圈局外人的觀點談「據點」籌備至開幕的三個月的所見所聞。
香港人「嘆」甚麼咖啡?在那裡「嘆」?甚麼來頭的咖啡?多貴多便宜?據點作者從1970年代說起。What coffee did HK people enjoy? Where from? Where to have a cup of coffee? How expensive? How cheap? Any brandnames? FP manager and writer Wai-leung Lai recount his coffee experience since the 1970s.