The seminar “Flowing Methods – Artistic/Creative Research and Practice on the Waters” looked into research methodology in art and design, and its significance in unravelling forgotten or untold stories around the waters and beyond. By gathering historic, mythic, sociological and architectural readings of our territory and its flow pattern, Lee Kai Chung, Tan Yue, Xiaoshi Qin and Tamotsu Ito discussed the interplay between their research and practice.
 
In this seminar, artist Lee Kai Chung introduced his research project about reclamation, source of sand for The Lantau Tomorrow Vision, and his recent personal experience of 'smuggling' through islands in Southern Hong Kong; curator Tan Yue delved into the world of islands as cosmology diverse from current civilisation of anthropocene and terracentrism, unveiling the universal experiences, tension and grey area between human, civilisation and nature constantly shaping each other through researching on islands and archipelagos in the Indo-Pacific; artist Xiaoshi Qin shared her projects focusing on the South China Pirates and legends from the mouth of Pearl River, including her recent work that traces Pearl River Delta mythologies in the psychological landscape, and how people without a home on land are able to build their own on the water; architect and educator Tamotsu Ito moved beyond the geographic definition of the waters to arrive at discussions through the lens of "material flow" and "reinterpretation" and introduced his projects under the term “re-structuring”. 

* the seminar was organised as part of the public programmes along the exhibition Liquid Homes at RNH Space (1 July – 6 August 2022)

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