The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong invited Street Artists Alice Pasquini and UNO as part of the HKWALLS Festival, now in its ninth edition in 2024.
The two Italian artists, alongside five other European artists, participated in the project "EU Street Art Meets Hong Kong: Green for Street", supported by the EUNIC Cluster Fund and selected from many proposals from the EUNIC Clusters present all over the world. The project, promoted by the EUNIC Cluster of Hong Kong (composed by the Italian Cultural Institute of Hong Kong and Macao, the Goethe-Institut, the Alliance Française and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Hong Kong) has also received the support of the Delegation of the European Union in Hong Kong and Macao and the Consulates General of Belgium and Ireland.
During the Festival, held from March 22 to 31, Alice Pasquini presented her series of three works titled “Look UP Series”, while UNO created the mural “Polo Stellato”, which celebrates the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Italian explorer Marco Polo.
Together with Tron (Czech Republic), Seth (France), Hera (Germany), Jaune (Belgium) and Aches (Ireland), the two artists created a total of 17 murals connected to the main theme of the project, climate change, out of a total of 31 works created in the Central and Western District during this edition of the festival, which also involved artists from the United States, Mainland China and Hong Kong.
The festival program was enriched by conferences, workshops and art talks during which artists had the opportunity to share their creative process, their vision on the role of Street Art in culture-led urban regeneration actions and in the fight against climate change. Finally, guided tours in English and Cantonese allowed local and international audiences to discover the artworks and the values they express, as well as the areas of the city that have been enriched and regenerated by their presence (Western and Central District of Hong Kong, Kennedy Town area and Tsim Sha Tsui).
本文化處邀請了意大利街頭藝術家 Alice Pasquini 和 UNO，來港參與第九屆 HKWALLS 街頭藝術節。這兩位意大利藝術家與其他五位歐洲藝術家一同參與「歐盟街頭藝術遇上香港」計劃，該計劃由 EUNIC Cluster Fund 支持，並從世界各地的 EUNIC Cluster 所提交的多份建議書中挑選出來。
此計劃由由本文化處、歌德學院、香港法國文化協會及捷克共和國駐香港總領事館所組成的 EUNIC in Hong Kong推動，並獲得歐盟駐港澳辦事處、比利時駐香港總領事館及愛爾蘭駐香港總領事館的支持。
在 2024 年 3 月 22 日至 31 日HKWALLS 街頭藝術節舉辦期間，Alice Pasquini 展示了她的三件壁畫作品，名為「Look UP Series」，而 UNO 則創作了壁畫「Polo Stellato」，以紀念偉大的意大利探險家 Marco Polo 逝世 700 周年。
這兩位藝術家與 Tron (捷克)、Seth (法國)、Hera (德國)、Jaune (比利時) 及 Aches (愛爾蘭) 共同創作了共 17 幅壁畫，與本年度的主題為氣候變化。本屆藝術節，參與的藝術家一共在中西區創作了 31 幅作品，當中亦包括來自本港、美國及中國大陸的藝術家。
此外，藝術節還舉辦了多場會議、工作坊和藝術講座，讓藝術家分享他們的創作過程，以及他們對街頭藝術在文化主導的城市更新行動和對抗氣候變化中所扮演角色的看法。最後，英語及廣東話導賞團讓本地及國際觀眾探索藝術作品及其所表達的價值觀，以及因藝術作品的存在而豐富及更新的城市區域（香港中西區、堅尼地城區及尖沙咀）。
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