
Part 4 of “tool-being” series, Longman Luk looks inside a 360 panoramic camera for the everyday consumer, to hack its customized functions, and to test its operational limits, which results in his videographic exercise presented at Micro Narratives 2022. A manifesto on his videography follows.

In the third of a 4-part series of artists' writings in "Floating Teatime: Art Notes," “tool-being" (Graham Harman, Bruno Latour), Tate Kwan calls our attention to a common defect many have experienced on ZOOM meetings, which she turns into raw material for artistic creativity.

Second of the “tool-being'” series. What new insights would we have of our experiences if humans and tools/machines are understood as an assemblage, coming into the presence of each other to seek collaborative possibilities? Abby Yuen reveals how her abstract video of foams was the result of a sound machine she made.
Following up on Micro Narratives 2022: the first of the “tool-being” series, featuring Jaron Kuehmstedt's OCTV – Open Circuit Television: a live video installation, which adopts graphic computing Max-MSP, twitch.tv and OBS (Open Broadcaster Studio)...

On 21 December 2022, 24 videographers from the Micro Narrative Laboratory presented 29 short pieces of videography enacting their presence... Varied voices. Contrasting disposition. A broad range of artistic and media resources… The works will stay on-site at Floating Projects on FOUR parallel screens 24-31 December.

29 short pieces of videography by 24 young makers enacting their presence, human-tool assemblage, and the making of experiences from fragments of attentive moments ...

*An interactive video archive installed at Floating Projects, 3-19 December 2022. (All videos subtitled in English) *Video Forum, 10 December 2022 (3:30-5:30pm), will feature Kimburley Choi and Fei-pang Wong, hosted by Linda C.H. Lai (conducted in Cantonese).

FP writer Wai-leung Lai was there as Kin-choi Lam set up his book launch event at FP, and started to traced his journey as an illustration-artist. 從業餘興趣成為終身志業,由摸索學習到邁步向前。貧瘠的藝術土壤上,一個青年畫家的成長歷程,據點作者黎偉亮用文字素描了一個他認識的林建才和他獨有的故事。

While deeply aware of the underlying tensions in all love relationship, fresh graduate Cher believes it’s very worthwhile to preserve and present the blissful moments of a couple, even if just for a moment. Thus started her months-long action research — photography as an event — to act out as a sonder person. 對周遭的人的感悟有多少?李祉昕以行動出發,攝影是牽動關係的探索行動,為了展出,更是為了接觸別人和自學。

A teacher who passed on more than knowledge, but inspirations. FP writer Vanessa Tsai, a teacher herself, has been inspired by Wu Sheng. 傳授知識是老師的職責,單單傳授知識的老師,也算是一個老師。「據點。句點」寫作人蔡季妙國中時遇過一個不僅單單傳授知識的老師,老師老了,相處回憶串串,縷縷如煙,卻常存心中。不求聞達不望回報,春風化雨,無聲無息潤澤大地,這是一個好老師成就另一個好老師的故事。