HEP China,
curated by Jose Drummond,
will run from 14 November (opening) to 12 December 2009
at AFA @ Portuguese Bookshop Gallery Macau China
Opening hours: 11AM to 7PM

Video is one of the most prolific visual mediums in use today. The Human Emotion Project (HEP) Macau selection links together more than 40 voices from all over the world. Presented in 4 weeks, each with a different program exploring different topics.

HEP was presented in Australia during February, in Italy during March, in Spain during April, in Portugal during May and in Macau in August. Exhibitions and screenings are also being prepared in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Greece, Iran and USA.

Drawn together by the art that they share via the Internet, artists with disparate cultural and aesthetic identities approach the internal workings that exist in all humans. Emotions are inherently difficult to explicate. How does one describe fear? We know it when we feel it but how can we share, through the paltry use of language, our experience of it? Moving images, mostly embellished with sound, extend the expressive possibilities beyond what can be accomplished through language or even static imagery. By employing the largest palette of creative possibilities, film and video artists from around the world strive to externalize those complex driving forces that we all enjoy and endure and that bind us, as humanity, together despite our differences.

Alison Williams,
HEP Founder & Director

Video is one of the most prolific visual mediums in use today. The Human Emotion Project (HEP) Macau selection links together more than 40 voices from all over the world. Presented in 4 weeks, each with a different program exploring different topics.

“Paradox”, “Loss & Desire”, “Transformation” and “Fantasy” are the chosen topics for understanding video art, its own multiplicity and the reunion around the imaginative subject of The Human Emotion Project (HEP).

Jose Drummond
Curator

Paradox
November 14 to November 20
The artists in “Paradox” investigate the contradictions between documentary and performance, fact and fiction, order & chaos. What is real and what is staged? The absurdity of real life, the ambiguity of movement and the enigma of space are some of the perceptions raised in “Paradox”.

Dave Swensen Until Death Parts Us 01:23 – USA
Nicole Rademacher Walk With Me 01:16 – USA
Khairy Hirzalla Looking for 01:54 – Jordan
Hakan Akçura Catharsis 05:25 – Turkey/Sweden
Larry Caveney Arm Wresting Intervention 08:51 – USA
Kim Miller Thanx for Meeting Me Here 03:11 – USA
Vienne Chan Nightdance 05:53 – HK/Canada
Basmati Corpus Tracks 05:17 – Italy
Irina Gabiani Samaia or Triamazikamno 06:26 – Luxembourg
Xenia Vargova Tutu 03:10 – Bulgaria
Ng Fong Chao Redemption 10:55 – Macau

Loss & Desire
November 21 to November 27
“Loss & Desire” explores the ambiguity of misplaced feelings from the philosophical aspect to the emotional. The strong deficit of engagement, the desire for connection and the interior struggle for clarity are permanent in each work.

Gaia Bartolini Unseen Dialogue 07:21 – Italy
Daniel Chavez Self Examination – I Am Nothing 02:38 – USA
Michael Douglas Hawk Bubble Girl 02:14 – Germany
Richard Jochum Mama 01:34 – Austria/USA
Alison Williams Cage-panic 01:46 – RSA
Debbie Douez Two in One 03:18 – Spain
Manfred Marburger Proud 02:15 – UK
Gili Avissar Self portrait-Dead artist 00:34 – Israel
Jose Drummond The Illusionist 01:58 – Portugal/Macau
Masha Yozefpolsky Deep Freeze Israel
Bianca Lei Won Ton noodles, I love …… IT ! 13:00 – Macau

Transformation
November 28 to December 4
The power of “Transformation” is a vibrant and integral part of our lives. The mystery of life changing, the spirituality of isolated gestures and sounds and the manipulation of these elements compose a space of reflection and intimacy.

Amina Bech Tranquility Inverted 03:40 – Norway
Bill Millett The Book 06:46 – UK
Anders Weberg Undisclosed beauty 03:13 – Sweden
Glenn Church Fragility 05:33 – UK
Alison Williams & Anders Weberg Mirror Mirror 02:30 – RSA/Sweden
Christy Walsh Isolation 03:28 – USA
Alberto Guerreiro Transcendent 04:30 – Portugal
Alicia Felberbaum There and Back 02:47 – UK
Sue Pam-grant Portrait 03:26 – RSA
Danny Germansen Alienation & loneliness 01:59 – Denmark
Alice Kok The Duet 03:21 – Macau

Fantasy
December 5 to December 12
“Fantasy” draws inspiration from the apparent fascination of lively graphic imagery. The looping of the modern era, the provocation of literature, the encounter with the fantastical and the employment of technology contribute to the process making of these visual stories.

Adamo Macri OOC 05:51 – Canada
Ebert Brothers Bluescape 02:57 – Germany
Verena Stenke/Andrea Pagnes Crossing 02:44 – Italy
Robertina Sebjanic Bubble 06:02 – Slovenia
Niclas Hallberg The Crying Man 01:23 – Sweden
Michael Chang Concerto Azzurro 06:10 – Denmark
Paolo Bonfiglio Mater 07:20 – Italy
João Ricardo Scarleet 07:04 – Portugal
Cindy Ng Walking 09:25 – China