CV

Wai-yee Mak

alias - Ann Mak / Mai-an

 

Born in Hong Kong.

I have been interested in applying poetry with multi-media in my work. Most of my work

including installations, videos and stage designs are related to poetry.  My vision  is to exude

the charm of poetry for our utilitarian life.

 

1 - Installation

 

2000     ‘City Forest’  presented in the ‘Berlin in Hong Kong Festival’, organized by

             Goethe-Institut in Hong Kong

 

2001     ‘The Encounter’ presented in ‘Art Windows – Art in Public Spaces’, organized

             by Sabrina Fung Fine Arts

 

2 - multi-media performance

 

1998     ‘Strange Stories from Liao Zhai’ - poetry reading, stage & video /

             installation / performance / presented in the ‘Ghost Festival’ / organized by

             Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin  / 20 mins

 

2000     ‘Seltsame Geschichten von Vogeln und Blumen’- poetry reading, stage & video

             installation / presented in the ‘Berlin in Hong Kong Festival’ / organized by

             Goethe-Institut, Hong Kong  / 35 mins

 

2002     ‘Lyrische Trilogie’- poetry reading, stage & video installation / tour presentation

             in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Cologne, Germany / organized by the House of Cultures

             in Berlin / 40 mins

 

2004     ‘Süchinesische Elegien’ - poetry reading, stage & video installation / presented in

             Internationally Literary and Aesthetic Symposium / organized by Bonn University

             and the Art & Exhibition Hall of Deutschland, Germany / 30 mins

 

2006     ‘Das Lied vom langen Leid. Die Dichtung des chinesischen Mittelalters’  - poetry

             reading, stage & video installation / Ghosts, monks, poets and soccer players. Chinese

             middle ages presented through language, music, religion and image. International

             meeting of scholars and artists./ organized by The Art & Exhibition Hall of Deutschland,

             Germany / 1 hr 10 mins

 

2008     ‘The Yesterday and Tomorrow of Today’- poetry reading by 14 leadingpoets from

             Mainland China, stage and image installation, music performance / presented in

             International Poetry Night in Hong Kong, 2009 / organized by The Chinese University

             of Hong Kong / 1 hr 30 mins

 

2009     ‘Another Voice’ - poetry reading by 14 leading poets from different countries, stage

             and image installation, music performance / presented in International Poetry Night

             in Hong Kong, 2009 / organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong / 1 hr 30 mins

 

2011     Shuntarō Tanikawa  from Japan - stage installation, music performance / presented in

             international Poet in Hong Kong / organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong /

            1 hour

 

2011     ‘Words & The World’ - poetry reading by 20 leading poets from different countries

             and local poets, stage and image installation, music performance / presented in

             International Poetry Night in Hong Kong, 2011 / organized by The Chinese University

             of Hong Kong / 1 hr 30 mins

 

2011     Michael Palmer, Poet from USA, poetry reading, stage and image installation, music

            performance / presented in International Poet in Hong Kong / organized by The Chinese

            University of Hong Kong

 

2012     Adnois from Syria  - stage and image installation, music performance / presented in

             international Poet in Hong Kong / organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong /

             50 mins

 

2012     60 Anniversary of Alliance Française de Hong Kong / as Commissioned Artist / organized

           by Alliance Française de Hong Kong

 

2013     ‘Islands or Continents’ - poetry reading by 18 leading poets from different countries,

            stage and image installation, music performance / presented by International Poetry

            Night in Hong Kong, 2013 / organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

2013     ‘Islands or Continents’ - poetry reading by 6 leading poets from different countries,

            stage and image installation, music performance / presented by International Poetry

            Night in Hong Kong / organized by archiposition.com / Shenzen, China

 

2013     ‘Poetry on Tram’ – as visual director / presented in International Poet in Hong Kong

            in associate with British Council Hong Kong / organized by The Chinese University of

            Hong Kong

 

2013     ‘The Long Night of the Long Poem’ - poetry reading by 4 leading poets in China, stage

             and image installation, music performance presented by International Poetry Night in

             Hong Kong / organized by Shantou University / Shantou, China 

 

3 - Video Work

 

1998     ‘Strange Stories from Liao Zhai’ – a series of 6 video related to Hong Kong / presented

             in the ‘Ghost Festival’ / organized by Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin  / 20 mins

 

2002     ‘Lyrische Trilogie’: A series of 10 videos related to Hong Kong, Germany and

             China  / tour presentation in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Cologne, Germany / organized

             by the House of Cultures in Berlin / 20 mins

 

2004     ‘Der Gesang des Wassergottes’: -  A video related to ‘Li-sao’, an ancient Chinese

             poem /review the deep sorrow of solitude of a poet being exiled / presented in

             Internationally Literary and Aesthetic Symposium / organized by Bonn University

             and the Art & Exhibition Hall of Deutschland, Germany / 30 mins

 

2008     ‘Eye’ –commission work for Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong / 53 sec

 

2012     ‘On Hong Kong’ - Different Dimension,  the International Festival of Contemporary

             Photography /  documentary video of the opening ceremony and  artists’ work from

             Hong Kong / commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Development Fund (Cultural Exchange

             Project)  /  25 mins

 

2013     Tomas Tranströmer, Poet from Sweden  - poetry reading with image and piano /

            presented in International Poet in Hong Kong / organized by The Chinese University

            of Hong Kong / 50 mins

 

2014     Yves Bonnefoy, Poet from France  - poetry reading with image / presented in

           International Poet in Hong Kong in associate with Alliance Française de Hong Kong /

           organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong / 50 mins

 

4 – Art and Cultural Project Co-ordination

 

1998     Asia Photo Contest / Organized by Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers /

           as Fund Raising Manager / Hong Kong

 

2000     Postcards from Prague – short stories with photography / as Project Manager and Chief

           Editor / Published by Youth Bookstore /  Sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development

           Council / Hong Kong

 

2000     Photography Workshop - social study through photography / organized by

           Lingnan University / as Project Planner / organized by The Lingnan University /

           Hong Kong

 

2001     ‘East Meets West’ - commissioned installation artwork of Joseph Kosuth, New York

            Conceptual Artist / as Researcher and Coordinator / Hong Kong

 

2001     Visual Research Workshop - social study through drama, literature and photography /

            as Project Planner / organized by The Lingnan University / Hong Kong

 

2012     ‘On Hong Kong  – Group Show, Hong Kong Photography’   - Different Dimension,

            the International Festival of Contemporary Photography / organized by Novosibirsk

            State Art Museum / as Project Manager and Coordinator / Novosibirsk, Russia

 

2012     ‘The Urbanites –Photo Album by Almond Chu’ / as Project Manager and Coordinator /

            Sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council and K11 Art Foundation /

            Published by MCCM Creations / Hong Kong

 

2013     ‘City Confusion I – Group Show, Hong Kong Photography’  - The 13th China Pingyao

            International Photo Festival / as Invited Curator / Organized by the Government of

            Shanxi Province / Pingyao Ancient City, Shanxi, China

 

2014     'Emotion Wind – Media artwork by Maurice Benayoun’ - Techfest 2014, IIT Bombay’s

            Annual International Science and Technology Festival / as Project Coordinator /

            Organized by The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay / Bombay India

 

2014     ‘At the Heart of Arts – Cross-disciplinary Art Showcase’ - 50th anniversary of The

            French International  School / as Curator and Project Planner / Collaboration Art

            Project of The French International School and Creative Media Centre, City

            University of Hong Kong / Hong Kong

 

2014     ‘City Confusion II  – Group Show, Hong Kong Photography’  - The 14th China

            Pingyao International Photo Festival / as Invited Curator for Hong Kong

            Photography / Organized by the Government of Shanxi Province / Pingyao

            Ancient City, Shanxi, China

 

2008-Now

           Committee Member of International Poetry Night in Hong Kong / organized by The

           Chinese University of Hong Kong / Hong Kong

 

5 - Essay Writer

 

2000     Photography /Dialogue between Leung Ping Kwan & Wolfgang Kubin - beyond the

             boundaries  / published in Literature Century No.6, Hong Kong

 

2003     Wong Wo Bik : A la lisère de la mémoire - Chinese essay & French translation by Gérard

             Henry / published in Paroles Magazine No. 187 by L’Alliance Française de Hong Kong /

             page 34-35

 

2003     Leong Ka Tai, photographe - Chinese essay & French translation by Gérard Henry /

            published in Paroles Magazine No. 187 by L’Alliance Française de Hong Kong

 

2003     Kacey Wong: Cité à derive - Chinese essay & French translation by Gérard Henry /

             published in Paroles Magazine No. 188 by L’Alliance Française de Hong Kong /

             page 24-25

 

2004     Essen in Shanghai - Essay in Chinese / published in Badge Magazine, Hong Kong

 

2005     Essen in Shanghai - German translation by Wolfgang Kubin / published in

             Orientierungen, Zeitschrift zur Kultur Asiens no.1/2005, Germany /page 144-148

 

2012     Dialogue between Leung Ping Kwan & Wolfgang Kubin - beyond the boundaries /

            re-published in Night Walk beyond the boundaries - Culture Workshop, Hong Kong

 

6 - Review

 

2002     ‘Lyrische Trilogie’, Zu einer Arbeit der Hongkonger Künstlerin Ann Mak by Wolfgang

             Kubin / published in minima sinica  袖珍漢學, Zeitschrift zum chinesischen Geist

             no. 2/2002, page 125-135, Germany

 

2004     ‘Floating Signs – Art as Lift, Life as Art in Contemporary Hong Kong’ by Wolfgang

             Kubin, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

 

2004     ‘Floating Signs – Art as Lift, Life as Art in Contemporary Hong Kong’ by Wolfgang

             Kubin, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Chinese Translation by

             Zushe Wang / Asthetic Research Centre, Shandong University

 

2005    ‘Der Gesang der Geister über dem Wasser’, Zur Möglichkeit einer Ästhetik in

            Ost und West by Wolfgang Kubin / published in minima sinica  袖珍漢學, Zeitschrift

            zum chinesischen Geist no. 2/2005, page 52-55, Germany

 

2005     ‘Der Gesang der Geister über dem Wasser’, Zur Möglichkeit einer Ästhetik in

             Ost und West by Wolfgang Kubin, Chinese Translation by Zhuofei Wang

 

2007     ‘Die Wärme meiner Kunst kommt wom Zuhören!’, Zu einer Performanz der

             Hongkonger Künstlerin Ann Mak by Wolfgang Kubin / published in minima sinica 

             袖珍漢學, Zeitschrift zum chinesischen Geist no. 1/2007, page 22-30, Germany

 

2011     ‘Poetry and Wine’ by Wolfgang Kubin, published in 聯合文學 no. 316, Taiwan

 

2013      Ann Mak, ‘Un tissage fluide et poétique d’images et de mots’ by Gérard Henry /  

             published in Paroles Magazine No. 239 by L’Alliance Française de Hong Kong /

             page 24-25

 

2014     ‘City Confusion II – Hong Kong Photography’, interview by Photo Dialogue, online

             photo magazine in China, China

 

 7 - Residency

 

2001      Artist-in-resident at Lingnan University, Hong Kong

2003      Guest Resident at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany

 

8 - Prize

 

2003      ‘Lyrische Trilogie’: A series of 10 videos related to Hong Kong, Germany and

             China / 4 videos were selected by Zebra Poetry Film Award, Germany

 

2011       'Words & The World - International poetry night of Hong Kong 2011'  was  awarded

              the ‘Prize of Humanities 2011’ which is organized by Southern Metropolis Daily,

              Mainland China.

 

9 - Language           

            English & Mandarin (fluent), Cantonese (mother tongue)