Speaker: Dr. YEUNG Yang
Guests: Mr. Tang Kwok-hin and Ms. Lee Hoi-yin Joanna
Moderator: Dr. LEUNG Cheuk Hang
Date: 17 / 11 / 2023 (Fri)
Time: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: University Bookstore, CUHK (1/F, YIA)

In Cantonese and English

Synopsis

“Survivors of the twentieth century, we are all nostalgic for a time when we were not nostalgic. But there seems to be no way back.” As such, Svetlana Boym concludes her book The Future of Nostalgia. Is nostalgia about a past that is no longer, or a way to kindle imagination of the future? Is nostalgia a negative sentiment to be dismissed, or a long-distance romantic relationship? How does nostalgia tell us about our modern sense of time as compared to ancients’ sense of time? By way of Boym’s research on writers’ and artists’ longing for home in post-communist cities such as St. Petersburg, Moscow and Berlin, this book talk invites Hong Kong artist Tang Kwok-hin and art writer and critic Joanna Lee to reflect on artistic representations of longing in Hong Kong. Participants are welcome to bring a souvenir from their lives as props and prompts for the discussion on longing.

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Free admission, all are welcome.
Enquiry: gefp@cuhk.edu.hk