Art Chase | A Shimmering Gateway: Henry Steiner and Nobuyoshi Araki’s Hong Kong скачать в хорошем качестве

Art Chase | A Shimmering Gateway: Henry Steiner and Nobuyoshi Araki’s Hong Kong

Join Tina Pang, Curator of Hong Kong Visual Culture at M+, for a reflective look over the changing tides of Victoria Harbour. Across different eras, creative spirits have been stirred by the harbour, serving as a visual prompt and subject. In the 1970s, graphic designer Henry Steiner branded Hong Kong Air, a helicopter service exuding futuristic optimism through a vibrant colour palette and bold typography, which he rendered in a sharp, modern style. However, Steiner’s postcards took a nuanced approach. He looked back in time with nostalgic bird’s-eye views of Victoria Harbour, evoking colonial atmospheres and scenery passengers once enjoyed from ferry windows. His design approach established an emotional connection to tradition amongst passengers, even as the business ushered in a new age of aerial mobility. Two decades later, in April 1997, Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki arrived in Hong Kong, drawn to encounter change on the cusp. His intimate diaristic work, ‘Hong Kong Kiss’, captured the intimate and the fleeting over five humid days. In Victoria Harbour’s weighty air, Araki perceived a sensual awakening upon meeting a new lover for the first time. His portraiture subverted photography as a mere memento by guiding viewers to observe the harbourscape and inhabitants unawares through his lens. Steiner and Araki’s work offers a shimmering portal through which we can imagine the history that has shaped the cityscape of Hong Kong. Works featured: Henry Steiner. Ephemera, Hong Kong Air International, 1970–1976, M+, Hong Kong Henry Steiner, Brian Tilbrook. Postcards, Hong Kong Air International, 1970–1973, M+, Hong Kong Nobuyoshi Araki. ‘Hong Kong Kiss (HK0016)’, 1997. Platinum and palladium print. M+, Hong Kong. © Nobuyoshi Araki #MPlusMuseum #HongKong #ArtChase #VisualArt #HenrySteiner #NobuyoshiAraki #VictoriaHarbour #VisualCulture #Design #Photography #ArtTour #Art #Artist English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese closed captions are available in the player. M+ is Hong Kong’s global museum of visual culture. Subscribe to our channel: https://mplus.org/subscribe Sign up to the M+ Newsletter: https://mplus.org/en-newsletter M+ Magazine for more visual culture: https://mplus.org.hk/magazine Instagram:   / mplusmuseum   M+ Shop: https://shop.mplus.org.hk Website: https://mplus.org.hk