Hong Kong Snapshot (30) (With Video) Sheung Wan(2) – Graffiti in Sheung Wan, the street arts culture of HK 香港随拍(30) (附有视频) 上环(2) – 上环的涂鸦 – 默默在成长的香港街头艺术文化

aaronli (73) in cn • 7 years ago (edited)

香港是有名的時尚之都，是有名的自由之都，是有名的廉潔之都，也是有名的旅遊之都，不過從來不是藝術之都或文化之都。不過近年，香港也越來越關注藝術及文化的發展，由民間發起的藝術及文化活動也越來越多。塗鴉，正是其中之一，更吸引了很多國際知名的塗鴉藝術家到港留下大作。今天，讓我帶大家來到上環，欣賞數個在上環的塗鴉作品。

HK is a famous city of fashion, city of freedom, city of integrity, city of tourism, but always not related to culture or arts. But recently, more and more people in Hong Kong care about the development of arts and culture of Hong Kong. There are more and more arts and cultural events held by different organizations. Graffiti is one of them. There are now many Graffiti by International artists in HK now. Today, Let me bring you to Sheung Wan to visit a few of them.

上環是香港最早期發展的地區之一，充滿殖民歷史的風味，雖然今天上環已成為商業區，但同時間藝術氣息也日益濃厚，踏上上環街頭，欣賞各種歐陸店舖、港式小店與街頭藝術混在一起，我只能以香港人常說的「有Feel」來形容。

Sheung Wan is one of the earliest developed district in HK and is full of the history and style of the colony HK. At the same time, the art spirit of the place become stronger. We may see a lot of street art in Sheung Wan.

在上環走了大約1個小時，我發掘到的塗鴉作品應該接近100個！真的是藝術在街頭的體現！上環擁有這麼多塗鴉的原因，是因為香港一個非牟利團體HKWalls組織的「街頭文化藝術節」而成！

In around 1 hour walk, I found almost 100 graffiti! It is because the organization “HKWalls”.

HKWalls是香港一個推動本地塗鴉藝術及文化的組織，由2014年開始，每年都會舉辦「街頭文化藝術節」邀請本地及國際塗鴉藝術家香港其中一個地區進行大量塗鴉創作。你會想，這麼大規模的塗鴉創作，不會引起警察的關注嗎？根據香港法例，在公眾地方况私人地方塗鴉都是犯法的，但HKWalls會在事前與店家溝通，得到淮許才會塗鴉。而上環正是HKWalls在2015年的塗鴉地，39位來自15個國家的藝術家在上環留下了多個精彩塗鴉作品。

HKWalls is a non-profiting organization in HK aiming at promotion the arts and culture of Graffiti. Starting from 2014, HKWalls organizes the “HKWalls Festival” every year and invite artists from HK and all over the world. They will choose a district in HK and leave their graffiti art works. According to HK regulation, graffiti in Public or Private area is committing crime. But HKWalls communicate with the owners of shops, buildings and get their permission. 2015 is the year of HKWalls Festival in Sheung Wan and 39 artists from 15 countries left their arts works in Sheung Wan.

HKWalls製作的上環塗鴉地圖，詳列了每個塗鴉的位置
The map by HKWalls listing the locations of the graffiti art works in Sheung Wan
(photo from HKWalls)

有關更多HKWalls及2015年「街頭文化藝術節」的東西，可到它們的官方網站：http://hkwalls.org/festivals/2015-sheung-wan-stanley-market/

For more about HKWalls, you may visit their official website: http://hkwalls.org/festivals/2015-sheung-wan-stanley-market/

SZABOTAGE’s Graffiti

這個是英國街頭藝術家SZABOTAGE的作品，他巧妙地利用了建築的佈局，留下了這個塗鴉，本來平平無奇的外牆，一下了變得精靈活潑，這也是街頭藝術的其中一個理念，以藝術改善環境，讓市民融入藝術。相信，增加藝術氣息，沒有任何一個人會反對吧！

Art work of SZABOTAGE. He made the wall becoming funny and wonderful by the graffiti. This is one of the target of street art to improve the environment by arts and let people enjoy art from anywhere.

Rukkit’s Graffiti

這個是泰國藝術家Rukkit的作品，Rukkit喜愛動物主題與幾何國形，作品大多有著粗線條及鮮艷的色彩，他的作品更曾於曼谷展出。

Art work of Rukkit. Rukkit like animals and geometry.

Cat Time Biatch’s Graffiti

這是本地藝術家Cat Time Biatch的作品，她喜歡用單色調來完成她的作品，筆下的主角多為四眼的女孩，還有一隻小貓，這小貓叫”Asshole Cat”，屁眼的位置上總會有一個交叉。

Art work of Cat Time Biatch. Most of her art works are 4-eyes girls with a single color tone. The cat in the graffiti is the “Asshole Cat”

KristopherH’s Graffiti

這是KristopherH的作品，他這種畫風叫極繁主義，是比較難控制的塗鴉風格，KirstopherH愛只用一支麥克筆來創作，看到這個塗鴉你大約可以想像到他用了多少時間來完成這個創作。

Art work of KristopherH. The style is called the Maximalism. It require advanced techniques to finish the art work.

Xeva’s Graffiti

李小龍！這是南韓藝術家Xeva的作品，HKWalls創辦人Jason Dembski十分欣賞這作品，他表示：「他為靜態圖像注入生命力。透過劃分、拆降和層次，Xeva為這逼真牆畫混入電影般效果。

Art work of Xeva. And it is Bruce Lee!

上環的塗鴉作品還有很多，不能一一盡錄，以下是其他我發掘到的部份塗鴉作品。

And below is other graffiti art works I found in Sheung Wan.

塗鴉在早年是一種絕不討喜的行為，但隨著時代的演變，已成為很多人眼中的街頭藝術，不過，塗鴉在今日很多地方仍是非法行為，香港正是其中之一。塗鴉在香港很多人眼中仍是不好的東西，政府也絕不支持，今天香港的塗鴉發展開始比較好了，但都是因為民間的努力，眼看亞洲其他地方的塗鴉文化發展都很好了，有很多活動、比賽等，政府也開放了不少地方容許塗鴉藝術家自由創作，但香港仍未有這些東西，所以的塗鴉活動都只是民間或商界自發的。幸好香港有不少了解潮流發展的商家，才能讓香港各地都有水準十分高的塗鴉作品。

In the early time, graffiti was not a good thing in many people’s eyes. But now graffiti is already a kind of arts. Unfortunately, graffiti is still not allowed in many countries. HK is one of them and the HK government do not support graffiti arts. Now it is better just because the hard work of the civil organizations. In other countries of Asia, the development of graffiti arts is better and better. There are many events and competitions of graffiti. Even the government open some area for graffiti. But in HK, there is still nothing. Luckily there are still some enterprises knowing the trend of graffiti and invite lot of international graffiti artists to HK, letting us to enjoy great graffiti arts works in HK.

最後，我有一個很有趣的分享，就是其實香港是亞洲最早開始發展塗鴉文化的地區。早於上世紀九十年代，「香港Hip Hop教父」MC仁已在港帶起塗鴉文化，當年他更被時代雜誌稱為亞洲塗鴉第一人，不過，二十多年過去，香港的塗鴉發展仍是一池死水，直到近年才開始有點進展。

At the end, I want to share that, HK is actually the earliest region starting develop graffiti culture in Asia. In the 1990’s, MC Yan, Father of HK Hip Hop, already brought the culture of graffiti from USA to HK. He was even named as the “first person of graffiti in Asia” by TIMES Magazine. 20 years passed, there seems nothing for the development in HK.

MC仁 MC Yan (photo from HOKK fabrica)

其實，很多東西，如數碼科技、電子貨幣、電影娛樂等，香港都是亞洲最早發展的，但今天，都已被其他地區追過了。這些年，香港到底發生了什麼？到底，香港還要固步自封多少年？

There are still many examples like I.T., smartcard payment, movie entertainment. HK is in the leading role of Asia. But now, already caught up by other cities. What happen to HK. When will HK stop staying in one piece?

最後，也為大家製作了小視頻，希望大家欣賞 :)