Floating Island

After looking around our classmates’ del.icio.us pages, I subscribed to those of aiyahenator, ejong, radiocat and janeho. I also subscribed to a technorati feed of the tags “hongkong art” and a couple of flickr feeds for photo pools of Hong Kong’s art, street art, heritage, and music performances.

From these feeds, I picked up a couple of leads for stories related to my project on arts and culture in Hong Kong:

1. From radiocat’s del.icio.us feed, I picked up the Time blog posting on self-censorship in the press. This got me wondering if there has been similar self-censorship within the arts community. If so, is it more prevalent among or cultural organizations? What are the sensitive issues that have emerged over the past ten years in terms of art and censorship?

2. Also from radiocat’s link to the RTHK story in Ming Pao inspired me to consider its broader role as an arbiter of culture and taste. RTHK’s role within Hong Kong’s cultural policy could also be explored in this follow up article.

3. Flickr’s street art pool has only one photo of graffiti in HK, so I wonder whether this is representative of the lack of  actual street art in Hong Kong, and if so, why. Are the penalties too high? Is it due to the lack of an underground art culture in Hong Kong? I could also look into who the young street artists of Hong Kong are and how they see themselves in relation to the broader arts community.