Bui O Public School Workshop & Mural with Egg Fiasco & EXLD

In April 2017, Bui O Public School, in Pui O, Lantau invited HKwalls to host a student workshop and create a public mural at the school. With the goal of celebrating cultural diversity as well as the natural environment of Lantau, Filipino artists Egg Fiasco and EXLD hosted a day long workshop with the students and spent a week creating a large, vibrant mural for the school. During the workshop Egg and EXLD presented their work to the students and discussed their development as artists and how they became interested in graffiti and spray painting.  They discussed the culture of letters and monikers in graffiti and taught the students the basics for writing their own name in bubble letters and explored creating their own cartoon characters.

Throughout the process Egg and EXLD themselves learned about the natural beauty of Lantau which they honored in the 3 storey tall mural, drawing personal connections between their home country and Lantau through the depiction of a water buffalo, which to many has become a symbol and pride of Lantau and is the National animal of the Philippines.

Thanks to all the wonderful Bui O students, teacher Mrs. Sum Sum Tse and principle Mrs. June Yu Mei Fung for making this an unforgettable experience. Also thank you to Mavericks HK, Treasure Island and all the great people we met throughout the week!

 

2017年4月,大嶼山杯澳公立學校邀請HKwalls在學校舉辦學生工作坊並創作壁畫。 為了讚頌大嶼山的文化和自然環境多樣性,菲律賓藝術家 Egg Fiasco 和 EXLD 與學生們舉辦了為期一天的工作坊,並花了一周的時間為學校創作了一幅充滿活力的大型壁畫。 在工作坊期間,Egg 和 EXLD 向學生展示了他們的作品,並與學生討論有關他們作為藝術家的發展以及他們如何對塗鴉和噴漆藝術產生興趣。 他們討論了塗鴉文化中的字母和綽號文化,教導學生使用泡泡字母寫自己名字,並探索和創建自己的卡通人物。

在整個創作過程中,Egg 和EXLD 他們在了解了大嶼山的自然美景後,並在這幅3 層高的壁畫中表達了對大嶼山自然風光的敬意。他們透過描繪水牛,與大嶼山和他們的故鄉菲律賓建立了個人聯繫,對許多人來說,水牛已成為一種象徵及代表大嶼山自豪感的動物,同時也是菲律賓的國家代表動物。

感謝所有參與的杯澳學生、老師Mrs. Sum Sum Tse 和校長Mrs. June Yu Mei Fung 讓這次活動成為難忘的體驗。 亦要感謝 Mavericks HKTreasure Island 以及我們在這一週遇到的所有幫助我們的人!