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Landscape Archive: A Visual Essay of Ashio Copper Mine Poisoning Incident and its Afterlives
Date: 10.SEPT.22 - 26.NOV.22
Time: 11:00am - 8:00pm
Place: North Point (East) Ferry Pier

Landscape Archive: A Visual Essay of Ashio Copper Mine Poisoning Incident and its Afterlives (please make the title italics) follows the community practices of repair and regeneration in the aftermath of the industrial disaster, and tells a story of landscape and remembrance.

 

The landscape of the 107-km Watarase River is both a witness of unresolved devastation and a site of repair and regeneration. It is a living archive in which communities uncover traces of past events and through which they crave new records.

 

Exhibitor
Fung Wan Yin Kimberly
Chong Suen Ceas
Yuan Zheyi

Fung Wan Yin Kimberly is a doctoral student in Anthropology at Hitotsubashi University. She is currently conducting multi-sited ethnographic research in the Ashio-Watarase River region in Japan. Her research project aims to understand the material traces of industrial pollution afterlives and the multispecies temporalities of recovery.

 

Chong Suen Ceas is a practising landscape designer and data story narrator. Graduated with a Master of Landscape Architecture with a background in humanities, she is interested in bottom-up spatial intervention and narrative building. Her story visualisation can be seen in various publications including MingPao Sunday.

 

Yuan Zheyi is a data strategist focusing on innovative design solutions and data visualization. With a strong focus on community-driven designs, her previous research interest covers environmental governance and process-based engagement along the Myanmar-China border. Now she focuses on urban narrative research and explore digital placemaking in Hong Kong.