International Poetry Nights In Hong Kong
Visual System / Graphic Design / 2024
Based on the background of the event, Atelier 2M2 team created the concept of “Mother Tongue Map”, where the names of the poets and artists are arranged on a potential map framed by lines of latitude and longitude, and in the background, the words and verses of the poems form an everlasting poetic current. This is the iconic visual image of 2024 IPNHK. ‘Mother Tongue Map’ is not only a metaphor for the distinction of mother tongue identity, but also refers to the intergenerational juxtaposition of different languages. This setting is a literary response to the theme of this year’s event, while on the other hand, the disappearing boundaries of the region symbolise the identity of the cultural community – the human power of poetic creativity as a common asset of all human beings.
Atelier 2M2 is essentially a “skeptic.” In their context, the “self” has also become the “other,” an “object” that needs to be calmly “observed.” At the same time, in order to verify the uncertain cognition of the “realistic utopia,” they created a series of objects of justification with different personalities and positions (in commissioned projects or independent creations). The objective (non-subjective) justification of these objects further intensifies their skeptical stance.
Michael Wang, co-founder of Atelier 2M2, founder of malt online aesthetic platform, member of N2 Multimedia Art Group, graphic designer, artist. Michael Wang is an artist who walks between reality and abstraction: in reality, he is rational and orderly, focusing on the essence of the subject and following the rules to discover the eternal essence of things. In the abstract carrier (thought), he calmly observes the world, imagines and criticizes.
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