Abstract
The paper provides an overview of the making of disobedient imageries related to grassroots social movements in Hong Kong in the past decade. Through establishing the notion of ‘disobedient imageries,’ illustrating the notion by examples of digital artefacts that was once active in the virtual domain, and through contextualising the complexity and complication of civil disobedience and image-making in the Hong Kong milieu, the paper articulates and addresses how grassroots social movements sustain ephemeral and contingent virtual communities of image-making from an East-Asian experience. The paper argues that virtual communities in image-making are exponentially flourished and networked, however these communities are also situated and conditioned by the lived experiences, for example image and political censorships in authoritarian regime; whereas connecting virtual communities across spatial-temporal dimensions will reflect on a critical practice in researching these communities. The paper will summarise strategies and tactics in preserving and curating the critical-political practices.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - May 2024 |
Event | Photography in Virtual Culture Conference - Westminster University and the Photographer's Gallery, London, United Kingdom Duration: 13 May 2024 → 14 May 2024 https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/photography-virtual-culture |
Conference
Conference | Photography in Virtual Culture Conference |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Period | 13/05/24 → 14/05/24 |
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