In 2007, Hong Kong based artist, Jaffa Lam spent 6 months visiting 9 cities in the USA and Canada, made possible by an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship. During her trip, she was a resident at Urban Glass in New York and the Tree Museum in Toronto, which saw her initiating community public art projects, working with different artist groups to learning how to cook Fukienese food.

Jaffa Lam works mainly in cultural and site-specific art and has exhibited internationally, including Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Paris and Auckland. She has participated in several artist residency programs including the Hualien International Artists' Workshop, Taiwan; Wasanii International Artists' Workshop, Kenya; Shanghai Pottery Workshop, China and Britto Arts Trust, Bangladesh. She is the co-founder and former Chair of The AiR Association, a registered charity in Hong Kong that aims to initiate, stimulate and reinforce cultural exchange and public art exploration. 

The talk was held at the Asia Art Archive on 26 February 2008.

Conducted in English. Video by AAA.
Access level

Onsite

Location code
CDAAA.000011
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2008

Running time

1:17:13

Video format

DVD

No of copies

1

Content type

event photograph/recording

Talk: Jaffa Lam: Stars, Stripes and Fukienese Food
分享
引用
Rights statement

In Copyright

What does this mean?

This item is covered by one or more copyrights. It is available for research only or use within Hong Kong’s fair dealing rules. Please do not copy, re-use or reproduce this item without the permission of the copyright holder.

Talk: Jaffa Lam: Stars, Stripes and Fukienese Food