Museum-Cinema: Cinematic Fridays at the Museum /
Hong Kong Mixtape, 2023
Following the success of the series last year, Tel Aviv Museum of Art is once again presenting Cultural Fridays!
Almost every Friday, the finest films about art and culture will be screened, preceded by a short lecture by one of the Museum’s curators. This collaboration between the Museum, the EPOS International Festival of Art and Culture Films, the Third Ear, and the Docaviv Festival allows film aficionados to enjoy captivating and thought-provoking films from around the world, as well as a visit to exhibitions of master artists from Israel and abroad.
* Admission to the film includes a visit to the exhibitions at the Museum, subject to its opening hours
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Hong Kong Mixtape, 2023 | Dir. San San F. Young, United Kingdom, 85 minutes, English; Hebrew subtitles
Introduction: Tal Lanir, Curator of Interdisciplinary Art
Freedom of expression can be wiped out at a stroke, with the passage of a single law, as happened recently in Hong Kong after twenty years of Chinese rule. A national security law enacted in 2020 prohibited criticism of the government, or even a hint of political satire. It includes a long list of words and slogans, gestures and body movements, and songs and artworks that are banned from public spaces.
Director San San F. Young lived through this, and documented artists’ attempts to fight back against their silencing. She recorded hip-hop artists shouting “banned” words, dancers performing “illegal” moves, and other forms of artistic protest. At the same time, the film conveys the increasingly dark mood in the streets and the silent majority’s reluctant acceptance of this lack of freedom. What about the young, brave, rebellious artists? They have no choice but to leave, says the director of this impressive film about the power—or lack thereof—of art to defy oppressive regimes.
In collaboration with the EPOS Festival.