Mobile M+ show explores identity of immigrants through multiple lenses
Clara Law Cheuk-yiu has always been interested in exploring the themes of migration and home. Law, a film director who rose to prominence during Hong Kong's Second Wave in the 1980s, was born into a very traditional family in Macau and moved to Hong Kong when she was 10.
MOBILE M+: MOVING IMAGES
West Kowloon
Cultural District
Clara Law Cheuk-yiu has always been interested in exploring the themes of migration and home. Law, a film director who rose to prominence during Hong Kong's Second Wave in the 1980s, was born into a very traditional family in Macau and moved to Hong Kong when she was 10.
She experienced a strong sense of cultural difference, and the feeling of being an outsider,when she studied at the National Film and Television School in Britain and this ignited her yearning to examine her roots, and what it means to be Chinese.
The result was her Chicago Film Festival-winning graduation piece (1985). The exploration continued after her return to Hong Kong and, in 1994, her relocation to Australia, as she contributed a tetralogy of films to Hong Kong's acclaimed "migratory cinema" genre: (1988), (1990), (1992) and (1996).
The timeless nature of Law's movies inspired the main theme — migration and mobility — of "Mobile M+: Moving Images", a two-month multisite programme curated by associate curator Yung Ma. It is the eighth in a series of public programmes organised by M+ ahead of the museum's planned completion in 2018 as part of the West Kowloon Cultural District.
