導言

年輕有何意義？在這反叛、波濤洶湧復面對殺人疫症的日子，年輕的意義是這展覽的探討議題。自2019年中香港親歷年輕人追求政治權利的奮動，當運動尚未完結，馬上又遇上歷史中其一最駭人的疫症。年輕人爭取政治權利的激烈，或許源年輕的反叛本質；而那迷惘失落，可能是面對疫症恐懼的自然反應。這些本質可能一直存在於年輕人中，只是當前的特別情況，把這些特質鮮明強烈地帶出來。

我們「展覽策劃」課程的同學分成三隊，透過甄選本地、國內以至海外的藝術作品，從年輕人的角度，探討當前「年輕」的面貌。對很多同學來說，這是他/她們首次的策展工作，希望透過展覽，能為觀眾一睹學年輕人心中年輕的意義。

何慶基

Introduction

What does that mean to be young? At a time of rebellion, turbulence and the confrontation of a deadly pandemic, the meaning of being young at this particular moment is a topic for investigation. Since mid-2019, in Hong Kong we have first witnessed inexhaustible restlessness of the young people seeking for their political rights, following that we are confronted with one of the most terrifying pandemics in human history. The vigorous social actions in the city may be a reflection of the rebellious nature of being young, the sense of loss and the struggle to reconstruct life, on the other hand, may be an reaction against a horrifying pandemic. It is possible that these qualities have always been staying with the young people, the dramatic external situations just reveal and intensify them. 

This exhibition is the work of the students from the curatorship class. Through the selections of artworks from Hong Kong, Mainland China and the rest of the world, three teams of students try to highlight some characteristics of being young at our time. For many of them, this is their very first curatorial project, hopefully it will give our visitors some new glimpses into the minds of the young people at this unusual time.

Oscar Ho