Photo-book “BRutAL” launches at Creative Macau

Chong Hoi

An experimental photobook by Chong Hoi and Rusty Fox entitled “BRutAL” has been launched last week at Creative Macau. The duo began this project with a focus on Eastern philosophy, using a fable to represent their dystopian views of the world.
According to the photographers, the economic crisis, inflation and social issues are all relevant problems that have dealt “hard blows” to Macau.
Chong Hoi told the Times yesterday during the book launch that they used animals as metaphors to represent the citizens’ ability to survive life’s journey despite the obstacles they faced.
“I hope the readers can find out the importance of nature and to pay attention to what they have in front of their eyes,” he said. “I hope after they read the book they can have a concept on what the world is […] and try to pay more attention to what is happening.”
Meanwhile Rusty Fox, who was unable to attend the launch, said in a previous statement that he had always been concerned with the balance and imbalance within the region, living things, human beings and the inanimate objects.
“From my point of view, most of us in this city are walking machines, numb and soul-
less. What makes the subjects living in a city different from a piece of meat or a robot?” he wrote.
According to the artist, documentary photography has no limits in what it presents, thus his works allows viewers to see the unnoticed relationship between inanimate objects and human beings.
The book, featuring nearly 500 black and white photos, is priced at MOP400 and is available at Creative Macau and in a number of local bookstores.

‘neighborhood’ exhibition opens tomorrow

Creative Macau is set to showcase “Neighborhood – Paintings and Drawings by Laura Che,” the first solo exhibition of the artist, from tomorrow until August 20. Che has forayed into fashion, interior and spatial design, as well as product design. As part of her painting and drawing, Che illustrates children’s books. She has been participating in collective exhibitions at Creative Macau since the 2000s.