“Arts Criticism Recognition Programme 2024 – Tertiary Students” Results Release

Introduction

Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC)’s Arts Criticism Group has launched the "Arts Criticism Recognition Programme 2024 - Tertiary Students" for the first time this year. This initiative aims to encourage tertiary students to produce arts critiques in writing or video form, to recognize and reward young individuals with potential on arts criticism. The programme covers five art forms: visual arts, literature, film, music, and theatre (including Drama, Dance and Xiqu). A total of 148 submissions were received during the launch period from 18 March to 29 August, 2024. Out of which, 134 works were eligible and qualified.

List of Winners

The judging panel of each art form has assessed the qualified critiques independently based on 3 aspects: content, structure and expression, and understanding of artwork. The results of the five art forms are as follows:

Film Arts

Winner（Alias）	Title	Type of works	Prize
Cheung Yan Kiu	only available in Chinese	Video	First
螢(English name is not available)		Article	Second
tedwannasay		Article	Third
Wang Nga Ching		Article	Merit
Wang Nga Sze		Article	Commendation

Theatre

Winner（Alias）	Title	Type of works	Prize
Wu Pui Ga	only available in Chinese	Article	First
AY		Article	Second
琴枝 (English name is not available)		Article	Third
珺 (English name is not available)		Article	Merit
Ho Hei Lam		Article	Merit

Visual Arts

Winner（Alias）	Title	Type of works	Prize
Betsy Kwong	Fairytale-esque Estrangement in Shin Youngmi’s Artwork	Article	First
禮教居士 (English name is not available)	only available in Chinese	Article	Second
Mankit Lai		Article	Third
Fantasy		Article	Merit
Lo Yin Wai		Article	Commendation

Literary Arts

Winner（Alias）	Title	Type of works	Prize
Huang, Junning	only available in Chinese	Article	First
Sze King Chiu		Article	Second
Lee Yan Shing Joshua	Title: Revisiting AM in the AI era:  AM as a Victim of Human Apathy and Unrestricted Technological Advancement in Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream	Article	Third
Yu Kai Ching Kirk	only available in Chinese	Article	Commendation

Music

Winner（Alias）	Title	Type of works	Prize
Jayson Chan	only available in Chinese	Article	First
少爺 (English name is not available)		Video	Second
Wong Pui Ying Alissa		Video	Third
牡蠣BB (English name is not available)		Video	Merit
泳喬 (English name is not available)		Article	Commendation

All the above winners will be awarded with certificates and cash prizes: First HK$5,000, Second HK$4,000, Third HK$3,000, Merit HK$2,000, and Commendation HK$1,000, as an encouragement. The winning critiques will be published on the website of Arts Information Centre of our Council with excerpts shared on the Instagram and Facebook accounts “@talk.hkarts” later.