L’ART DE TRIOMPHE
CREATIVITY COURSE (INCLUDING 2-WEEK TRIP IN PARIS) & EXHIBITION AT THE CATALYST (Oct 2023-July 2024)
Today, Paris is neither a dream nor reality. Overloaded with historical and cultural baggage as well as the many dubbed or subtitled mis/preconceptions, the tiny French capital has become an idea on steroid, turbo-charged and supersized – a parallel utopia runs by high res holographic simulation that creates and projects seamless desires while feedback and return instantaneous demands. It is, unequivocally, strangely beautiful.
L’Art de Triomphe, a Xevarion Institute and 3rd Wave joined initiative, is a programme where students will be offered a comprehensive creativity learning course starting October 2023; for 6 months, students will be exposed to various training, assignment, artist’s talk and workshop before their final graduation exhibition at the Catalyst gallery in Sheung Wan in summer 2024.
As part of the course curriculum, 3rd Wave invites you to go on a journey to experience – to feel, breathe and touch – this cultural hub in the far west of Europe. For 2 weeks in February 2024, participants will take up residence at the Glass Ceiling with living quarters and studio, and see Paris like a Parisian does. Due to the limited number of space available, L’art de Triomphe programme will be opened to 6 students only. Applicants will be encouraged to explore, experience and actively learn hands on the many effet étrangé, from overcoming language barriers, differing practical and cultural perspectives, to even conflicting aesthetic and clashing ideology at times. At 3rd Wave we believe true learning requires a holistic approach, objects in the mirror are always larger than they appear.
L’ART DE TRIOMPHE PROGRAMME
Dates: Creativity Course from 19 Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 at 3rd Wave (including Paris trip Sat, 10 Feb 2024 - Sat, 24 Feb 2024). Final graduation exhibition in Jul 2024 at the Catalyst. OPEN DAY 15 OCTOBER at 15:00 at 3rd Wave.
Class Schedule: 3-hour / weekday evening class at 3rd Wave.
Language: The course will be conducted in English. As the course includes a Paris trip, we offer an extra French language training (foundation level). For more info, please get in touch.
Application and Selection process: Applicants are required to submit a personal statement, a short bio and examples of their work by email to ace.frederiquedecombe@gmail.com by 30 Sept 2023. Applicants will be invited to attend an interview and they are advised to carefully read the course information published here and contact us if further clarification is required. Finalists will be informed of their acceptance onto the programme early Oct 2023.
Fee: Applicants will be required to honour the tuition fee of HKD$ 46,000* with a refundable amount of HKD$ 10,000 upon successful completion of the programme (full attendance, completion of all assignments, presentation of your work in the final exhibition in summer 2024).
*Paris local transportation and food are not included.