Dr Desmond HUI
hui@arch.hku.hk
Director
Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Hong Kong

Dr Desmond Hui is Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Hong Kong and advisor to the UN Inter-Agency Committee on cultural industries statistics in Asia and the Pacific.

He is Chief Author and Editor of several government studies related to cultural policy and creative industries in Hong Kong including the Baseline Study on HK’s Creative Industries (2003), A Study on Creativity Index (2005) and Study on the Relationship between the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong’s Creative Industries (2006). 

Dr Hui is a member of the Commission on Strategic Development in Hong Kong.

Creative Crossover in Theory and Practice

This presentation will examine the idea of crossover in the arts as impetus for new forms of creativity.  Witnessed in the recent trends of creative industries, crossover among the disciplines not only sustains evolution of individual sectors but also breeds new ones.  Interactive film, for example is the crossover between film and interactive games.  The animation and games industries are going to revolutionize the whole audio-visual entertainment industry which is becoming increasingly crossed over with the film, video, music, television and radio sectors.  But the extent of influence goes on, animation techniques for flight simulation in the training of pilots is now applied to dissection simulation in the training of surgeons; and computer gaming is now applied in mining safety and healthcare. Another example is Sci-Art which brings artists and scientists of all kinds together to work on projects of mutual discovery and benefits.  The British Sci-Art Awards have brought together more than 2,000 artists and scientists in cross-disciplinary explorations since 1996. In the not too distant future, we might expect totally new art forms crossed over with disciplines we have never imagined before.

 許焯權博士

 許焯權博士是香港大學文化政策研究中心總監，也曾是策略發展委員會委員。他曾撰寫《香港創意產業基線研究》及《香港文化及創意産業與珠江三角洲的關係研究》等政府研究報告。

「創意Crossover的理論和實踐」

Crossover，跨越，是藝術創意的新動力。大家有目共睹的例子包括結合電影及互動遊戲的互動電影，以及運用電子遊戲訓練醫療手術技術或採礦技巧。在不久將來，我們將看到不同藝術經組合和跨越而產生新的藝術媒介。