Wishing Star

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  • When was the last time you made a wish?

    A social mosaic of our collective hopes, dreams, and triumphs in the time of COVID-19.

  • Wishing Star

    Enjoy the video below to capture the wishing star!

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  • Wishing Star Live Demo

    Thanks the venue support from TriAngle by CISL, The Hong Kong Baptist University

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  • The Origin

    Click below to see a video introducing the wishing star project!

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    What is Wishing Star?

    The impact COVID-19 has had on mental health is being felt across the world.

     

    With long periods of isolation and uncertainty, it is easy to feel very alone and disconnected from the world. As a response, we have created Wishing Star: A social media style art piece for people to input their wishes, struggles, or triumphs and have them heard, validated, or celebrated by people across the world.

     

    Wishing Star is a both virtual and physical art installation that is to be projected at both Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, and Ryerson University in Toronto.

     

    Users wishes and other input is collected either in person or over a collaborative photo site, such as Miro, and paired with their choice of picture and placed into a unique photo mosaic for other users to interact with. Participants are encouraged to answer wishes with words of encouragement or advice on achieving their dreams through physical post its or virtual comments on the Miro Board which will then be integrated into the mosaic itself.

     

    When a person’s wish is answered, they complete the final step of Wishing Star: expressing gratitude; therefore, creating a dialogue between users that spreads positivity and reassures them they are not alone in their struggles and the cycle of Wishing Star begins again.

  • Wishing Star Social Media Challenge

    Copy this message below:
    Today is the International Day of HAPPINESS, let’s share happiness by making a wish, granting a wish and showing gratitude!

     

    We are collecting 100 wishes for “Wishing Star” virtual art exhibition.

     

    TYPE YOUR WISH & UPLOAD A PHOTO:
    I wish to (organise my virtual art exhibition)!

    If I didn’t tag you, please feel free to join in as well. The more positivity we can spread the better!

    Complete the following 3 actions and upload a photo:
    1) Post a photo to make a wish, e.g. learning chess etc.
    2) React to others posts by making their wishes come true.
    3) Show your gratitude if someone grants your wish.

    + tag at least 3 friends
    + Include the hashtags below

    https://www.facebook.com/wishingstar2021/

    #WishingStar #IntHappyDay #20Mar #OvercomeAdversity #RiseToShine #RiseAtHome #Ryerson #HKBU #ArtSavesOurWorld #PhoenixSpirit #PhoenixFoundation

  • Artists

    Here's our first troop of adventurers!

    Queenie Lai Yi YUEN

    Visual Artist

    Yuen Lai Yi is a year-two arts student at Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University. She loves taking the surroundings as the theme of creation and she always explores herself through creating. Recently doing sculptural works, painting, and installation arts.

    Life and belief are being influenced negatively under the COVID situation. We, the societies need a light under the dark. Our project “Wishing Star”, a social engagement in arts form, aims to bring hope and happiness to everyone!

    Personal website: https://queenieyuenlaiyi.wixsite.com/lai2arts

    Eric Pinkerton

    Actor

    Eric Pinkerton is a graduating student from the Ryerson School of Performance’s Acting class.

    He is a multidisciplinary artist trained in theatre, dance, marital arts, and writing. His recent works have focused on joy, loss, and togetherness. These explorations have lead him to this project: Wishing Star.

    In a time of isolation, he believes that now more than ever we reach one another on a personal level, whether we are friends or strangers - the world can use more empathy and connection. He hopes that Wishing Star can bring people together across the globe.

    He can be found on instagram: @ericpinkerton

    Clive Ka-Lun LEE

    Experience Design, Community Engaged Arts, Digital Arts & Painting

    Current Master of Arts in Visual Arts candidate at the Hong Kong Baptist University.

    Practiced as a humanistic healer and an abstract expressionist painter, Clive has great enthusiasm in exploring human emotions and behaviours, deeply influenced by his behavioural health and hypnotherapy training to understand how the subconscious mind affects on people’s behaviours, interactions and relationships. With Buddhism influence, Clive recently expanded his interests in experience design, community engaged arts and digital arts to explore resilience under COVID 19.

    Clive’s Personal Page:
    https://studioclivelee.mystrikingly.com/

    Madeleine Donaldson

    Performance Production

    Madeleine Donaldson is a Toronto based designer graduating with a BFA in Performance Production and design from Ryerson University. Madeleine has an interest for costume design and fashion history which she has had the privilege to explore while at Ryerson University. Throughout the past year during Covid, Madeleine has focused on how to maintain important connections in a virtual environment. Enter Wishing Star! This is an exciting project that allows friends from all around the world to connect with each other while sending and granting wishes. I am very honoured to be a part of this wonderful international community.

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