WMA Themes, the guiding posts of our programmes, binds social values to what we do. Our 10th theme, “Hope”, propels our vision and serves to forge the future. Large or small, in joy or adversity, hope prevails as a testament to our desires and agency as human beings. To hope is to urge an active engagement with the present—the starting point of all imaginations.
In the spirit of imagination, WMA has reached out to various creatives for inspiration. Poet Eric Yip @eric.ycw shares his introspection around “Hope” through a new piece created especially for WMA. Entitled “Wait Wait”, the poem reflects upon the foundation of hope and what it means to be hopeful. His delicate take on the subject officially opens our biennial journey on “Hope”.
Stay tuned for our upcoming programmes!
WMA extends heartfelt thanks to Eric Yip @eric.ycw , alongside Emily Wong @wongchunyingg for bringing this mellifluous piece to life in a Chinese translation.
WMA主題作為我們項目的導航，將社會價值與創作緊密相連。我們的第十個雙年度主題是「希冀」。希望是一股力量，能夠推動我們實踐願景，塑造未來。不論大小、無分順逆，希望總在反映人類的慾望與意志。懷抱希望就是積極參與當下——這是所有想像的起點。
本着想像的精神，WMA邀請了不同創作者尋求靈感。詩人葉晉瑋透過新作分享了他對「希冀」的思考。這首名為〈等等〉的詩，反思希望的基礎以及懷有希望的意味。他的細膩詮釋，正式開啟了我們關於「希冀」的兩年之旅。
敬請期待我們即將推出的項目！
WMA衷心感謝葉晉瑋，以及將這首作品翻譯成中文的黃珍盈。
Photo taken by @movingimage.studio
關於家，我想問的問題是⋯⋯｜詩人 葉晉瑋
My Question about Home is… | Eric Yip, Poet
「對於離散的人，究竟家是否只可以在虛幻之中找到呢？ 」
作為「英國國家詩歌比賽」史上最年輕的得主，葉晉瑋自小與文字建立了密不可分的關係。後來他負笈英倫劍橋大學修讀經濟學，寫詩不僅成為他安撫自己的方法，也是他作為異鄉人的情感出口。
對葉氏而言，寫詩是一個將語言壓縮並解放到日常生活以外的過程。透過細膩的觀察，他的詩作描繪出離鄉別井後的各種內心掙扎，尤其是對母語等文化適應的複雜感受。面對種種角力的情緒，他更珍惜上天眷顧自身對詩詞的天賦，為讀者帶來重新詮釋世界的方法。
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WMA 2023/24 的雙年度主題為「家」。「家」影片系列採訪25位不同背景的人士，包括年輕人、家庭主婦／夫、藝術家、學者等分享個人故事和經驗，探討他們對家的理解、想像以至疑問，並邀請觀眾一同思考和審視「家」於當下的意義。
“For those who are scattered, can home only be found in the realm of illusion?”
Eric Yip, the youngest winner of the National Poetry Competition in the UK, began an undying relationship with words from childhood. He later attended Cambridge University in England to study economics and wrote poetry as a means of self-comfort and as a source of emotion to his life as an immigrant.
In Yip’s view, the essence of poetry has to do with the compression of language and transcending it out of the mundane. His poems detail the myriad of inner conflicts that stem from outgrowing one’s house, more specifically the struggles of adjustment to a new culture and the traumas of forgetting one’s first language. These opposing feelings help him appreciate the gift of writing poetry that he has and serves as a creative outlet of sorts allowing readers to see the world in entirely different light.
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We are delighted to introduce ‘Home’ as WMA’s biennial thematic programme for 2023/24. The ‘Home’ video series features 25 interviews with people from various backgrounds, including but not limited to young generations, homemakers, artists and scholars. The interviewees share personal stories and experiences that instigate the notion of ‘home’.
My poetry pamphlet, Exposure, is out now from ignitionpress @brookespoetry . 20 poems ft. 豬潤麵, angsty doppelgängers, Thomas De Quincey, @broadwaycinematheque , and peach-eating. Order link in bio 🎞️
