The concept of colourblindness was first introduced by John Dalton in 1798. This visual disorder is now being known as colour vision deficiency, or CVD, which describes the disorder more accurately. CVD sufferers perceive a narrower colour spectrum when compared to those with normal colour vision. Although there are approximately 300,000 people in Hong Kong suffering from CVD, this number does not seem to alarm anybody in Hong Kong, including the Hong Kong government. To raise the social awareness of CVD, Colourblind As All We Are challenges audiences that we are all colourblind in an artistic way. It brings a new perspective when exploring colourblindness. This artistic approach brings wide range of professions together to create works in different mediums.
There will be 8 new works in this exhibition, by 13 friends from different professions. They crossover their fields to jam and collaborate works with the theme "Colourblind As All We Are", leading to a wide range of work variety including experimental videos, installations, illustrations, music video, animated infographic, card game design and product design etc.
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colourblind.” - Albert Schweitzer
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