Cow And The Colour of Blue /Holly Lee1997,02,12


Comment:

Generally people have two impressions of cows: good/evil, tame/wild.
TheChinese have the famous story "The adventure to The West" in which one episode describes an evil cow-emperor with his wife Princess "Iron Fan",together they ruled the Kingdom of the Mountain of Fire.
In western fairytale we have Beauty and the Beast. The cow again, plays a bad role in ahalf-human half-beast character. Both describe the strong and dark forcepossessed by these creatures. Yet on the another hand, cows are so tame.
They work hard and humble in the fields despite all weathers. That is why the Chinese have generated beautiful folklores like the cowherd and the seamstress that keep facinating people for centuries.
The westerners love steaks. They eat steaks measured 2 inches thick. TheJapanese produce Kobe steak and their cows are brought up by drinking beer.
Now what should I say. What makes the cows go mad with their brains and that they need to be slaughtered in large numbers for that same reason?
Crazy cows!
Men eat cows and does that mean men don't love animals? How do we disdinquish a cow from an apple? Is it more kind-hearted to eat crows thanapples?
I try very hard to recall whether I have ever eaten beef with the quantity that is equivalent to one cow. Grandma used to chop and steam the beef for us children but I often ate a small amount. I have also eaten ox tail,
ox sinew, and Macdonald's hamburgers. That must have made up to one or two cows? If you ask me what I would like to be in my next life. I think I would like to be the green grass. Yes, perhpas a big lawn to provide the cows big feasts.
021097 version


Bio:

Holly Lee started working as a professional photographer since the 80s.
She had@participated in numerous group shows, and had her solo@exhibitions "Owltoise Series" at Photo Centre (1985), "Footsteps of June" at La Cadre Gallery (1989). She was awarded Asian Cultural Council Fellowship in 1994 which led her to a two months stay in the United States to observe digital imaging and contemporary art in America. She won the Gold Award in the Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers Awards 95. She is editor of Digi Magazine, which publishes work created on the digital platform and co-editor of Dislocation Magazine, a publication which focuses on contemporary photography in Hong Kong.
Presently Holly engages mostly in alternative / digital imaging and multi-media projects. Her interactive work "Twenty Photographs" was shown in the group show "Restricted Exposure" in 1996.

1953    Born in Hong Kong
1975    Graduated from The First Institute of Art and Design
1978    Set up photographic studio - Cameraworks
1979    Co-founder of Graphic Art Association
1986    Organised exhibition Poetry & Perception, co-presented by 
            Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture 
            and QuiYing
1992    Co-editor of NuNaHeDuo (Dislocation), a non-profit 
            publication on Hong Kong contemporary photography
1993    Organized Dislocation Original Works Exhibition, Visage Too  
            Recipient of Fuji Grant for a project on Hong Kong
            Participated shooting project for the book - Return to the
       @  Heart of The Dragon
1994    Chief editor of Digi Magazine
            Goethe Institut scholarship, two months study in Berlin.
            Awarded Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to research digital 
            imaging in the United States
            Founding member of Hong Kong Digital Artists Association
1995/6  Works extensively on multi-media interactive projects


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