Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, 460~370 B.C.)Today is 25 September 2024.I have worked for more than 10 years in UIC. The following events and activities have been illustrated my precious time and memory in UIC. Now I desperately feel the Frida Kahlo’s (surrealist painter) quote Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.T...

On March 18, 2023, students from the Media Arts and Design (MAD) program visited the Guangdong Museum of Art (GDMoA) in Guangzhou with Mr. Andy Tam, Ms. Sienna, and Ms. Joanna. The purpose of the visit was to update the students' knowledge of contemporary art and establish their artistic sense and insight in terms of the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Definitely it is designed to provide a platform by...

Fig 1. An interior view of the event“Research as Art @ UIC LRCWhile there are many historic precedents for this type of presenting research in art, such as Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier’s rigorous study of the movement of horses, in some respects, all great art is the product of extensive research. Since the 1990s, art has often approximated academic or journalistic inquiry in its attempts to ...

Another Aquatic Future, a guest lecture initiated by Mr. Zhiwan CHEUNG and hosted by DCCD (MAD), was held in T7-104 on October 28, 2022. We were honored to have Xi Lei as our guest speaker to share his research in the field of art and design with UIC students.Xi Lei is an artist and researcher based in Suzhou and Cologne. He received his bachelor's degree from the China Academy of Art, followed...

The Fall Exhibition: Infinite held by Media Arts and Design (MAD) Acadamic Society was opened on October 16, 2022 at 15:00 in CC-323. The exhibition was opened to all students and faculty, and not only showcased the rich learning achievements of MAD students, but also provided an art experience activity to all MAD Year 1 students

To welcome the last season of 2022, Media, Arts and Design Programme (MAD) Academic Society hold a fabulous Fashion Runway Show at  Fountain Platform on 13 October. The show aimed at breaking through the boundaries and achieving better selves.Fashion is about the future - it always goes ahead of time and predict the trends; fashion is about human - it reflects the inner needs, the attitudes to...

On May 18th at 3pm, an exhibition of student paintings featuring Marks of Life was opened at CC206. The works are all from MAD students of MAD1033 Drawing Fundamentals.Under the guidance of Mr. Andy and Mr. Zhiwan, the students selected their three most satisfied works to display. Most of the students' works under Andy's guidance are colorful and abstract. Mr. Zhiwan's student works are sketche...

On 18 May 3:00 p.m. at V16 Moral Education Hall, the activity ME Hall-Blossom-Now, organized by Division of Culture and Creativity Media Arts and Design Programme and Student Affairs Office, was finally held after the postponement of the red rain storm.The activity consisted of two parts: To-Paint-Flowers and To-Plant-Flowers. Under the guidance of Mr. Andy, all participants were full of energy...