‘Everybody Chips in With Their Bit’ sticker | Printhow

‘Everybody Chips in With Their Bit’ sticker 
《一人做啲》貼紙
17 x 9 cm

Established in 2017, Printhow has engaged with various communities through print as a medium, frequently collaborating with migrant workers. No matter where WE are was created at the beginning of the 2019 protests, when members of the collective found themselves in a state of emotional flux. The work also coincided with the Migrant Pride March, and is thus infused with a spirit of mutual support. Through a practice of DIT (do it together), Printhow instinctively responds to societal happenings in order to inspire more possibilities for both individual and collective creative practices.

Everybody Chips in With Their Bit is inspired by an ukiyo-e woodblock print which depicts a scene of a collaborative printing process. Over the yearlong creative process, the members drew each other, delegated various tasks while simultaneously reflecting on the process of collaboration. The title of the work is a tribute to Mama Fred, a resident of Yau Ma Tei who members of Printhow considered to have embodied their ideals and worldview.

Click here to learn more about Printhow's engagement at our exhibition "signals…瞬息".

點印社於2017年成立，以版畫為媒介走入不同社群當中，過往較多與在港移工團體合作。創作《我地，無論喺邊度》時正值2019年街頭運動崛起，各成員的心神隨着街頭事態發展忐忑動蕩。適逢當時舉辦的移工同志嬌傲遊行，以作品寄意眾人能緊握並支撐彼此。成員以群體創作D.I.T.（do it together）本能性地回應生活、社會議題，在討論過程中啟發更多個人與集體創作的想像與可能性。

近作《一人做啲》意念來自一幅浮世繪，原畫裡的人物分工合作地製作版畫。橫跨了一年多的創作過程中成員互畫對方，並分派畫中各人任務，共同想像在怎樣的環境下製作版畫，和同時身邊有誰人一起共同創作共同面對。作品名稱《一人做啲》向油麻地街坊傳奇人物Fred媽致意，她的善心和行動力影響了很多人，「一人做啲」（人人做一點）是其生前的口頭禪，也是成員對於創作的理想模式，以至於對生以為人的世界觀的一個期許。

按此瀏覽點印社於Para Site參與的展覽「瞬息⋯⋯signals」。