FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 10:00
Checking Quora answer requests on screen, PETER is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.): A fan asks me about contemporary art.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): Another fan askes me to name a Hong Kong artist whose works make me think.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I haven't studied fine arts or aesthetics formally.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For my own works, they appeal to all of my senses.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Anyhow, I learn in any knowledge transfer process.
Act 2
INT. KITCHEN - 11:00
Enjoying his health drink and listening to oldies, Peter researches with his smartphone.
PETER (V.O.): Historically, the five main fine arts were poetry, music, painting, sculpture and architecture.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Visual arts have been dominating the concept of fine arts.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Modern art refers to visual arts created from the 1880s to the 1970s.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They're modern when compared with the Renaissance and classical art periods.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Contemporary art refer works created by living persons or those who have just passed away.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While modern art has shifted away from aesthetic beauty, contemporary art focuses on the underlying concept.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's like a conversation between the artist and the audience.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yesterday, I entertained a Quora answer request on art and told a little story on artistic concept.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As a Beatles' fan, I was curious to know who John Lennon would admire. So I researched on it.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While visiting an art exhibition in London in 1966, John Lennon climbed a white ladder, used a magnifying glass hung nearby to read the Yoko Ono's YES painting on the ceiling.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The rest is history.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Although I haven't actually seen Yoko Ono's YES painting, her artistic concept has been resonating in my mind.
Peter adjusts the position of a Bluetooth speaker.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A Hong Kong contemporary artist I know of is "Frog King" Kwok Mang Ho. He used to teach art in Heung Yee Kuk (Yuen Long District) Secondary School.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the 1970s, I witnessed how he and his students using plastic bags to create a happening - a performance art.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Then, my matriculation classmates and I would visit his home occasionally. He created an artwork by burning some broken PVC pipes. His work is still on display in City Hall's Theatre.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the School's 50-year anniversary function, I was amazed to see Frog King's installation art, using objects to transform the perception of a being.
Peter types his answers on screen.
EXT. PARK - 14:00
Jogging in the rain, Peter stops before a small pool of water to captures an image.
PETER (V.O.): Do I see what others don't see? Does nature choose to have a conversation with me only?
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 22:00
Staring at an image on screen, Peter is in thoughts.
'PETER (V.O): Is all art an imitation of nature?
Appreciating.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Just look at the interaction between line, size, shape, colour, texture and motion, not to mention the sounds of the raindrops I heard.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Isn't nature the infinite beauty?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And humankind is a part of it.
FADE OUT
THE END
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