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| Rhenea Diclas' shortlisted photo titled 'The Igorot Courtship Dance' |
A migrant domestic worker from Benguet, Rhenea Diclas, has earned the unique distinction of having one of her photos being shortlisted for “Colours of Humanity” Arts Prize 2024, a contest on diversity and inclusion opened to all Hong Kong-based artists.
The photo she titled “The Igorot Courtship Dance” was taken during the Lang-ay Festival held in Hong Kong earlier this year.
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It will be on display at the Goethe and Black Box Gallery at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from Nov. 14, 2024 to Jan. 8, 2025. Winners will be announced at an Awards Night to be held in December.
A letter from the organizers told Diclas in an email, “The jury was impressed by your submission, and we would like to confirm that you agree to exhibit at the Goethe-Institut Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre.”
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| Diclas in action |
The "Colours of Humanity" Arts Prize 2024 was opened for entries early this year, with the aim of providing a platform for all artistic expressions that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
“It invites artists to explore the multifaceted experiences
of being human,” said the announcement inviting entries from across Hong Kong.
Entries could take any form of audio-visual art, including
paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and mixed media.
The winning entry to be chosen based on artistic merit and
originality, and relevance to the theme of diversity, equity and inclusion, comes with a HK$20,000 prize.
Works that show “under-represented groups and experiences,
themes of social impact, and the ablity to inspire changes or raise awareness”
were particularly welcomed, as well as artists that come from diverse cultural and
social backgrounds.
The annual competition and exhibition is organized by European Union Office for Hong Kong and Macau and the Goethe Institut.
The Colours of
Humanity Arts Prize is an offshoot of the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize that
was launched by Justice Centre Hong Kong in 2013.
In 2015, Justice Centre launched #Shared Pasts, an exhibition and storytelling project held in collaboration with renowned Filipina photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, who was herself a former migrant domestic worker in Hong Kong.
The exhibition told the story of 16 individuals, including asylum seekers and their descendants who were brought together by their shared experiences of resilience and survival in the face of persecution and conflict.
Six years later, the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize 2021 was launched, based on the theme “Shared Future,” an offshoot of the previous art project with Bacani.
This time around, the contest looked to the future to complement the previous exploration into the refugees’ past.
The Igorot Filmmakers, which announced Diclas’ accomplishment, made special mention of one of their own, Guhit Kulay founder Cristina Cayat, who encouraged the group to submit an entry to the yearly contest, and guided them through the process.
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