Poster & AR
The “VQ Sunday Workshop” was a series of activities organised by Li and the chief designers of the VQ magazine. One of the activities was to create a poster series on the theme of “The Nine Sins” – gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, bad temper, lies, murder and lust – using rubbish. The rubbish on the posters creates a dirty, repulsive visual shock, and leaves the viewer with an indelible impression which intensies the concept of “sin” and the controversial, satirical nature of the theme.
Twenty years later, Li worked with Li Chi Tak, Ringo Tang and XCEPT to create a series of sizable woodcut prints on the same theme, retitled New 9 Sins for this exhibition. Li also invited Ringo and seven more friends – Anthony Wong, MC Yan, Keith Lam, Peter Wong, Vincent Tsui, Abby Lai and Andy Tam – to be subjects of the photos. Played up with AR (Augmented Reality) effects and random illustrations, the pictures have an odd appeal. Visitors to the exhibition can enjoy the immersive and illusionistic effects of New 9 Sins using a customised app.
李永銓曾與《VQ》原創性視覺海報雜誌的主力設計師合作舉辦「VQ周日工作坊」，其中一節活動是一起利用垃圾拼構成以九宗罪為題的海報系列，包括「貪饕」、「貪財」、「懶惰」、「忿怒」、「嫉妒」、「脾氣」、「說謊」、「殺害」和「迷色」。海報上的垃圾營造了骯髒、卑劣的視覺震撼，令人印象深刻，加強了「罪」的本質，使主題更具爭議性和諷刺性。
二十年後，李永銓與利志達、鄧鉅榮和XCEPT以同一主題合創這一系列的《新九宗罪》大型木刻版畫。李永銓特別邀請了黃秋生、MC仁、林欣傑、黃源順、徐緣、黎睿紋、譚明和鄧鉅榮八位好友一同參與拍攝，成為主角，配合非理性的插圖，並混合擴增實境效果，增強趣味。觀眾可利用特製的手機應用程式，感受《新九宗罪》的立體視覺震撼。
