2 or 3 things about Anson Mak

I don't know why I started with this but I still want to begin this bio from the way I was named. I was named after Mrs. Anson Chan (formal Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. She was an AO in the British HK government when my dad was her staff). It is because my dad wanted me to be a smart woman who would have a stable and bright career path like her. Of course, I would not be as smart as her and don’t have a stable and bright career path as hers as well. However, naming me after Anson Chan might have left some sense of justice, genuine and hardworking personality for me, although I guess these are the qualities I have obtained from my happy childhood and prefect parents. I am grateful to my parents who have been allowing me to do whatever I want, in film/video, in writing, in music, in exploring my own paths, in many aspects. Or else, I would not be able to be me or have archived what I have now.

I love cats. Guess I am seemingly self-reflexive; and stupid enough to say I love cats because I want to be like cats. Cats enjoy life so much and can live in triviality and blankness, spending time on nothingness and yet don’t feel ashamed. Boredom does not exist; sense of time does not exist as well except when they want to have companies, or food. Anyways, I still love cats, although I am sensitive to cats and could no longer live with them.

official bio

Anson Mak Hoi Shan, is a local born Hong Konger. She is a writer, blogger, phonographer, film/video artist and a cultural critic. At present, she is studying a Doctor of Fine Art programme at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University and working in Hong Kong on research projects and teaching – in universities and community centres. She obtained a BSSc from the Department of Cinema and Television, School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University in 1991, and a Master of Philosophy in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong in 2000. She has created more than twenty film/video works. Some of them were awarded in the Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards. Her works have been screened in many local festivals including Festival Now, Microwave Media Arts Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival, etc. Her many other works were also invited to overseas screenings in Japan, Taiwan, Norway, Spain, Australia, Singapore and United States etc. She is a writer and musician (a band member of AMK) as well. Her writings have been published in many newspapers and magazines.