The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) hosts “Documenting Impermanence: An Exhibition of Reportage Photography by Alice Kok and Students” at the Team Building of IFT from 15 December to 31 March 2018. The general public are invited to come and appreciate the snapshots of Macao’s daily life in the recent past via the lens of Ms. Kok and her students.
Since 2011, the Institute has launched the reportage photography course, inviting the well-known local artist Alice Kok to be the instructor. In this exhibition, 80 photographs taken by Alice Kok and her students are displayed. The displayed works illustrate the concepts and techniques of reportage photography that were learnt from the course and applied to the practice by the students, and depict stories of ordinary Macao people via reportage photography.
IFT has been dedicated to promoting the development of Macao’s cultural and creative industries and to enriching cultural life of the city. Apart from constantly providing a variety of cultural and creative courses, IFT has also pursued cooperation with local artists and designers to organise exhibitions in recent years, in an effort to promote local cultural and creative industries, and to provide a platform for local artists and designers to demonstrate their art pieces, as well as to integrate arts into the daily life of local residents. The current exhibition venues at IFT includes Team Building and IFT Café at the “Anim’Arte NAM VAN”.
IFT has continuously explored and provided courses which are up-to-date, interesting and practical for the community. Currently, IFT’s Tourism and Hotel School is working with 20 international organisations, providing over 80 international qualification courses to the public and industry professionals. Every year, the School provides hundreds of vocational and professional courses to a total of around 20,000 participants.