Without art, there would be no October Contemporary, nor organizers, curators, or all of those that work for and with art. Large-scale art events are as trendy as the bashing of large-scale art events in our times. Known for being thematized, spectacularized, institutionalized, large-scale art events have been radically celebrated and criticized – the former for promotion, the latter in the name of anti- promotion.

As the only large-scale event solely devoted to the M af contemporary visual arts in Hong Kong, OC has its own H 0 doubts – Is there any scale for measuring its value? Is it uno timely, or outdated, when this recent and young history of the contemporary visual arts is as much about making history as the refusal to make history? Is OC what Hong Kong needs?

OC 2009 has very few viable answers
to these questions. There is however one definite ‘No’ to a specific question: Is a world without art imaginable? No. We believe art makes life inhabitable. We believe contemporary art makes art debatable.

But how? Let art – let art find the stamina to sustain itself, urgently but without haste. Now, or Never. It’s our honour and privilege to present to you the contemporary arts that is ours.

沒有藝術，根本不會有 《拾月當代》，也不會有藝術組織、藝術策劃。以至所有為藝術的和與藝術共事的。

今天，大型藝術項目跟針對大型藝術項目的批評同樣流行。大型藝術項目漸趨主題化、景觀化以至制度化，一方面可喜可賀，另一方面卻又經常引起爭議和批評一前者是因為要沖喜藝術，後者是因為要拉倒此等沖喜。

《拾月當代》作為香港目前唯一為當代視覺藝術而設的藝術節，也有懷疑自身的時候一《拾月當代》的價值可以怎樣量度 ？觀乎當代視覺藝術既參與歷史的締造卻又拒絕締造歷史，舉辦《拾月當代》是否合時呢？香港需要《拾月當代》嗎？

《拾月當代》沒有全面的答索去回答以上問題；只是在一個問題上，我們的答案是堅定不移的一 能夠想像沒有藝術的世界嗎，不。我們以反思與實行來造就藝術和藝術的可能。我們相信藝術能造就可居的生活。我們相信當代藝術能令藝術繼續保持爭議性。

讓我們回到藝術本身，謙卑地，堅定地，為你介紹屬於大家的當代藝術。