Published by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and produced by 100 Plus Cultural Creative Development Ltd., the eighteenth issue ofthe C2 magazine will be launched on 7 December (Wednesday). In recent years, budding artists in the show business industry in Macao have more opportunities to present their works to the world. In order to explore the survival and development in this industry, local artists are invited to share their careers, their dreams, and the opportunities available in the industry in this issue.
In the section “Feature”, singers like Germano Guilherme who is Macanese (nicknamed “One Million Stars Eurasian”), Vivian Chan who made her name in Hong Kong, singer and talent agent Hyper Lo, talk about the current state of the music industry in Macao and analyse the differences between the markets in Hong Kong and Macao. They also talk about the hurdles Macao artists have to overcome in their career paths. Like Entertainment & Productions, a Macao talent agency, remarks that integrating creation into the new media will provide more opportunities to artists.
In the column “Opinion”, independent publisher Sharky Chen talks about the future of the publishing industry in the Chinese market, and analyses how social media brings challenges and opportunities to writers. In “Brand Story”, Hong Kong pop-up book artist Kit Lau shares how his popular Hong Kong Pop Up series documents the typical culture of the Hong Kong and other places in an interesting and creative way and how it is welcome by the readers. In “Budding Talents”, set designer Cola Wong who studied stage design in the United Kingdom and Taiwan talks about her learning experiences in these two places, as well as the development of stage design in Macao. “Blogs” columnists, Joe Tang, Ho Ka Cheng, Yi-Hsin Lin, Yap Seow Choong, Ron Lam, Ashley Chong and Cheong Sio Pang continue to share their unique perspectives on the development of the cultural and creative industries.
C2 is a trilingual magazine (in Chinese, Portuguese and English). Readers are welcome to browse or download the magazine at www.c2magazine.mo. C2 is a bimonthly magazine and issue on the first Wednesday every two months. The next issue will be launched on 1 February 2017. Besides, the email subscription function is now available. Simply click the “subscribe” button on the right-hand side of our webpage and enter your email address to subscribe to C2 magazine and receive regular information about every issue .For the latest updates, you may also visit the magazine’s page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/c2magazine.macau, or on WeChat, by clicking “add friend” and inputting “c2magazine” in the ID column. For enquiries, please email to c2magazine.macau@gmail.com.