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Experience the artwork firsthand and gain insights from Studio Nucleo. The founder-Piergiorgio Robino will be on-site to guide you through the exhibition and answer your questions.
12 Dec (Thursday), 4 - 5 pm
Gallery address: G/F, 197 Hollywood Road
M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK) in Hong Kong, will present M+ at Night: Festive Enchantment on the evening of Friday, 6 December 2024, inviting visitors to a holiday party. The event will feature two well-loved local singer-songwriters, KIRI T and Moon Tang, who will sing individual sets infused with festive elements. Furthermore, an acclaimed local tap dance troupe from Step Out Studios will perform live jazz music. To round off this year’s M+ at Night series, DJs will deliver seasonal hits and keep the party going all night long.
The M+ at Night series for October, November, and December 2024, in collaboration with Warner Music Asia, is set to elevate the event to unparalleled enjoyment and experience through a series of curatedmusic performances and activities.
Hong Kong Arts Development Council is thrilled to announce our upcoming event “Wong Chuk Hang Re:imagined” – Open Arts Studios cum Bazaar, providing an opportunity for the public to meet our tenant artists at work and discuss their process and practice.
This event will feature 20+ visual arts/media artists who took part in the ADC Artspace Scheme, plus a vibrant market event with music performance. We invite all public audience, art lovers and art practitioners to share the joy of visiting our arts studios and reach out to the artists. There will be chances of joining artists’ workshops, sharing session and enjoying mini exhibitions, more information could be found in our artists’ social media and websites respectively.
We believe this will be a fantastic opportunity for you to explore our site and connect with our passionate and enthusiastic artists. Come and join us in this miraculous activity and discover those hidden gems in the district. Please find the following details and we are looking forward to seeing you there.
Date: 30 November, 2024 - 1 December, 2024
Venue: Open Arts Studio @ADC Artspace | Bazaar @ HKADC SHOWCASE (Landmark South, Wong Chuk Hang)
Join us for #SouthsideSaturday on 30 November 2024! From 11 am to 7 pm, enjoy a day of exciting programmes and exhibitions, as well as open studios and bazaar in Wong Chuk Hang, Tin Wan and Repulse Bay galleries. Check out southsidesaturday.com or below for the timetable and all event details!
A multitude of people, and yet a solitude!”
—Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
What is the difference between loneliness and solitude? For centuries, numerous writers and thinkers have contemplated these two states. To French philosopher and author Albert Camus, loneliness is always accompanied by estrangement and anxiety. In Six Lectures on Solitude, painter and writer Chiang Hsun defines solitude as synonymous with departure or withdrawal from a group, a category, or a parameter, which requires a candid understanding of oneself. Being alone and feeling lonely are distinct experiences: being alone is a choice often made to have a sense of inner peace, while feeling lonely evokes sadness from being excluded against your will. It is intriguing how a touch of sentimentality can prompt reflection on these nuances. Emotions unravel like numerous illusory threads—intricate and universally experienced. To deepen our understanding of how we feel when we are alone, we can turn to cultural historian Fay Bound Alberti’s A Biography of Loneliness. In the book, she argues loneliness is not a universal or ahistorical phenomenon, and that “oneliness” has long been regarded as a precious moment to seek inner peace or communion with God. However, as religion declined and society rapidly industrialized in the nineteenth century, “loneliness” emerged as a term and soon connoted the negative experience of alienation between individuals. Similarly, with the advancement of science and technology, society has shifted its focus from the group to the individual, giving rise to a contemporary loneliness. This exhibition does not aim to study the history of human emotions, but to explore the relationship between emotions and scientific and technological development. If the Industrial Revolution served as a catalyst for loneliness (as Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist shows), how has this dynamic evolved in our current world?
Festival Grand Opening: 25.10.2024, 18:00 - 21:00
Venue address: Exhibition Hall, Low Block, Hong Kong City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central
Join us at #SouthsideSaturday on Sat, 28 Sep 2024, for special happenings including openings, performance and more! Please visit our event website southsidesaturday.com for further details.
𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 (New space in Aberdeen)
Artist Talk | 3 – 5pm
In conversation with Stephen King: Landscape Photography as Contemporary Art
(RSVP: assistant@alisan.com.hk)
𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | Taro Masushio: Pass
𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞
Exhibition | Yeung Hok Tak: I See You There
𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Opening | Breathe and Crystal
𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
Exhibition | Enoc Perez: Chances are You’ll Like it All Ways
𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | Jen Liu: I Am Cloud
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 & 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | LOUIS STETTNER: TIME CAPSULES
𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄
Performance | Levitation and Submersion
𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
Exhibition | Theta Sequencing– Dual Solo Exhibition
𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒
Exhibition | Ding Zhi: Secretly, Inwardly, Dimly
𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 & 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢
Opening & Exhibition | Lain Bangdel solo exhibition
𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | Jacky Tao Solo Exhibition: Have a Nice Day
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭
Exhibition & Tour | Tales of Women
𝐖𝐊𝐌 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | Megumi Shinozaki: Meridiem
𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐊
Exhibition | Group Exhibition: “If I Were...”
Artist Wai Pong Yu will continue the ongoing chatting-drawing project on the 12-meter scroll. He started this drawing in a tiny studio in 2019 when he needed quiet reflection and hoped to see a mindscape projection of collective consciousness. Thanks to the exhibition in 2022, “Brushstrokes and Beyond” at Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong, the drawing has reached out to the public with a flow of stories. Now, with a Hong Kong green mountain as a landscape background, the drawing continues to reflect the dark corners in visitors’ minds like a tranquil water surface. And thanks to the support of HKADC Artspace, we can enjoy a comfortable southern retreat for healing conversations and heated debates.
Come tell Pongyu a story on the Southside Saturday!
Studio B2, 6/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang
Sharon Cheung Po-Wah is a veteran Hong Kong journalist, she obtained her BA degree ofJournalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Cheung is also fellow of the Reuters Institute for Journalism at the University of Oxford, as well as the founder of “Lion Rock Fellowship” at the University of Oxford.
In 2022, Cheung received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at Royal Melbourne Instituteof Technology (RMIT), graduated with first class honors. She also received the Dean ListAward and the Boon Lee Award. Cheung is director of a local gallery, SC gallery.
Jeremy Fung (b. 1990) graduated from the Art Faculty at RMIT and later received his MA (Fine Art) degree in the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2016.
Fung has a deep interest in the intersection of nature and imagination within the abstract landscape genre. By presenting artworks that blend the organic forms of the natural world with the artist's imaginative interpretations, he aims to provoke a dialogue about the interplay between external reality and internal vision.
Unit C-2 7/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang
Join us on 10 August at 2 pm for an artist tour with Chan Sai Lok & Chui Pui Chee, to explore their newest works in 'Good Day, Hollywood Road.' Free event open to the public.
Time: 10 Aug, 2 pm
Gallery address: G/F, 197 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong
To explore the intrinsic relationship between textiles and the environment, CHAT launched the community programme Seed to Textile in 2019, which has since been tracing textile manufacturing to its origin through planting and art making. In this year's programme, Guangzhou-based artist collective BOLOHO leads a six-month participatory art project that delves into the interactions between nature and the intricate cultural landscape in urban farming.
BOLOHO has initiated research and creative works on state-owned huaqiao nongchang (overseas Chinese farms), which were established to accommodate returned overseas Chinese between the 1950s and China's reform and opening up, examining the farms' deep connection with immigrant communities in Hong Kong.
Venue address: MILL6 Foundation The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan
Young Soy Gallery is proud to present HKBBG (Hong Kong Baby Girl), an artist-in-residence programme featuring Hong Kong artist Kitty Wong.
Having spent her formative years in Canada, Kitty has been capturing the memories she has of her childhood city Hong Kong for over a decade. Her illustrations are a love letter to the city — drawing inspirations from the collective memory as well as the uncompromisingly strong women and iconic scenery of Hong Kong.
During her residency, Young Soy Gallery will be transformed into Kitty’s studio space where she will create a new body of work and invite the public to witness her creative process. "HKBBG" (Hong Kong Baby Girl) aims to awaken the playful, vivid and sassy energy within every Hong Konger, celebrating the city’s dynamic spirit and those who embody it.
Join us at Young Soy Gallery between July 31 to August 13 to awaken the HKBBG in you as you see Kitty’s imagination come to life!
Gallery address: The Cove, G/F, 40A Upper Lascar Row, Sheung Wan
L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, is proud to present an upcoming exhibition titled “Journey with Minerals”. The exhibition is in partnership with the renowned Mineralogy Museum of Mines Paris – PSL. This captivating showcase delves into the fascinating world of minerals and reveal their intricate properties and poetic features.
This eighth exhibition by L’ÉCOLE in Hong Kong features near 40 diverse exhibits and divided into five thematic journeys, exploring through Matter, Jewelry, Technology, Arts, and Space. Each section will illustrate the multifaceted nature of minerals and their profound influence on our lives.
Unveiling in Hong Kong for the first time, the exhibition invites visitors to discover the incredible shapes and structures that make minerals so fascinating, while learning about their role in human history and beyond. By presenting minerals and gemstones such as jade, ruby, aquamarine, tourmaline and garnet through the prism of nature, industry, technology and jewelry making, the exhibition takes visitors along on an unprecedented discovery journey.
Guided tours are available in English, Cantonese and Mandarin upon registration.
Walk-in is welcomed. Book your tour.
Venue address: K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Join us for this #SouthsideSaturday on 1 June, 2024! From 11 am to 7 pm, enjoy a day of exciting programmes and exhibitions in Wong Chuk Hang, Tin Wan and Repulse Bay galleries. Check out southsidesaturday.com or below for the timetable and all event details!
Wong Chuk Hang 黃竹坑
Axel Vervoordt Gallery 維伍德畫廊
Ben Brown Fine Arts 布朗畫廊
Blindspot Gallery 刺點畫廊
Current Plans
DE SARTHE 德薩畫廊
L+/Lucie Chang Fine Arts
MOU PROJECTS
Rossi & Rossi
SC Gallery
Sin Sin Fine Art
Tang Contemporary Art 當代唐人藝術中心
wamono art
WKM Gallery
Tin Wan 田灣
Kiang Malingue 馬凌畫廊
Repulse Bay 淺水灣
Artspace K K藝術空間
24 May – 1 June: Exhibition Part 02
K-NARF & SHOKO will come back at WKM GALLERY to present all the Hong Kong workers tape-o-graphic portraits created from the March stop-over. It is a unique opportunity to see them all before they will be added to the HATARAKIMONO EXTRA-ORDINARY ARCHIVE together with hundreds of portraits of workers from all around the world.
May and June 2024 : Artist-Guided Docent Tours & Demonstration Workshops
Artist-guided docent tours will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. During these sessions, K-NARF & SHOKO will share the stories behind the HATARAKIMONO PROJECT and demonstrate their unique tape-o-graphic technique through demonstration workshops.
Date: 24, 25 May & 1 June 2024
Time: 10:00, 14:00, 16:00 (1 hour each)
Language: English supplemented with Cantonese
Gallery address: 20/F, Coda Designer Building, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road
The exhibition is an investigative dive into the deep waters of memory and identity.
From ink painting to giant textile sculptures, chaussette b. shares the results of her investigation into episodic memory. Why do we remember some life events and forget others? How does the collection of our past moments shape who we are?
During the hour–long guided tour, chaussette b. takes viewers on an intimate journey through her studio, intertwining the paths of poetry, philosophy, science, and art.
Free admission by appointment:
Email: chaussettebstudio@gmail.com
WhatsApp: 6622 9582
Join us for this #SouthsideSaturday on 4 May, 2024! From 11 am to 7 pm, enjoy a day of exciting programmes and exhibitions in Wong Chuk Hang, Tin Wan and Repulse Bay galleries. Check out southsidesaturday.com or below for the timetable and all event details!
Wong Chuk Hang
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Ben Brown Fine Arts
Blindspot Gallery
Boogie Woogie Photography
DE SARTHE
L+/Lucie Chang Fine Arts
MOU PROJECTS
Rossi & Rossi
SC Gallery
Sin Sin Fine Art
Tang Contemporary Art
wamono art
WKM Gallery
Tin Wan
Empty Gallery
Kiang Malingue
Repulse Bay
Artspace K
Organised by PMQ and the Japan Graphic Design Association (JAGDA), the exhibition “Graphic Design in Japan 2023 (Hong Kong Edition)” will take place from 10 April to 5 May at PMQ.
The JAGDA Awards have long commanded prestige within the Japanese graphic design profession. In collaboration with JAGDA, PMQ premiered the exhibition in Hong Kong in 2019. It returned glamorously last year, again displaying exceptional contemporary Japanese works to Hong Kong audiences. The past exhibitions’ successes buttressed this collaboration, enabling our third jointly curated showing.
PMQ is privileged to be the sole international venue for this exhibition which presents over 300 distinguished masterpieces spanning diverse applications, including but not limited to those by the 25th Yusaku Kamekura Design Awardees Tomohiro OKAZAKI and Haruka MISAWA, as well as JAGDA New Designer Awardees Kako FUJITA and Naonori YAGO. Furthermore, through participating in programmes such as design dialogues and designer-led tours, attendees may gain perspectives shared by practitioners from both Japan and Hong Kong, and engage in prospective discourse with such design professionals.
All events are offered free of charge and on a first-come, first-served basis. You may register via this link: https://pmq.hk/oUx3w
Venue address: SG03 – SG07, Staunton, PMQ
HKWALLS Street Art Festival will be returning for its 9th edition, welcoming international and local artists to paint large murals all across the vibrant streets of Hong Kong, from the 23rd – 31st March 2024.
Join us for HKWALLS Festival which is an annual street art and mural painting festival with various activities showcasing the talent of local and international artists in Hong Kong during the Hong Kong art month each March. This year, the event will take place in the heart of the city - Central and Western District. Sign up for tours.
Coming up 3 Feb! Join #SouthsideSaturday and explore special happenings including openings, tours and more, from west to east across Tin Wan, Wong Chuk Hang and Repulse Bay. Visit southsidesaturday.com for more details.
𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒
𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄
𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 & 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 & 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐖𝐊𝐌 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐊
𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 (Tin Wan)
𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝
𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭
𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
Julie & Jesse will be present for a guided tour of the exhibition ‘For What It’s Worth: Ceramic Experimentations by Julie & Jesse.‘ Rust, used cardboard wrapper, ceramic shards, roadside saplings — these are all things that we come in contact with on a regular basis, yet are so ordinary that we don’t usually register having seen them by the end of the day, and may even want to remove them to tidy up a place. But for Julie & Jesse, what are considered useless and unwanted to most are treasures to them. Each find becomes an opportunity to unpack stories across time and space, hidden within the material. The duo’s eye for curiosity and investigative approach have not only driven their entire creative practice — it is how they make sense of the world. The new works presented in this exhibition are both documentation and fruition of their ceramic experimentations in the past decade. What they create is a testimony to their superb technical skills, but it is always poetic and personal.
Saturday, 16 December, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
To attend please RSVP to charmaine@novalisartdesign.com
Gallery address: G/F, 197 Hollywood Road
Coming up this Sat, 2 Dec! Join #SouthsideSaturday for the special happenings including openings, tours and more! Please visit southsidesaturday.com and Instagram for more details.
Participating Galleries:
𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 (𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧)
𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐊
𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 & 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄
𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞
𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒
𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 & 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢
𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭
𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐭
𝐖𝐊𝐌 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Join us for this #SouthsideSaturday on 7 October, 2023! From 11 am to 7 pm, enjoy a day of exciting programmes and exhibitions in Wong Chuk Hang, Tin Wan and Repulse Bay galleries. Check out southsidesaturday.com or below for the timetable and all event details!
Participating Galleries:
Artspace K
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Blindspot Gallery
DE SARTHE
Gallery Ascend
Kiang Malingue (Tin Wan)
Lucie Chang Fine Arts
MOU PROJECTS
Rossi & Rossi
SC Gallery
Sin Sin Fine Art
Tang Contemporary Art (Wong Chuk Hang)
wamono art
The Commissioner for Heritage’s Office of the Development Bureau presents “Heritage Fiesta cum Roving Exhibition 2023” from October to December 2023. The Heritage Fiesta, running from 1 October to 30 November, features 10 declared monuments and graded historic buildings that are related to greening and landscape with free guided tours, while the roving exhibition is held from 1 October to 29 December.
The participating declared monuments and graded historic buildings include Cattle Depot Artist Village (Ex-Ma Tau Kok Animal Quarantine Depot), Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware (Flagstaff House), Green Hub (Old Tai Po Police Station), Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre (Block S4 of Former Whitfield Barracks), Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre (Block S61 and S62 of Former Whitfield Barracks), Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre Eco-Learn Institute (Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre), Block 7, 10 and 25, Lei Yue Mun Park (Block 7, 10 and 25 of old Lei Yue Mun Barracks), The HKFYG Leadership Institute (Former Fanling Magistracy), The Pokfulam Farm (Old Dairy Farm Senior Staff Quarters) and Woodside Biodiversity Education Centre (Woodside).
Free guided tours are offered at these declared monuments and historic buildings during the event period on a first-come, first-served basis. The public can also visit these historic buildings and collect specially designed stamp print during the opening hours. For details of the opening and guided tours, please refer to the attached event booklet.
For more details and booking information please refer to the website
In his image-making practice and urban landscape paintings, Frank Tang Kai Yiu documents the community topography of Hong Kong including memorial parks, urban landscape, and historical buildings, as a means to reshape the city’s postcolonial history and untangle the connections among its inhabitants. This workshop follows theneighbourhood map drawn by Yesi’s poem ‘Midday, Quarry Bay’, where the poet depictsscenes of Quarry Bay in the 1970’s that may or may not still exist today. Participants willtake a stroll around Quarry Bay with the artist and record and share the journey in the formof a zine.
Session 1: 24 Sep 2023 (Sun), 2:00 | In Cantonese｜RSVP here
Session 2: 24 Sep 2023 (Sun), 4:30 | In English｜RSVP here
1.5–2 hours for each session, 15 participants per session.
Join us for a curator-guided tour (in English) of ‘signals…here and there’, the third and final chapter of the exhibition series ‘signals…瞬息’ curated by Billy Tang and Celia Ho.
About the exhibition: ‘signals…here and there’ marks the culmination of a journey that has unfolded throughout a six-month period and which featured 25 artists and collectives in dialogue with an experimental display structure. In the context of this final exhibition chapter, ‘here and there’ evokes migratory movements, both historical and contemporary, within the context of Hong Kong’s transformation as a city. Such movements not only refer to the migrations of individuals, but also encompass the continuous changes that evolve with the concept of ‘home’. As such, the exhibition frames a fluid conception of ‘here’ from ‘there’ to negotiate the divide separating various histories as well as geographical distances.
Gallery address: 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Bldg., 677 King's Road, Quarry Bay
A semi-improvised lecture performance with sounds and objects
Created by Linda Chiu-han Lai with Longman Luk and Valerie Mak
Episode 1: Tree of Life in the Memory Garden | Episode 2: The Narrow Passage to truths | Episode 3: Forensics | Episode 4: Insights | Episode 5: Micro Narratives | Episode 6: Sand Adrift, Dust Afloat
‘Memory Court’ is a material space to invoke the limits of interpretation andrepresentational practices. Language becomes sounding. Bodies connect with sounds.Motions evolve in space into eclectic object events. Dialectic structures take overhermeneutic circles.
In six short episodes, ‘Memory Court’ is a performative response to Matteo Ricci’s‘memory palace’, Aby Warburg’s non-verbal art history experiment Mnemosyne Atlas,Gerhard Richter’s anomic archive Atlas, Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen andYvonne Rainer’s Trio A: the Mind is Muscle—all embodied in an assemblage event the artisthas developed with the Floating Projects.
‘Memory Court’ is far from a cosy-intimate personal space. The artist thinks of it as a crimescene re-enacted with objects on trial while a court stenographer tenaciously records themulti-sensorial events with improvised strategies. ‘Memory Court’ could be a lecture performance, but it surely evolves into an object event,tangentially connected with the installations Tree of Life and Bamboo Percussive currently onview at ‘signals…瞬息’.
23 September 2023 | 3–4pm | in English RSVP required here
Gallery address: 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Bldg, 677 King’s Road Quarry Bay
The Stallery is excited to announce that colour blind visitors are now able to borrow special EnChroma glasses for colour blindness during their visits to all upcoming exhibitions at the pop and street art gallery. Partnering with EnChroma to improve the gallery experience for colour blind visitors, The Stallery is the first gallery in Hong Kong to offer EnChroma colour blind glasses to enable accessibility to the arts of the people of Hong Kong! While people with normal color vision see over one million shades and hues, those with color vision deficiency only see up to 10% of colors. An estimated 350 million people worldwide are color blind: 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 in 200 women (.5%), roughly 319,000 in Hong Kong alone.
On Tuesday, September 12 at 7pm, colour blind individuals including Ernest Chang, artist and founder of The Stallery, a local artist, and a public participant, will try on the EnChroma glasses for the first time while viewing Chang’s recently closed solo exhibition “Space Rich” for an emotional live reveal as they experience the colors of art. Their reactions and experiences will be captured on video and shared with the press and on The Stallery’s social media platforms post-event.
Gallery address: G/F, 82A Stone Nullah Lane, Wanchai
Coming up next Sat, 2 Sep! Join #SouthsideSaturday for the special happenings including openings, tours and more! Please visit southsidesaturday.com or Link in Bio for more details.
Participating Galleries:
𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 (𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧)
𝐀𝐫𝐭s𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐊
𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐀 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 & 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄
𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝
𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒
𝐏é𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 & 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢
𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐒𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭
Don’t miss your chance to meet the artists of <Sex Be With You>! The artists will be here so drop by for a chill chat on the following dates.
FLORENCE LAM: 26 August Sat, 3 - 5:30 pm
Novalis Art Design is pleased to present “Sex Be With You,” a group show curated by Charmaine Tam featuring artists Batten and Kamp, IV Chan, FlorenceLam, and Lau Hong Lam. Sex is everywhere. We are surrounded by sex, especially in this modern consumerist age, where sex or the promise of it has been used to sell products through a near constant bombardment of imagery. The ready availability of online porn and other digital media has made the rampant consumption of sex possible. The proliferation of sexualisation in mainstream media has made it less taboo. Sex out of marriage is no longer frowned upon, we are urged to celebrate our own sexuality. This is indeed a thing to be celebrated! And yet, with sex becoming commonplace, it seems to have led to an increase in the mindless consumption of it. More and more people are increasingly blind to the power of sex, that in any act of sex, power is being exerted on, or being taken away from someone or something. Sex and power are inherently intertwined with each other. This exhibition is an invitation to both the audience and the artists to re-examine this relationship between sex and power that permeates our society.
Gallery address: G/F, 197 Hollywood Road
Sunsmith is pleased to present Special Summer Exhibition and Workshop “Old Meets New – A Story of Old Mine Cut Diamonds”, which will run from 21 July to 31 August 2023. The themed exhibition with experiential workshops invites visitors to explore the design, history, and value of old mine cut diamonds, and showcases the allure of its timeless beauty through historical books, prints and maps, a variety of loose diamonds, and over 10 pieces of jewellery created by Sunsmith. As part of the ongoing series by DAWN Jewellery and Sunsmith, the immersive experience will encompass a tour of the exhibition, along with a hands-on workshop to learn about the process in creating old mine cut diamonds.
Old mine cut diamonds continue to be highly sought-after by jewellery enthusiasts around the world. Contrary to the uniformity of modern round brilliants, the old mine cut’s distinctive shape and vintage charm makes them a much-coveted choice for collectors looking for one-of-a-kind engagement rings and jewellery. Through the workshop experience, participants will learn the cutting techniques used to create these diamonds, the factors that contribute to their value, and why people continue to seek them out today.
Each workshop session will last for one hour and can accomodate a maximum of 4-6 pax. The workshop is on a first come first served basis, please register for the workshop here (available for registration on 20 July 2023)
Venue address: Sunsmith, 1/F, 17 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay
