The 118th Meeting of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
| Date: | 14 March 2024 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 2:30pm |
| Venue: | Board Room, 12/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Agenda (Open Session)
- Chief Executive Officer’s Report
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Freespace Jazz Fest 2023 Highlight Video
Freespace Jazz Fest returned for its fifth edition in October 2023 and wrote a memorable chapter filled with unforgettable musical moments. We were grateful that all those participating in the music festival gave their unwavering support. Bad weather or not, our audience came to the West Kowloon Cultural District whilst typhoon no. 3 was hoisted, and musicians gave their all to every performance.
Relive the magical moment in this highlight video and stay tuned for the next Freespace Jazz Fest. Enjoy!
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The 117th Meeting of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
| Date: | 18 January 2024 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 2:30pm |
| Venue: | Board Room, 12/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Agenda (Open Session)
- Chief Executive Officer’s Report
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Bright Day – Dreaming Together
The experimental participatory experience Bright Day – staged in November and December 2022 – invited the audience to be central participants in a co-created waking dream.
Over a period of a week, cross-disciplinary Hong Kong artists Chan Kwun-fee, Fiona Lee and AK Kan collaborated with the audience on a two-part exploratory journey that delved into the city’s collective unconscious.
The first part of the journey was conducted individually by the audience at home. The second part – Dreaming Together – involved a group experience at Freespace. Part dream, part waking reality, Dreaming Together took place within a constructed environment of soundscapes and imagery. This video offers a condensed look at this immersive communal journey.
Bright Day is the second production in the West Kowloon Future of Performance series.
Read more about Bright Day here.
Co-creator
Chan Kwun-fee
Hong Kong-born Chan Kwun-fee graduated from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong and has a background in multimedia and critical theories training. Currently a theatre creator, director and traveller, she is also the artistic director of Littlebreath Creative Workshop. Chan’s work explores contemporary theatre and transdisciplinary performance, taking the body as subject and medium for creating space and experience. Recent projects include Hong Kong Repertory Theatre’s Project Seeing (2020), Only When You Sleep, It Works (2019), Kassandra or the End of the World of Representations (2018) and Present Absentee (2014). Her curatorial projects include Our Land, Our Sea (2020), Where is Our Sea? A Rhapsody of an Isle (2018) and Heptahedron (2015).
Co-creator
Fiona Lee
Hong Kong-born artist Fiona Lee creates work derived from the intersection between installation and performance, and inspired by the exploration of new possibilities. Her recent research into naturopathic therapy and the principles of healing art has inspired her to create by being aware of the power of the body and mind to heal disease. Lee’s installations have featured at a number of international events, including Fishpond Canteen Sustainable Art Festival, Playfreely Festival (Singapore, 2019), ART CAMP TANGO 2017 (Japan), Jockey Club ifva Carnival Everywhere – ifva Carnival 2016 (Hong Kong), Around Sound Art Festival 2014 (Kyoto, Japan), Transi(en)t Manila Project Glocal 2014 (Philippines). She has also performed at Intersection In MidAir (Hong Kong, 2019), Asian Meeting Festival 2016 (Japan), HK Street Music Experimental Series, and Kill the Silence music festival (Hong Kong).
Co-creator
AK Kan
Freelance sound designer, artist and field recordist AK Kan graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Entertainment Arts (major Sound System Design). He is currently curating the sound recording project AK IN KK – Nature Field Recording HK. Recent projects include: Jockey Club ifva Everywhere New Work Series Birds Sing Louder in the City, Found Without Seeing (touring performance),Yin Yu Chun Fai (dance performance); Little Smudges Theatre The Beauty of Dot; Fringe Club immersive theatre projects Lingering in Time and Stream of Consciousness; HKAPA Academy Festival 2017: School of Dance Spring Performance and Ocean Park Halloween Fest (2014–2017). He also designed the sound for Dialogue in the Dark Dialogue Experience (2019) and A Thousand Plateaus (Freespace, 2021).
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The 116th Meeting of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
| Date: | 23 November 2023 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 2:30pm |
| Venue: | Board Room, 12/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Agenda (Open Session)
- Chief Executive Officer’s Report
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The 115th Meeting of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
| Date: | 10 October 2023 (Tuesday) |
| Time: | 2:30pm |
| Venue: | Board Room, 12/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Agenda (Open Session)
- Chief Executive Officer’s Report
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Freespace Jazz Fest 2022 Highlight Video
Between 26 and 30 October, Freespace Jazz Fest 2022 attracted a record-breaking 20,000+ visitors, with five days of non-stop great sounds across five stages at Freespace, the Art Park and Hong Kong’s new outdoor concert venue Wonderland. The festival also included free film screenings, an arts and crafts market on the Great Lawn, plus a variety of fun activities for parents and kids.
Our highlight video offers a brief look back on this exciting multi-day festival and a taster of what’s to come at future editions of Freespace Jazz Fest. Enjoy!
Read more about Freespace Jazz Fest 2022 here.
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The 114th Meeting of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
| Date: | 20 June 2023 (Tuesday) |
| Time: | 2:30pm |
| Venue: | Board Room, 12/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Agenda (Open Session)
- Chief Executive Officer’s Report
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The 113th Meeting of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
| Date: | 16 March 2023 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 2:30pm |
| Venue: | Board Room, 12/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Agenda (Open Session)
- Chief Executive Officer’s Report
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SerendiCity: Mak2 – Hong Kong’s Next Top Artist (Episode 5)
Foor mingles with visitors in the exhibition opening and meets gallery owner.
Hong Kong-based conceptual artist Mak2 crafts aesthetic experiences bound by humour and intense inquisitiveness. Her work contemplates 21st-century issues through the study of philosophy, art history, culture, shifting socio-political environments, the internet and new technology. Mak’s creations ranges from installations, paintings, drawings, moving image pieces and youtube videos to stand-up comedy routines. In 2022, she was second runner up at the Million Dollar Mic x Hall of Laughs Cantonese stand-up comedy new talent competition.
Series Synopsis
Foor is a stand-up comedian and amateur artist. After encountering Mak2 at a stand-up comedy competition, he begs Mak2 to introduce him to the mysterious art scene when he knew Mak2 is looking for an amateur to develop to an artist. Hong Kong’s Next Top Artist is a web series in which Mak2 invites different parties from the art sector, including artists, curators, professionals and gallerists, to turn Foor into a professional artist.
The development and creation of Hong Kong’s Next Top Artist was supported through a three-month artist residency programme initiated as part of SerendiCity – a media arts festival showcasing new perspectives on art, urban environments, people and technology.
The Programme is part of “Creative Tomorrow” exclusively sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club.
For more SerendiCity programmes, please visit: www.westkowloon.hk/serendicity
Creative Team
Director, Scriptwriter, Actor
Mak2
Scriptwriter, Actor
Byron Po
Producer
Ktour Ng
Director of Photographer
BoBo Lam
Sound Recordist
Keith Tse
Production Manager
Kayce Yau
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