RE: Tai Kok Tsui
RE: Tai Kok Tsui
Turn Around with Imaginations
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With the 6th round of the Urban Renewal Heritage Preservation and District Revitalisation Funding Scheme granted from the Urban Renewal Fund (URF), the Public Art Department at the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) presents the 'RE: Tai Kok Tsui' public art and community art project.
Tai Kok Tsui is the quintessential Hong Kong community that blends old traditions with new happenings. Over the decades, neighbours have come together to create a vibrant and decent living environment, fostering a sense of community and sharing collective experiences.
RE: Tai Kok Tsui encourages neighbours to make a slight turn and reimagine a new vision for an old district that embraces the curation of new living experiences. It provides an avenue for turning the past into a future that values sustainability, art, culture, and creativity.
PRELIMINARY RESEARCH IN THE COMMUNITY
Since the Project commenced in April 2023, the HKAC has been focusing on its research, preliminary study and groundwork, connecting various stakeholders and understanding the community to revitalise Tai Kok Tsui through different collaborations.
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OPEN CALL COMPETITION FOR PAVILION
Hong Kong Arts Centre launched the Open Call Competition in October 2023, it invites eligible architects, designers and artists to design a temporary pavilion, which will be an anchor programme in the overall 'RE: Tai Kok Tsui' public art and community art project. The competition seeks to foreground and support emerging ecologically conscious young designers. The site of the temporary pavilion (approximately for 1-year use) is initially proposed to be located in the open area north of Olympian City 2 (facing Cherry Street and Hoi Wang Road).
More information on the Open Call Competition for Pavilion could be found here.
COMMUNITY CO-CREATION LABORATORY
Launched in late 2023, including 4 different series of workshops. Creative teams assembled by artists and community members to collaborate with local organisations and shops in Tai Kok Tsui to design and implement innovative programmes, turning imagination into tangible reality. The lab fosters an environment encouraging members to delve into the interplay between art and public spaces through observations, discussions, professional skill development, collaborative experiments, and localised trials. These endeavours are intended to establish a robust foundation of valuable insights and practical knowledge for forthcoming community art experiences.
'HOK HOK ZAAP KOK'
'Move on to TKT '
In preparation
'RE:Tai Kok Tsui’: a public art and community art project - ‘Community Museum Series - Move on to TKT’. This time, the Playback team ventures into Tai Kok Tsui, visiting different small shops, and through a few "little characters" and "little corners", tells the past and present of Tai Kok Tsui...
It could be the two generations of a hardware store, the different sentiments of new and old neighbours, or even a landmark that has stood for decades... By tracing the changes in relationships and scenery, we can depict the Tai Kok Tsui of different time and space.
❝ If the transformation of the city is an inevitable process, then how will Tai Kok Tsui feel?❞
More detail: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8b5_10vsFc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
PUBLIC SPACE ART INTERVENTION OPEN CALL 01
The HKAC selected three public space locations in Tai Kok Tsui to open call for creative proposals, each of the locations has its uniqueness. Through this open call, the HKAC aims to receive proposals that are suitable to the site context and Tai Kok Tsui community, promoting the overall 'RE: Tai Kok Tsui' project objective, vision, mission and value.
IRON FLORAL SCROLLS - COMMUNITY-BASED CRAFT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
The public art and community art project ‘RE: Tai Kok Tsui’ includes an ‘Artist in Residence’ program that collaborates with Dr. Ho Siu Kee to collaborate with Dou Chai Arts as Programme Collaborator for the 'Iron Floral Scrolls - Community-based Craft Education Programmes'. This initiative aims to pass on a traditional iron craft often seen in various life settings, promote craft education, and explore the history and culture of the hardware and iron industry in Tai Kok Tsui. It also seeks to discover the potential of 'Iron Floral Scrolls' in contemporary creative practices.
A total of 28 university students from the Academy of Visual Arts - HKBU, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, Hong Kong Art School (Listed in alphabetical order) are participating in the project. The program will consist of three stages of workshops held from June to October 2024. These workshops aim to foster participants' innovative thinking, promote craft culture education, and apply and sustain the craft in community life.
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