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 Team at the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) presents the 'RE: Tai Kok Tsui ' public art and community art project, the project is supported by Yau Tsim Mong District Office as the Strategic Partner.

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.

PUBLIC SPACE ART INTERVENTION OPEN CALL 02

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.

The HKAC invites eligible artists, designers, creative talents and the public to propose, design, develop, fabricate, install, deliver and display artworks and/or creative works for and in the selected locations for approximately nine to ten months (tentative artwork installation completion between March 2025 to June 2025, and display till Q4 2025).

Each individual or participating team can submit a maximum of one proposal for one location. Individuals can only register once as either an individual or as part of a team.

The HKAC selected three public space locations in Tai Kok Tsui to open call for creative proposals:

Location No.:	Designated Location:	Location Thumbnail:	Artwork Format / Medium:	Artwork Materials:
A1	Chevalier Industrial Building, 43-45 Beech Street, Tai Kok Tsui		Feature with an idea and concept of reimagining, reconnecting and relocating the surrounding of Fuk Chuen Street, Tai Kok Tsui	2D artwork or installation with minimal impact to to existing wall structure
A2	Pedestrian refuge island at Fuk Tsun Street / Ivy Street		Art installation to utilize the space and create landmark along the major road in the community Add wayfinding elements to facilitate decision making for pedestrian daily routing	3D artwork as a landmark to the community, offering interactive, and functionality
A3	Ramp A and Staircase A of the Footbridge of Argyle Street / Tong Mi Road Junction (KF94), Section Located at the Junction of Cherry Street and Tong Mi Road.		Mural art with an idea and concept of welcoming people to go into Tai Kok Tsui from Mong Kok direction	Outdoor sticker only

ELIGIBILITY

All Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above who possess valid Hong Kong Identity Cards may submit proposals as individuals or as members of a group / a company (“Participant”).

Teams can have a maximum number of four members.

Each individual or participating team can submit a maximum of one proposal. Individuals can only register once as either an individual or as part of a team.

Employees of HKAC and the Judging Panel are ineligible for submission of proposals. The HKAC reserves the sole discretion to determine the eligibility of any Participants.

JUDGING AND SELECTION PROCESS

All submitted proposals and materials shall be adjudicated anonymously by a diverse panel of artists, curator, social design specialist, architect, representatives from different government departments/authorities, and the Tai Kok Tsui community stakeholders groups.
The HKAC reserves the right to add, replace, or remove any judges without prior notice to the participants.

Participants might be invited to present the proposal(s) anonymously through online meeting(s) upon the HKAC and the judging panel’s request in January 2025.

In order to provide more opportunities for the Participants to show their creativity, different Participants will be selected and commissioned for the Creative Works at various locations as far as possible.

JUDGING PANEL

Members of the Judging Panel:

Hong Kong Arts Centre Representative	Prof. Raymond, FUNG Wing Kee, JP (Chairman of Arts Programme Committee)
Artist	Ms. Rosanna, LI Wei Han
Curator	Ms. Grace, CHENG Sim-yee (Director of Art in Hospital; Member of Consultation Panel of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority)
Social Design Specialist	Mr. Kam Fai CHAN
Green Architect	Dr. Tony, Chung Man IP, MH

KEY DATES

18th October 2024 noontime Hong Kong Time	The Open Call launch
28th October and 2nd November 2024	Briefing session for the Open Call (on site)
31st December 2024, noontime Hong Kong Time	Deadline for Proposal Submission
2nd -10th January 2025	Review of Proposals by the Selection Panel The shortlisted proposals and participants might be invited to present the proposal(s) anonymously through online meeting(s) upon the HKAC and the judging panel’s request in January 2025.
20th January 2025, noontime Hong Kong Time	Result Announcement on Project Website and notification to the Selected Participants via email
31st January 2025	Letter of Intent to be issued by HKAC to the Selected Proposals
February 2025	Agreement signing Tranche 1 payment (10% of the total contract sum) to commerce design development and pre-engagement workshops (if any) Design Development Progress Report to HKAC
February - March 2025	Tranche 2 payment (30% of the total contract sum) upon design development completion and prior to the artwork fabrication and pre-engagement workshop completion (if any) Progress Report to HKAC
March 2025	Artwork fabrication completion and dry-run completion with all the relevant certificates, license, endorsements and statutory submissions (if any needed) Tranche 3 payment (30% of the total contract sum upon dismantle and site instatement completion) Progress Report to HKAC
April 2025 to June 2025	Artwork installation completion with all the relevant certificates, license, endorsements and statutory submissions (if any needed), and open to public (the completion may be anytime within this period) Tranche 4 payment (25% of the total contract sum upon dismantle and site instatement completion) Progress Report to HKAC
Mid-September to end of October 2025	Artwork dismantle and site reinstatement Tranche 5 payment (5% of the total contract sum upon dismantle and site instatement completion) Final report to HKAC

INFORMATION PACK

SUBMISSION

The Participants shall submit a completed "Annex 4 – Submission Form" in a pdf format, along with one proposal in a pdf format.

If the proposed Creative Work will produce any sound, participants shall provide a detailed description of the sound and a sample of sound clips or recordings with the Proposal with an accessible download link, however the HKAC has no responsibility and obligation to any incompletion and/or damage and/or risk of the submission materials download.

Submissions shall be made via email with the subject title “Public Space Art Intervention Open Call 02 - Submission for RE: Tai Kok Tsui” by 31st December 2024 noontime Hong Kong Time to the following email:

retkt@hkac.org.hk

Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.

ENQUIRIES:
retkt@hkac.org.hk