Transformative Hong Kong

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Jointly organised by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation and Hong Kong Arts Development Council, with The Hong Kong Institute of Architects as the Partner and Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor, the “Transformative Hong Kong” Exhibition was one of the nine Collateral Events of the 18th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition. Following the overwhelming success in Venice last year, the exhibition will have the Hong Kong Response Exhibition officially opened from 2^ndFebruary to 11^th March at Central Market.

The exhibition curated by Ar Sarah Kwok Yan Lee, Professor Hendrik Tieben and Ar Yutaka Yano will be presented in three designated scales – “Territorial Transformations”, “Architectural Transformations” and “Public Space Transformations”. Consisting of 11 sets of exhibits with interactive mixed media representations and visual essays, snapshots of this transformative moment in our city, the exhibition features the voices of a diverse group of creators who are distinctly Hong Kong in nature, and in vision.