EVENT DESCRIPTION
M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK) in Hong Kong, is pleased to present M+ at Night: Self Encounters on Friday, 2 May 2025 evening, inviting visitors to a captivating evening where sound and style converge in celebration of artistry and innovation, featuring local singer-songwriter Yoyo Sham as the May edition headliner. With atmospheric lighting, energising music, creative activities, and refreshing drinks, the evening promises an unforgettable celebration of creativity and self-expression.
Artists Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman are known for their visual and conceptual work in disguise, shifting into different personas to reflect contemporary culture and history, subsequently the way people view themselves. Inspired by Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman: Masquerades, M+ at Night: Self Encounters will take visitors on a journey to explore how the identity of oneself can be shaped and reconstructed through various creative expressions. During the event, ticketholders will also get exclusive access to this spectacular exhibition after regular museum hours.
The exciting line-up of M+ at Night: Self Encounters on 2 May 2025 is as follows:
Live Music Performance
Yoyo Sham
Producer, songwriter, and singer Yoyo Sham possesses a voice that is effortlessly cool yet packed with raw, unfiltered emotion. She sings with a unique tone, bringing to life the emotions and experiences she conveys through her music.
Her debut album, Here, was nominated for Best New Artist at the 26th Golden Melody Awards and the Overseas Creative Music Award at the Sixth Golden Indie Music Awards. Her second studio album, Nothing is Under Control, further cemented her artistic stature, receiving widespread acclaim as one of the ’Top Ten Albums of the Year’, ‘Twelve Must-Listen Chinese Albums of the Year’, and ‘Top Local Albums – No. 1 Choice’ across Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The album also earned nominations for Best Mandarin Female Singer and Best Album Producer at the 30th Golden Melody Awards.
Her song Fly, featured in a film, won Best Original Film Song at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards. In May 2022, she released the Cantonese EP Home is… and sold out four solo concerts in Hong Kong, drawing over 10,000 attendees. Additionally, her song Come What May was honoured as one of the ‘Top Ten Songs of the Year’ on Hong Kong’s Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation.
Xiaolin
Xiaolin is a DJ, producer, vinyl collector and classically trained musician from Hong Kong. Driven by a relentless curiosity for warm sounds, complex emotions, and colourful textures, she enjoys crafting magnetic sets that draw audiences into a patiently unfolding journey, while her live ambient sets reveal the more contemplative side of her natural musicality as a former concert violinist.
Inspired by sounds from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s, her love for video games, anime, and nature, as well as a respect for her Cantonese roots, Xiaolin’s analogue synth-heavy productions range from gritty acid house and breaks with earthy percussion to tripped-out electro, shimmering techno and raw downtempo ambiance that invoke deeper feelings of romantic adventure with a dreamy, theatrical touch.
Her original live set has three formats: ‘Sun’ for daytime settings, ‘Moon’ for meditative settings and ‘Body’ for nightclub settings.
Music & Play
Jerold and Friends
Jerold and Friends is the exciting project run by piano player Jerold Chu. Bringing together an ensemble of Hong Kong’s finest musicians, Jerold’s showcase band masterfully blends earworm melodies, toe-tapping grooves and blistering musicianship into an unforgettable live experience. Expect to cry, laugh, and dance the night away to a show that will leave audiences humming its captivating tunes for weeks to come!
Dance Performance
Swing Pocket x Jazz sextet
In an exhilarating thirty-minute performance, the local swing dance group Swing Pocket will team up with a local jazz sextet to showcase the rich diversity of jazz styles from different eras. Emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the United States during the 1930s, swing dance evolved in tandem with jazz, embodying freedom, improvisation, and the infectious energy that defines the essence of jazz itself.
Established in 2021, Swing Pocket is a swing dance group dedicated to preserving the legacy of this vibrant social dance, which originated in the African American community in New York. The group aspires to celebrate and promote the dance’s party culture, social values, and its spirit of individuality and self-expression through modern languages and collaborating across various artistic and business disciplines.
Interdisciplinary Performance
Performative Reading
Visitors are invited join poets Nicholas Wong and Chen Poyu for a performative reading inspired by Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman: Masquerades. More details will be announced.
DJ Performance
Takaprincipal
Takaprincipal was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and began his DJ career in 1989. Influenced by the African American music he had loved since his childhood, he started collecting records across genres such as R&B, Italo House, Disco, and Philly Soul, which eventually became the foundation of his dynamic live performances in clubs. His journey has taken him to New York, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, where he is currently based.
As he travels the globe, Takaprincipal creates synesthetic mixed media artworks that embody the ‘Charm of the Five Senses’. His work has been showcased in cities such as New York, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
Play & Interact
Pop-up Chat by M+ Staff
Visitors can discover the processes behind exhibitions and programmes while hearing interesting stories from M+ staff across various departments.
Face Painting Workshop
Visitors can elevate their look with vibrant colours and designs that complement their costumes, bringing their unique personas to life.
Pop-up Photo Studio: Stage & Perform
A specially designed photo booth featuring a variety of everyday objects, perfect for visitors to express their true selves and capture memorable moments with friends through staged photography.
