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SUMMARY:Central Magistracy
DESCRIPTION:The new permanent exhibition at Central Magistracy takes a fresh look at the building. Focusing on the experiences of people who passed through the Magistracy\, the exhibition explores its role in Hong Kong’s criminal justice system\, starting in 1841 and ending with the building’s decommissioning in 1979. \nNewly commissioned research shines light on the experiences of the millions of people who came before the courts and the magistrates who tried them. Through their stories\, the exhibition explores the struggles and inequalities of everyday life in a city divided by class\, ethnicity\, and language. \nThe exhibition highlights the importance of this heritage site in Hong Kong’s urban history. It also invites us to think more generally about questions of equity and justice in society.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/central-magistracy/
LOCATION:Tai Kwun\, 10 Hollywood Road Central\, Central and Western\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Heritage
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SUMMARY:Better Together
DESCRIPTION:From 23 Jun to 4 Oct\, Tai Kwun’s Duplex Studio will highlight decades of high-stakes filmmaking camaraderie both in front of and behind the camera. Curated by film director Sunny Chan Wing San (Co-Curator and Creative Director of last summer’s Undercover Underworld)\, presented in association with the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers\, Better Together features immersive re-creations of scenes from classic “partner” films over the past several decades\, including replicas of many on-screen props from the original films\, with recollections from film-industry collaborators responsible for shaping and capturing those breathtaking moments. This summer exhibition is made possible with core funding provided by The Hong Kong Jockey Club through its Charities Trust as one of Tai Kwun’s arts and heritage programmes\, with Oriental Watch Company as Lead Sponsor. \nBetter Together traces the Hong Kong team spirit through numerous films and multiple decades\, reflecting the shifts in social values in different eras. Beginning in the 1960s\, The Black Rose (1965) is a portrayal of personal chivalry\, when Hong Kong’s development led to a widening gap between rich and poor and the social welfare system proved insufficient for the city’s problems. The characters put vivid faces to the values of people helping each other\, and the quest for justice and a fair society. By the 1980s\, Aces Go Places (1982) addresses the issue of meritocracy\, changing the variables in the debate over how best to use divergent talents and abilities for the common good. Whether in local archetypes or the story’s global mindset\, the self-consciousness of Hong Kong’s rise as an international metropolis is ever-present. \nBetter Together traces the Hong Kong team spirit through numerous films and multiple decades\, reflecting the shifts in social values in different eras. Beginning in the 1960s\, The Black Rose (1965) is a portrayal of personal chivalry\, when Hong Kong’s development led to a widening gap between rich and poor and the social welfare system proved insufficient for the city’s problems. The characters put vivid faces to the values of people helping each other\, and the quest for justice and a fair society. By the 1980s\, Aces Go Places (1982) addresses the issue of meritocracy\, changing the variables in the debate over how best to use divergent talents and abilities for the common good. Whether in local archetypes or the story’s global mindset\, the self-consciousness of Hong Kong’s rise as an international metropolis is ever-present. \nThe films of the 1990s\, after Hong Kong secured its place in the global community\, unveiled a new chapter in the city’s cultural development: Once a Thief (1991)\, the quintessential embodiment of romanticism\, reveals what happens when ideals face reality; Police Story III – Super Cop (1992) focuses on cultural integration marked by mutual respect and thoughtful understanding\, offering a vision of the future for Hong Kong people; and Gen-X Cops (1999) witnesses an inter-generational passing of the torch and the search for newly relevant identity in a changing world. \nOnce in the new millennium\, Rob-B-Hood (2006) examines how\, when literally facing a new generation\, human nature and values can change with the circumstances\, yet still fit well within traditional moral standards. By the 2010s\, Blind Detective (2013) highlights how strategic partnerships are built on mutual benefit and individual aspirations\, rather than the loyalty that had been characteristic in earlier partnerships. Most recently\, Rob N Roll (2024) follows men on divergent paths sharing the same journey\, a testament that different circumstances and demands need not derail a common goal. All of these bear testament to Hong Kong’s changing times and an increasingly complex web of interrelationships\, reflecting a collective team spirit that underpins social connection and resilience. \nAfter introducing its selected films\, Better Together departs on a thematic exploration of collaboration through immersive re-creations of scenes from eight films (and sometimes their sequels)\, often finding common ground in different cinematic worlds and occasionally finding differences in the same world over time. After an extended introduction to the films in Scene 1 “Partnership”\, the journey begins with Scene 2 “The World Turns Upside Down”\, recreating the iconic upside‑down heist scene in Once a Thief. Scene 3 “Conflicts from Within”\, juxtaposing characters from sequels to two of the exhibition’s featured films (Aces Go Places II and Gen-Y Cops)\, features two robotic figures from the two films\, looking at frequent periods of adjustment needed for partners to put aside their differences and focus on a common enemy. \nCentring on the third film in the Aces Go Places series\, Scene 4 “A Test of Trust” explores what happens when trust between two partners is strained to the breaking point\, featuring a signature lie‑detector sequence capturing the dynamic tension when one partner loses faith in the other. Scene 5 “Traces of the Past” follows the legacy of characters from The Black Rose in its later pan-genre homage 92 The Legendary La Rose Noire (1992). The scene recreates the home of the Black Rose\, evoking a space where superfans and true disciples alike become scarred when trust dissolves. Scene 6 “Sharing the Same Path” highlights the partners in Blind Detective – one physically agile but inexperienced\, the other supremely intelligent but blind – to underscore the secret to successful partnerships by complementing each other’s strengths and covering each other’s weaknesses. The scene is further enriched by exclusive interviews with teams both on screen and behind the scenes\, offering deeper insight into the nature of partnership and trust. \nScene 7 “Breaking to Rebuild” presents an immersive action scene inspired by Police Story III – Super Cop and uses an unlikely pairing of a Hong Kong special police officer and a Chinese Mainland public security officer – to show how meaningful collaborations can emerge after an initially explosive collision. Scene 8 “Embracing Difference” finds in the accidental meeting of two down-and-out men and a robber in Rob N Roll that a shared goal can result from opposite directions. Featuring action‑film props\, the scene also reflects how cinema transforms unlikely alliances into moments where working together makes the seemingly impossible possible. Finally\, Scene 9 “Life Goes On” reveals through Rob-B-Hood the point where partners can become like family\, sustaining a legacy of trust and collaboration while looking ahead to the future\, passing on values across generations.
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/better-together/
LOCATION:Duplex Studio\, Tai Kwun\, 10 Hollywood Road\, Central\, Central and Western\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Installation
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SUMMARY:Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth
DESCRIPTION:Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth\, the world’s first post-cinematic choreographic installation\, refracts\, evolves and reimagines dance performance in a startlingly original new form of experience. \nCo-produced by Hong Kong Baptist University\, Hong Kong Ballet\, and Studio Wayne McGregor\, London\, the 57-minute programme is set within Jeffrey Shaw and Sarah Kenderdine’s radically immersive\, panoramic\, 360-degree stereoscopic\, 12k LED\, 26-million-pixel nVis screen\, where 3D imagery is experienced within an enveloping\, large-scale cylindrical architecture of eight metres wide and four metres tall. Created in collaboration with artists Ravi Deepres and Theresa Baumgartner\, and combining dance\, choreography\, digital imaging\, spatialised sound\, and AI\, McGregor once again redefines how we think about movement\, the body\, and performance. \nWayne McGregor: On The Other Earth breaks the fourth wall as visitors are invited into the heart of the dance\, connecting in close contact with the hyperreal dancers of Company Wayne McGregor and the Hong Kong Ballet. Never encountered in the same way twice\, groups of up to 20 people will experience Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth’s visual and sonic landscapes unfolding before them in a series of thought-provoking otherworldly encounters and intimate interplay\, upending our perceptions of performance and the future of entertainment. \nAlongside Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth\, Hong Kong Baptist University and Tai Kwun present Jeffrey Shaw & Sarah Kenderdine’s eMBody—everybody in motion\, which invites visitors into the interactive 360-degree immersive 3D cinema (nVis)\, dissolving the boundary between stage and spectator. Participants partner with virtual dancers in a responsive world where movement\, sound\, and image converge around them. \nThis project is supported by Innovation and Technology Commission of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. \nDirection and Choreography by\nWayne McGregor \n3D Visualisation Concepts and Technologies by\nJeffrey Shaw\, Sarah Kenderdine \nCinematic Design 3D 360 Animation and Editing by\nRavi Deepres\, Theresa Baumgartner\, Jeffrey Shaw \nSound Composition by\nInvisible Mountain \nCo-produced by\nHong Kong Baptist University\nHong Kong Ballet\nStudio Wayne McGregor\, London \nCo-commissioned by\nVenice: La Biennale di Venezia\, Danza\nLondon: Somerset House\nHong Kong: Tai Kwun
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/wayne-mcgregor-on-the-other-earth/
LOCATION:JC Contemporary\, Tai Kwun\, Tai Kwun\, Old Bailey St\, Central\, Central and Western\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Dance,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Isaac Chong Wai: An Intimate Surrender
DESCRIPTION:Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Isaac Chong Wai: An Intimate Surrender\, the Berlin–based Hong Kong artist’s first solo live art exhibition in Hong Kong. This newly commissioned project takes the celebrated Chinese novel and film Farewell My Concubine as a point of departure\, and through spatial arrangements and corporeal language that balance rigidity and fluidity\, together with intimate interactions among performers\, the exhibition inspires audiences to reflect on gender performance both on and off stage. \nOver four weeks\, two sets of monumental installations will be staged across the 3/F galleries. Comprising metal structures\, etched glass and mirrored panels\, the first gallery resembles stage and film sets. Through the reassembly of phoenix coronets and textiles\, the second gallery creates the atmosphere of a rehearsal room. \nThe live performance channels the physicality of the stage and references the Peking Opera gestures found in the film\, activating the installation and creating an experience of multilayered interlacing of memory\, space and time. \nWalking into the gallery\, audiences encounter performers up close and bodily traces left behind in the installation\, delving into the artist’s profound rendition of the fluidity of bodies\, gender and identity explored in Farewell My Concubine. \nCurator: Louiza Ho\nArtist: Isaac Chong Wai\nPerformers: Chan Wai Lok\, Cheung Wai Yin\, Isaac Chong Wai\, Jon Henri Ferrer*\, Gao Sheng-ting*\, Jiang Xu-ling*\, Lau Pak Hong\, Li De\, Siu Yau\, Tang Lap Hang\, Solong Zhang\nSound Design: Nobutaka Shomura \n*With the kind permission of City Contemporary Dance Company
URL:https://cultureplus.asia/event/isaac-chong-wai-an-intimate-surrender/
LOCATION:JC Contemporary\, Tai Kwun\, Tai Kwun\, Old Bailey St\, Central\, Central and Western\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Dance,Installation
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