Zian Chen is a curator and the co-editor of Heichi Magazine. In 2016, he contributed several fictional writing pieces to the magazine, including Future Histories: Mark Dion and Arseny Zhilyaev, The Two-Sided Lake: Scenarios, Storyboards and Sets from Liverpool Biennial. He co-edited the Olympic Reveries in 2021, and Arrow Factory: The Last Five Years in 2020. Chen is also the co-curator of Long March Project: Building Code Violations III – Special Economic Zone in 2018, Long March Project: The Deficit Faction in 2019, and Planet Marx Reading Club in 2019.
Love. War. Paranoia. Escape. Rogue robots. Flash floods. All things to be confronted by dancing until near-collapse in the world of Shumking Mansion. A rude furnace-blast of technicolour noise levelled straight to the back of the brain, Shumking’s live shows are high-speed disco anarchy. From all four corners but representing Hong Kong, Zaid, Kent, Shum and Jem are on a mission to seize the present and point it like a hand-cranked laser gun at an unforgiving tomorrow.
Daniel Toh is a singer-songwriter based in Hong Kong. A self-produced artist as well as a multi-instrumentalist, his music showcases his groove, musicality and mellow, soothing vocals. He began his musical journey as a guitarist, drummer and arranger in 2019, while finding his own sound and artistry through collaborating with various artists. In early 2021, Daniel Toh released his debut single ‘With You’, a blend of R&B, soul and pop-ballad.
Lester Lam is a singer-songwriter from Malaysia, based in Hong Kong, who has embarked on a new journey after winning the ICMA Singing Competition in 2019. The mixture of influences from Pop, R&B and Indie music has built the foundation for his raw and personal storytelling, which is reflected in his debut EP Unwithered Blue. The project consists of 5 brutally honest conversations with his deepest emotions, including his singles ‘Out of This World’, ‘Realize’ and ‘The Edge of Blue’.
Born in Cameroon, now based in Hong Kong, Afritude Kaze has been a musical artist since his early years and his love for ancestral and traditional music has followed him ever since. Music is a universal language connecting people. It has no boundary and no colour. Throughout human history, we have occasionally taken a step back and asked our ancestors for guidance through music. Intentionally or unintentionally, music is in Kaze’s life as a solid foundation that will take him […]
Justice Centre Hong Kong is a non-profit organisation focused on the promotion of human rights through their legal, psychosocial, research and policy work. They are committed to driving change for a just and fair society. Founded in 2007 as Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre, they helped over 2,000 men, women and children on the road to a new life. Building on their expertise in refugee issues, in 2014 they identified a clear need for escalating response to tackling forced labour […]
Born in Manila, Philippines (b.1997), Katrina Leigh Mendoza Raimann is an interdisciplinary artist based out of Hong Kong. She graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a BA in Fine Art in 2019. Working across textiles, installation and performance, she tells stories of intimacy, relationships and the body. The body, intimacy, love, tension, anxiety and power — her art practice focuses on the histories of material and action, gender and labour. The relationship between the body and textile is something […]
Narrator/Founder and Director of Arts for Good Foundation Being a strong advocate of community inclusion and avid art lover, Amanda founded Arts for Good Foundation in 2020 and championed arts as an important common ground for fostering diverse and inclusive societies. She envisions that and culture can help de-escalate social polarisation and cultural divide in Hong Kong. She deeply believes in arts for all and strives to provide equal access to arts education, particularly for students from different communities. By […]
Arts for Good Foundation is an impact-driven social enterprise in innovative and alternative education through arts for students aged 9-22 from diverse communities in Hong Kong. The Foundation envisions fostering social inclusion for our future generations through the soft power of arts and culture in Hong Kong. Through arts educational programmes, their mission is to instil inclusion and foster perspectives in the way the children see the world. By offering equal educational, experiential arts learning and community service through arts […]
In Hong Kong, people’s awareness of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) has been raised in recent years. This project adopts a holistic approach in conservation by bringing ICH practitioners to local communities on one hand, and nurturing the practitioners’ understanding of the relation of ICH and their traditions on the other. With funding support from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office, this project starts with these ICHs: ‘local traditional music’, ‘Taoist ritual tradition of the Zhengyi School’, ‘paper crafting technique’, ‘fisherfolk’s laments’, […]