Born in 1946, lives and works in New York. Video and installation artist who has contributed to prolific discussions about women and technology since the 1970s. Birnbaum’s early works tackled television as a language and particularly examined the way women have been stereotypically portrayed. Through a dynamic televisual language of images, music and text, she exposes the media’s embedded ideological meanings and posits video as a means of giving a voice to the individuals. Birnbaum’s works have been included in […]
‘Connecting Heung Che’ was part of CHAT’s Community Engagement and Learning programme, in collaboration with The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) in Heung Che Street Market, Tsuen Wan. Supported by science and technology, we developed custom-made aprons that cater to the different needs of wet market storekeepers and collected many stories at the neighborhood during the process. HKRITA deployed advanced technology to combine four functions – waterproof, greaseproof, stain-free and wrinkle-free – on a fabric with […]
This series of cultural tour co-organised by CHAT and The Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage (CACHe), comprised oral history, archive and field research under three thematic routes: Industry and Urban Development – covered old villages, public housing estates and industrial area – a progressive change of Tsuen Wan across different phases of time; Tale of Tsuen Wan – not only showed a glimpse of New Territories history, but also traced back the development of the town; Textile Now and Then – covered […]
Based on the topic “Textile and Responsibility”, we invited key stakeholders across textile related communities, to express their views at ‘Let’s Chat’. Session 1 | Weaving with Technology Speaker: Yan Chan, Director, Business Development, Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) Can fabric be made of food waste? Can sunlight be a cleaning agent? Have you ever wondered about the possibility of an automated self-cleaning fabric to save manpower and water? HKRITA has been introducing hi-tech applications into […]
Home Slippers DIY Once a crystal stall proprietor in Lee Tung Street, Aunt May is now an advocate of environmentally-friendly crafts. She wishes to create interesting works using discarded materials, spreading the concept of sustainable living. Explore a Sewing Machine Have been working in the textile industry for nearly half a century, Master Wong knows sewing machines inside-out. He demonstrated the functioning of the machines. Silk-screen Workshop Participants tried hands-on silkscreen printing using illustrations created by local designer Geeio Yuen […]
For over half a year in 2017, CHAT organised Weaving Wednesday to connect to different communities. To share the joy and magic of weaving, we hosted a special edition on a Saturday. There were 6 kinds of looming demonstrations and exercises using upcycled materials: Backstrap Loom – the oldest form of loom in the world; Portable Weaving Grid – A hands-on weaving kit enabled crisscrossing threads and fabric on recycled wooden frame; Weaving Square – an action-filled square-shaped floating installation […]
“Born in 1983, lives and works in Hong Kong. Lai has explored to translate various unique textures into different forms and media. The subjects in her paintings and installations are seemingly banal and mundane, however, she carefully depicts the power, politics and historical narratives behind these ordinary objects. Lai’s recent exhibitions include “Interval in Space” hosted by Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong (2017); “Let the night breeze send away yesterday’s dreams” at Surplus Space, Wuhan, China (2017); “Against the Light: […]
Jung Yeondoo Jung Yeondoo lives and works in Seoul. His creative practice focuses on photography, video and installation that involve the direct and indirect performance of his subjects, affectionately looking at human life between fiction and reality. He draws upon the everyday lives of people; as he shares his artistic concepts with those involved, he playfully explores the boundary between visual art and performance. Jung has recently been creating a series of multi-channel video works that document the perspectives of […]
Born in 1975 in Hiroshima, Japan. Based in his home city, Iwasaki has made miniature landscapes out of common items such as towels, cleaning brushes and bookmarks. Many of his works were inspired by the history of Hiroshima city that was rapidly reconstructed after its destruction by A-bomb dropped in 1945. Reflecting the devastation and recovery of Hiroshima, Iwasaki has been aware of fragility and transformation of modern urban landscape. His recent solo exhibitions include “Turned Upside Down, It’s a […]
(Director CEO, Textielmuseum, Netherlands) Errol van de Werdt, Director CEO, Textielmuseum, Netherlands, was educated in different cities in the Netherlands-leiden, Amsterdam, Groningen and Zwolle. He received a bachelor degree in Museology from the Reinwardt Academy in leiden and a master degree in Art History and Archeology in Amsterdam. In 2000 Errol became director of collections and research in Utrecht Centraal Museum. Recently he started as General Director of the TextielMuseum and TextileLab and is now General Director (CEO) of the […]