

March Art Week Highlights 2025
CHAT at Art Basel 2025
Date: 26-30.03.2025
CHAT booth location: HKCEC, Art Basel Hong Kong Booth | Outside Hall 1B
TALK
Conversation and Publication Launch with BOLOHO
Join a conversation with Guangzhou-based artist collective BOLOHO as they reflect on their co-creative journey in the community programme Seed to Textile as CHAT’s 2024 artist-in-residence and introduce their new publication.
Date: 27.03.2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
Exchange Circle – Tradition in Transition: Folk Craft and Contemporary Art
Moderated by curator Wang Weiwei from CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), the conversation features artists Ari Bayuaji, Han Mengyun and Zhang Xu-Zhan. The three artists will discuss how the knowledge, techniques, and social and cultural significance of folk craft inspire contemporary art practices, and how the creative manifestation and critical lens of contemporary art contribute to the continuity of cultural heritage.
Participating artists:
Ari BAYUAJI
HAN Mengyun
ZHANG XU Zhan
Moderator:
WANG Weiwei Curator, Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile (CHAT)
Date: 27.03.2025
Time: 3:45-4:30pm
Venue: Concourse, Level 1, HKCEC
This talk will be conducted in English.
WORKSHOPS
1. Natural-Dyed Fabric Badge Workshop
Create an eco-friendly badge using fabrics dyed with food waste and natural ingredients.
Date: 28-30.03.2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
2. Cross-Stitch Postcard Workshop
Join Carolyn Yim, the founder of Ply-Knits, for a workshop that puts the ‘text’ in textiles. Embroider postcards printed with textures of Hong Kong’s heritage fabrics to celebrate the rich history of textile art as a medium for storytelling and societal narratives.
Date: 28, 29.03.2025
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
3. Dot-Beading Trinket Workshop
Turning heritage motifs into small trinkets, this workshop pays homage to the beaded textiles made in Hong Kong that once garnered international recognition.
Date: 30.03.2025
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
Venue
CHAT Art Month Shuttle Bus Service
Coming to CHAT will be even easier during Art Month! From 28 to 30 March, free shuttle buses will run between Art Basel Hong Kong and CHAT, and between Airside and CHAT.
Passengers of the two routes arriving at CHAT will receive a set of CHAT’s limited-edition postcards. A ticket will be distributed upon your arrival at The Mills, which you can redeem at CHAT Reception on 2/F to collect the postcards. From 28 to 30 March, while stock lasts!
Visitors are encouraged to refer to the shuttle bus service schedule to plan their journey in advance before visiting.
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