The Works

In 2001, Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer created the “Hang” instrument in Berne in Switzerland. It was derived from the steel pan or steel drums of the Caribbean. They called it “Hang”, which can mean either “hand” or “hill” in Bernese German because t...

Many of us reach the limits of our woodworking abilities while struggling to assemble flat-pack furniture, but the traditional skills of carpentry, wood-carving and joinery require much more advanced levels of expertise and training. From building temp...

In 2001, an online book club in the USA called bookcrossing.com began to encourage “the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others” with the aim to “make the whole world a library”. Since then, the idea of “crossing...

In this episode, we look at an artist who is using one of mankind’s oldest artificial materials and one of its newest. The older material is concrete. Go to Rome and you’ll see that much of the Colosseum and also the spectacular dome of the Pantheon we...

last week the government announced even tighter social distancing measures to combat the spread of Covid-19, and particularly the highly contagious Omicron variant. In the face of the fifth wave of Covid-19 to hit Hong Kong, many arts and cultural orga...

The term “self-taught art” is often used to refer to “a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognise themselves as artists”. Some use it, in a broader sense, to describe any art created outside the canon of art ...

In Chinese culture, the Tiger is said to symbolise dignity, courage, sternness, protection, and safekeeping. To celebrate this year of the big cat in music, we’ve invited some of the most celebrated “cats” in Hong Kong’s jazz scene to the studio.

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During the pandemic, nature has provided a sanctuary for many. Here in Hong Kong. country parks, mountains and the outlying islands have been full of people, especially during the weekend, taking a break from confinement and isolation. Lamma Island is ...

The emergence of the more contagious Omicron variant of Covid towards the end of last year, and the ensuing surge in cases worldwide, has led to Hong Kong once again facing strict measures. As we enter the third year of the pandemic, living with the vi...

Performance art is usually considered said to have originated with Cabaret Voltaire in Switzerland in 1916. Typically, it involves actions performed by the artists themselves, or by other participants. It is usually live and can be spontaneous or scrip...