The Works

For the past three years, local musician Sonic Lee has been organising a concert he calls the Barter Concert. The idea is that people coming to the show will bring something that will later be given to those in need. In the first Barter Concert, people...

At the beginning of last month Indian film, theatre, and television actress Shabana Azmi came to Hong Kong as part of “India By The Bay”, a festival of indian performing arts, cultural dynamism and contemporary offerings. The festival was co-presented ...

One group of students studying social design has been working with the older generation to reawaken a sense of creativity that may have long lain dormant. From social design to poster design. On show at the Hong Kong Design Institute, in collaboratio...

Some of the work of photographer and artist Vik Muniz is garbage, and he’d be the first to admit it. But we’re featuring it anyway, as he uses sugar, thread, chocolate syrup and even garbage to create his art. His ”Pictures of Garbage” series was featu...

Does Hong Kong recognise or value the potential role of art in society? Well, at a time capsule ceremony last week, Jacques Herzog the main architect behind the design of the M+ museum, said that the delays to the project caused by politics, suggest no...

Erik Hargrove has been playing drums and percussion in various styles of music for 30 years. He’s widely known for the seven years he spent playing with the late “Godfather of Soul”, James Brown. Erik was performing in Hong Kong just a few weeks ago. W...

This year’s Policy Address, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying outlined a four-pronged strategy to support the local film industry, including reserving space for building cinemas. On the other hand, instead of injecting $300 million in into the Film Devel...

Just last month local band King Ly Chee gave their 15th anniversary concert. They also released a new album and organised a photo exhibition. Ben Tse went to talk to the band. “Meteor x Meanography” is a group exhibition by five local photographers who...

In recent years, and particularly among young people, there’s been something of a “back to the country” movement growing, and some outdoor music festivals have been held in our mountains and country parks, including Grasscamp and Shanzhai Music.

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