Archipela....go...go...where?
It’s taken three editions to finally articulate what the Inter-island Festival (IIF) is all about. On our first two voyages, we circled it, like an eddy around a stone. Now, the Festival team is ready to name it, loud and proud: We live not just as islands, but as a rich and vibrant archipelago. Cheung Chau, Peng Chau, and Lantau might officially be known as ‘outlying’, but for those of us who live here, these islands, and the sea we share, are the centre. We know both self-reliance and interdependence; urban convenience and the pleasure of living well with our neighbours—be they people, buffalo, turtles, mushrooms, or trees.
Making ArchipelaGO!GO! (羣島共生) the theme of the 2026 Festival is our way of bringing those relationships to the fore. What does it mean to live both separate as an island and whole as an archipelago? What does the sea think of the islands, if the sea thinks at all? And how might we take what we know about networked living across our little archipelago and extend it to Hong Kong at large—and beyond?
So, to all our friends and neighbours, collaborators and supporters, please:
GO!GO! to visit your neighbours across the water. There's no better time than the present to celebrate all the ways we live together and thrive.
