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2023 Festival

Event

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A Tango with Kaito – a love triangle between kaito, island and humans

A Tango with Kaito – a love triangle between kaito, island and humans

Island Studies Network (HK)

Our mini research exhibition shall utilize the socio-economic networks between islands and commission Cheung Chau’s Yau Luen company to make flower plaques, which were co-designed with designer Tam Shui.

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

00:00-23:59

Language

Cantonese

'InTUNE?' Painting, Photography and Sculpture

'InTUNE?' Painting, Photography and Sculpture

Praya Art Space

The exhibition 'InTUNE?' brings together the work of four talented Cheung Chau artists: Olgierd Nitka, Louis To Wun, Preston Hartwick, and James Wolfe.

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

12:00-18:00

Language

English

Synchronised Revolution

Synchronised Revolution

Dominic Johnson-Hill

Experience the captivating fusion of two seemingly unrelated concepts in the artwork of local artist Plastered 8.

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

00:00-23:59

Language

English & Mandarin

AI (Artificial Islands)

AI (Artificial Islands)

Preston Hartwick & Brian Wong @ Liber Research Community

The Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands are marketed as a utopian project that will ignite economic prosperity, embrace environmental conservation, and support sustainable development. An achievable dream or a fleeting hallucination?

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

10:00-18:00

Language

None

Island Synchronisation

Island Synchronisation

Paul Chung & Tidus Shing

The project proposes an alternative model of islands that promotes mutual benefits by merging a prototype of a hiding habitat for undersea wildlife with a resting place for divers and fishing villagers.

Format

Installation

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Chi Ma Wan

Time

00:00-23:59

Language

None.

5+2’s STUDIO Open House

5+2’s STUDIO Open House

5+2's STUDIO

Visit 5+2 and dive into her fantastic creative world!

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

12:00-19:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Sound Translator - Cheung Chau

Sound Translator - Cheung Chau

So Wai Lam

Listen to fishermen and other residents of Cheung Chau talk about the sounds they hear or used to hear, when working on the sea. Did you ever notice them?

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

12:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese

Mui Wo Time Portal

Mui Wo Time Portal

Kanu Fung, Deer Lok, Sonic Lee & Mary Jan

Explore our impact to the natural environment and community through a three-dimensional terrain map, as well as using buildings to illustrate the neighbourly relationship between Mui Wo and its surroundings.

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

10:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Situating Circatidal

Situating Circatidal

Joanne Chan, Fok Chun-wing & Tommy Hui

Discover the incredible story of the rocky-shore residents: sea-snails, chitons, algae,... and how they develop special skills to adapt to the tide tempo to live both on the land AND in the sea.

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

10:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Island Bee & Bee

Island Bee & Bee

Roger Lee, Lantau Shanto Studio & YIWOOO.CO.

Did you know solitary bees should be our best friends? Our buzzing neighbours are essential to make our places liveable! This installation provides more houses for them and information for us. Look for them in Mui Wo and Peng Chau!

Format

Installation

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

00:00-23:59

Language

None

Inner Hearing of Island

Inner Hearing of Island

Brian Lee & Eva Leung

All ears out! Did you hear the buffalo bathing, the Silver River running, or the bulbul chirping? Like a telescope, 'Inner Hearing of Island' will let you listen to specific sounds of our environment, and hear our nonhuman neighbours in their daily lives... So much to hear!

Format

Installation

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

10:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Drifting Fragments on the Sea Shore

Drifting Fragments on the Sea Shore

Law Sze Wing & Jessie Tam

Casual conversations touching on personal memories, imagination and research about islands, crystallising long-lost memories and stories of the islands.

Format

Exhibition

Date

2023.11 (all weekends)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

12:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese

Take a Seat: Peng Chau Mahjong

Take a Seat: Peng Chau Mahjong

Right Noise Limited

Can you play "Peng Chau" mahjong?

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

13:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese

Take a Seat: Yau Fu

Take a Seat: Yau Fu

Right Noise Limited

Can you play ‘Yau Fu’ (游糊)?

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

12:00 - 17:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Inter-Island Festival Tour: Peng Chau

Inter-Island Festival Tour: Peng Chau

Kit Chan

Join Kit, one of the Festival co-organisers to discover the Peng Chau works and listen to some behind-the-scene stories.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

10:00-11:00

Language

Cantonese supplemented by English

On the way home with ferry

On the way home with ferry

Virginia Chu & Lingling Lee

Two artistes living on outlying islands interact with voices, rhythms, drums and sounding objects on board the ferry.

Format

Performance

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)
2023.11.11 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Inter-island Sea

Time

Peng Chau>Cheung Chau:
11:55-12:45 (11.04)

Cheung Chau>Peng Chau:
18:45-19:50 (11.11)

Language

Cantonese

The Time Story of a Cup of Tea

The Time Story of a Cup of Tea

Green Green Soap

With the long commute, why did Green Green Soap still set its studio on the island? Come and explore the studio of Green Green Soap, an old house located in an alley.

Format

Activity

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)
2023.11.11 (Sat)
2023.11.18 (Sat)
2023.11.25 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

11:30-13:30
14:30-17:00

Language

Cantonese

Island Bee & Bee

Island Bee & Bee

Roger Lee, Lantau Shanto Studio & YIWOOO.CO

Did you know solitary bees should be our best friends? Our buzzing neighbours are essential to make our places liveable! This installation provides more houses for them and information for us. Look for them in Mui Wo and Peng Chau!

Format

Installation

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)
2023.11.26 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

All-day

Language

Cantonese & English

Bon voyage! An opening gathering

Bon voyage! An opening gathering

Inter-island Festival Team

Come join everyone involved in the Inter-island Festival and celebrate a bon voyage with food and drinks at the cosy Cheung Chau Sourdough!

Format

Activity

Date

2023.11.04 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

18:30-22:00

Language

None

ReCreation (Workshop)

ReCreation (Workshop)

Elizabeth Briel

Join the artist in the production of her artwork! It will take place as a series of performances in Tung Wan, during which participants will make paper in a western style from cotton and linen, incorporating waste textiles donated by islanders.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.04-12 (Sat/Sun)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

10:00-11:00

Language

English

S'way

S'way

Cynthia Leung

Inspired by a leaf and a fishing boat, this installation is for you to take a moment of rest and appreciate the soothing sway by the sea.

Format

Installation

Date

2023.11.04-26 (Sat/Sun)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

00:00-23:59

Language

None

Island Bee & Bee: Follow Bee! Mui Wo

Island Bee & Bee: Follow Bee! Mui Wo

Roger Lee & Lantau Shanto Studio

Join us to create homes for solitary bees! While we walk along the Silver river, Roger will explain us why bees are wonderful neighbours. Then, we will build homes for the bees to bring back... home.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

10:00-12:00
14:30-16:30

Language

Cantonese (with English interpretation)

Inter-Island Festival Tour: Mui Wo Sunset Stroll

Inter-Island Festival Tour: Mui Wo Sunset Stroll

Miko Yeung & Aubrey Au

Starting from Mui Wo pier, we will walk through Chung Hau Street and Wang Tong. While enjoying the sunset, you will see some exhibition and works in Mui Wo for the Inter-island Festival.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

17:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese (with English interpretation)

Small Objects and I: A Storytelling Workshop

Small Objects and I: A Storytelling Workshop

One City One Book Hong Kong

Trigger collective memories inspired by the relevant objects, animals and people in Ng Hui Bun (Xubin)'s essay 'Watching the Cows'.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

1600 - 1730

Language

Cantonese

On the Way Home with Ferry

On the Way Home with Ferry

Virginia Chu Sau-man & Lingling Lee

Two artistes living on outlying islands interact with voices, rhythms, drums and sounding objects on board the ferry.

Format

Performance

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Inter-island Sea

Time

14:45-16:00

Language

Cantonese

Join our furry friends on their Peng Chau adventures

Join our furry friends on their Peng Chau adventures

Sheeta Ng, Cindy Tai, Trista Ma, Wang Wang & Xoey

Walking with dog means much more than we tend to think! Our furry friends have their own routes and own ways of attaching to the island. Join us for this casual walk to look at the island from their perspective - bring your dog too!

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

15:00-16:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Free Your Mind with Taichi Practice

Free Your Mind with Taichi Practice

Dynamic Equilibrium Tai Chi

We invite you to settle your body and mind in this ambience and learn the basics of Tai Chi. We will also share with you the stories around the “Bridge”.

Format

Activity

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)
2023.11.12 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

15:00-17:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Healing Yoga Flow with Lantau Sound Bath

Healing Yoga Flow with Lantau Sound Bath

E.N.WORKSHOP

Connect to the nature of Chi Ma Wan with yoga and sound bath.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)
2023.11.26 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Chi Ma Wan

Time

10:30 - 13:00

Language

Cantonese

“Beyond the Shore" (Peng Chau version) - Performance

“Beyond the Shore" (Peng Chau version) - Performance

Alysa Leung & Gigi Tang

If the great sea had memories, what would it record about us? In this dialogue session, come share with us your stories with the sea.

Format

Performance

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)
2023.11.26 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

14:00-19:00 (11.05)
15:20-15:40 (11.26)

Language

Cantonese & English

Together in Time: Cheung Chau Theatre Collective Archive (Workshop)

Together in Time: Cheung Chau Theatre Collective Archive (Workshop)

Jason Gu Jiacheng

Showing a short film and miniature model of the Cheung Chau Theatre, Jason invites participants to recollect and share their memories of the theatre!

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.05 (Sun)
2023.11.11 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

13:30-15:30

Language

Cantonese, Mandarin & English (with English subtitles)

Contact improvisation workshop

Contact improvisation workshop

Pause Health & Wellness

Since the pandemic, artists from the island have been exploring the landscape of the island through their artistry. Feeling and listening deeply to the abundance of the land’s flora and fauna, its undulating terrains, and its more-than-human family.

The workshop will be a movement-based class awakening our bodies as flowing vessels, guiding our attention to our senses through contact improvisation and somatic exploration.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.11 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

19:00-20:00

Language

English

Vibe Music - Shelly Cox

Vibe Music - Shelly Cox

Shelly Cox

Shelly, a harper living on Lantau, will serenade us through sea themed tunes and songs to celebrate the Inter-Island Festival.

Format

Performance

Date

2023.11.11 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

14:30-16:00

Language

English

Stamping and other graphical techniques

Stamping and other graphical techniques

Praya Art Space

Learn graphic techniques with Cheung Chau-based artist Olgierd Nitka.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.11 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

10:00-12:30

Language

English

Departure Is My Homecoming

Departure Is My Homecoming

Edwin Chuk Yin-man @ Feast on Waste Land

Drawing inspiration from personal and local history, I step into another end of time and space in Cheung Chau to observe the place where we find ourselves today.

Format

Performance

Date

2023.11.11 (Sat)
2023.11.12 (Sun)
2023.11.25 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

16:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese

We are all connected : let’s move & breathe as one

We are all connected : let’s move & breathe as one

Pause Health & Wellness

These sessions remind us of the mind-body connection and renews and rewires the way our body moves and functions to bring permanent changes for improved posture and overall health to the systems of the body.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.11 (Sat)
2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

14:00-15:00
16:00-18:00

Language

English

Hiking into the Past: Pirates, Pottery, and a Path to the Sea

Hiking into the Past: Pirates, Pottery, and a Path to the Sea

Daisann McLane

A walk along the Chi Ma Wan trail and the old village path to Tai Long Wan beach takes us into past centuries of Island Life. We’ll learn about the villages and the ways of life that were part of our island community before Hong Kong existed.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.11 (Sat)
2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Chi Ma Wan

Time

09:30-13:30

Language

English

'Treasure' Hunt

'Treasure' Hunt

Eduardo F. Freyre, May Ling Chan & Winnie the Farm

Searching for cow dung is the new-gold rush! Join the new-gold diggers Freyre and May Ling in their inter-island adventures between Peng Chau and Mui Wo to find the best natural ingredients to make an amazing compost!

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.11-12 (Sat-Sun)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

14:30-16:40

Language

Cantonese / English

Urbex on Cheung Chau

Urbex on Cheung Chau

Eric Liu & Johnny Li

Eric and Johnny, co-authors of Empty City as well as Cheung Chau locals, will unveil the mysterious side of the island with you while tracing down the vestige of the dated culture engraved here.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

13:30 - 16:30

Language

Cantonese

Inter-island Festival Tour: Island Narrative

Inter-island Festival Tour: Island Narrative

Jiming Lu

What kind of narrative would there be if we look at the world not from the perspective of land, but from the perspective of islands and oceans?

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

14:30-15:30

Language

Cantonese supplemented by English

Envisioning Vision: Co-creating Dream Life with Singing Bowl Experience

Envisioning Vision: Co-creating Dream Life with Singing Bowl Experience

Island Within Community Hub

Singing-bowl therapist Zero will use the 'multi-sensory experience' to share her journey of creating an island life via her vision. Through photo-exhibition, real-life stories, singing-bowl-meditation and self-exploration, you will be guided to access your vision to co-create the ideal life.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

16:00-17:15

Language

Cantonese

Celestial 天上 “Subversions” From Dub to Sub

Celestial 天上 “Subversions” From Dub to Sub

Celestial天上

With an interest in seeing how pure “non-musical” sounds can become music and be combined with melodic plays, Celestial 天上 will create music from a laptop, in a performance that brings background, unattended sounds to the foreground.

Format

Performance

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

17:00-18:00

Language

Peng Chau Rocky Shore Tour

Peng Chau Rocky Shore Tour

Tommy Hui

Visitors will be led to explore a rocky shore in Peng Chau to link between the exhibition 'Situating Circatidal' and actual, on-shore ecological patterns.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)
2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

13:30-16:00 (11.12)
09:00-11:30 (11.18)

Language

Cantonese (with English interpretation)

Stray in Chi Ma Wan

Stray in Chi Ma Wan

Miko Yeung

‘Stray in Chi Ma Wan’ is a tour to discover more stories behind this ex-Chi Ma Wan Detention Camp. Besides, you will also see stray buffaloes and a hidden reservoir in Chi Ma Wan.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)
2023.11.18 (Sat)
2023.11.19 (Sun)
2023.11.25 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Chi Ma Wan

Time

14:15-17:05 (11.12 & 19)
11:10-14:15 (11.18 & 25)

Language

Cantonese (with English interpretation on 11.25)

Oh! My Mui Wo

Oh! My Mui Wo

Lantau Connects

Take a walk and make handicrafts with the Mui Wo neighbors, and see how Mui Wo people rediscover the uniqueness and loveliness of the Mui Wo community.

Format

Guided Tour

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)
2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

14:00-17:00

Language

Cantonese & English

Make your own Asalato - instrument DIY workshop

Make your own Asalato - instrument DIY workshop

More More Goods

You will be guided to make a pair of Asalato, a traditional musical instrument of West Africa, in a 45-min workshop. Of course, you bring your masterpiece home. After the workshop comes the 30-min jam session! Mentor Travis will lead you through the rhythm of this beautiful instrument and make sure you are submerged in this acoustic melody.

This activity welcomes children aged 3+ accompanied by a parent.

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)
2023.11.18-19 (Sat-Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

Times variable

Language

Cantonese

Community Yoga, Movement, Breathwork & Brunch - In the Jungle

Community Yoga, Movement, Breathwork & Brunch - In the Jungle

Baba's & Ark Eden

Join us for this special gathering of like-minded community in the wilderness of Lantau for this heart-warming day of wellness.

Format

Activity

Date

2023.11.12 (Sun)
2023.11.26 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

9:45-18:00

Language

English

Rhythms of the Inter-island (Installation)

Rhythms of the Inter-island (Installation)

HKU student team led by Otto Heim and supported by Celestial天上 and soundpocket

This set of interactive installations is for you to play! Listen or make noise... Does it recall sounds that you hear on the islands?

Format

Installation

Date

2023.11.12-26 (Sun)

​Port of Call

Mui Wo

Time

10:00-18:00

Language

None

Conversation: Island Life and Ferry

Conversation: Island Life and Ferry

Island Studies Network (HK)

In a casual conversation, we invite senior ferry operators to talk with history and logistics scholars.

Format

Talk

Date

2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

17:00-18:00

Language

Cantonese (with English interpretation)

Oh Coral!

Oh Coral!

Tony Fung & Eva Chan

Tony Fung and Eva Chan introduce their respective local projects: 'Peng Chau History' and 'Hong Kong 114˚E Reef Fish Project'.

Format

Talk

Date

2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Peng Chau

Time

11:00-12:00

Language

Cantonese

The Best Sound in the World: book sharing and sound walk

The Best Sound in the World: book sharing and sound walk

So Wai Lam & Harmony Li

What are the sounds of Cheung Chau? Can you recognize them? Dimdimmama and Solam will bring us (kids and parents) on a walk to rediscover the island... with our ears!

Format

Workshop

Date

2023.11.18 (Sat)

​Port of Call

Cheung Chau

Time

12:00-14:00

Language

Cantonese

始創合作伙伴

Foundation Partner

Logo for Design Trust 信言設計大使, an initiative of the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design

社群共建夥伴

Community Strategic Partner

Logo for Partnerships for Community Development 社區夥伴, showing two hands shaking in front of a potted plant

資助 

Supported by

Logo for the Hong Kong Arts Development Council 香港藝術發展局

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