Technical Arts Festival aims to explore new sensory forms of “Technical-arts-initiated Performances,” by beginning with conception and themes, integrating various stage technologies to showcase diversity. This year the festival focuses on the theme of “Taste & Space,” evolving into various forms of space and performance, and inviting the audience to step into a sensory world by showcasing local technical arts self-initiated creations.
In theatre, “Taste” is a very interesting concept that originates from the history of ancient Greek theatre, starting with the wine god Dionysus. The term “Taste” encompasses multiple meanings, referring to “flavor,” “taste,” “preference,” “aesthetic sense”, “taste”, as well as “experience,”“appreciation,” “brief experience,” and more. The Technical Arts Festival this year will establish sensory connections between technical arts and the audience through different aspects of “Taste”.
In famous director Peter Brook’s renowned work “ The Empty Space ”, he presents four forms of theatre space: “The Deadly Theatre,” “The Holy Theatre,” “The Rough Theatre,” and “The Immediate Theatre.” These four forms are not independent yet collectively intertwined, offering vast exploration space. This year’s Technical Arts Festival will delve into the complex causal relationships between these four forms of theatre space and “Technical-arts-initiated Performances,” rekindling the innovative possibilities of technical arts theatre creation.
The Technical Arts Festival 2024 focuses on the theme of “Taste & Space,” emphasizing that this theme encompasses not only the experience of taste but also a broader range of sensory experiences. Through various artistic forms, audiences can re-examine their understanding of aesthetics and, in the process, stimulate deeper perceptions. This exploration is not limited to the visual; it also includes auditory, tactile, and even emotional resonance.
The multiple meanings of “taste” transcend mere material experience, becoming a connection between emotions and memories. The works can evoke feelings deep within the audience, prompting them to rethink their relationship with the artwork while savoring it. This depth of sensory interaction transforms the works from cold objects into vibrant experiences. The design of the festival aims to create an open dialogue platform, blurring the boundaries between artists and audiences. We encourage active participation from the audience to explore the diversity of creativity through interaction. This interaction not only deepens the audience’s understanding of the works but also sparks their imagination, allowing them to resonate sensorially
with the pieces. Audience participation will become part of the showcase, enabling everyone to find their voice in the artistic creation.
A deeper exploration of the relationship between space and performance will reveal many new possibilities. Each showcase can present unique effects in different spaces, making the audience’s experience personalized and distinctive. Through this approach, we hope to break the boundaries of traditional theatre, challenge existing notions, and allow each participant to find their place in the process. The diversity of space enables each performance to showcase a new aspect according to its environment, thereby enhancing the audience’s sense of participation and immersion.
This curatorial experience fills me with anticipation for future artistic creations. I hope to continue exploring and experimenting in upcoming events, bringing more surprises and inspiration to the audience. We believe that such explorations can not only advance the development of technical arts but also provoke deeper thoughts and dialogues within the public. These feelings reflect our contemplation and embody our passion for technical art and expectations for future creations, encouraging every participant to become a cocreator in this artistic journey.
Overall, our words convey a spirit of inclusivity and exploration, making the Technical Arts Festival a vibrant and innovative platform where everyone can find their own inspiration and emotional connection. Through this sense of participation, we offer not just a performance, but a sensory feast and a journey of the soul.
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2022 年的第一屆科藝藝術節，我們的主題是「模 棱與並置」（Ambiguity and Juxtaposition），作為 第一次科藝創作嘗試，我們將不同崗位的設計師 和技術人員配對成不同組合，將相異的創作視點 並置，為首屆藝術節點起了科藝懸念的火花。
來到第二屆，幾經討論，與聯合策展人李浩賢構 思了一些既承先亦啟後的想法。我們希望將科藝 創作連繫感官體驗，嘗試「貼地一點」，從日常生 活的感觀出發，最後，我們將今屆的主題定為「嚐 味與空間」（Taste and Space）。「Taste」既指「嚐 味」，亦指「品味」和「體驗」，本屆藝術節期望 可帶給觀眾更直覺感知的空間體驗。
美國著名作家 Michael Pollan，在他的著作《烹︰ 人類如何透過烹飪轉化自然，自然又如何藉由烹 飪轉化人類》中說：「自己發酵食物，就是為了代 表感官和微生物，對抗現在在全球範圍內像一片 無差異的草坪一樣滾動的風味和食物體驗的同質 化，發出一聲小而有力的抗議。」
In 2022, the first Technical Arts Festival had the theme “Ambiguity and Juxtaposition.” As our initial attempt, we paired designers and technicians from different fields, juxtaposing diverse creative perspectives to spark the festival’s intrigue.
For the second edition, after much discussion with co-curator Lawrence, we conceived ideas that both build on the past and pave the way forward. We aim to connect technical arts with sensory experiences, making it more grounded in everyday life. Thus, we set this year’s theme as “Taste and Space.”
“Taste” refers to both flavor and appreciation, as well as experience. This year’s festival aspires to offer the audience a more intuitive spatial experience.
American author Michael Pollan, in his book “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation,” states: “To ferment your own food is to lodge a small but eloquent protest - on behalf of the senses and the microbes - against the homogenization of flavors and food experiences now rolling like a great, undifferentiated lawn across the globe.”
Cooking involves both hot and cold fire. Hot fire is the external transformative force, while fermentation is the internal sublimation process.
The essence of art lies in “difference.” As we grow accustomed to an increasingly homogenized world, where all forms tend to converge, we need new forms of creation.
The Technical Arts Festival aims to explore new forms and attempts in performance creation through discussions and workshops, starting from a “technical arts point-of-view.”
We are like a batch of “technical art dough” waiting to ferment. Having endured years of external heat, it is time to let our technical arts thinking “ferment” from within, enhancing the creative experience and continuing to explore new spaces.
The second Technical Arts Festival needs your participation. Step into the “kitchen” of Freespace this September, experience it together, and let “technical arts” continue to ferment, uncovering more meanings.
Curated by Lee Ho Yin, Lawrence and Tsui Shek Pang, Allan, the exhibition invites media artist and curator Wong Chi Yung and kinetic designer Chan Ka Chun, Joseph to present their latest lighting installations and mechanical artworks at the Technical Arts Festival.
Additionally, paper artist and lighting designer Lau Ming Hang, SunFool has designed unique paper artworks for 14 participating artists in the Technical
Arts Festival, which will be showcased in the exhibition. Furthermore, in July this year, 9 artists visited 10 secondary schools and conducted “TA Bento” workshops with over 100 students. Their artworks will also be exhibited, allowing the academic and public community to witness the students’ creative ideas in technical arts.
The exhibition also features a “A Moment of Technical Arts” studio, where some participating artists will be present at specific time slots to personally demonstrate their professional creative process to the audience.
Technical arts artists will showcase their creative processes, allowing the audience to experience the charm of technical arts. These live demonstrations are not just a display of the process but also a vibrant learning opportunity. This moment of live demonstration aims to break the boundaries of artistic creation, enabling the audience to intuitively understand the diversity and creativity of technical arts. Through such activities, viewers can not only appreciate technical art works but also personally experience the joy and challenges of creation, thereby igniting their interest and desire to explore the field.
日期 Date 時間 Time
Scope
Sat ） 5:15pm 聲音 Sound
Topic
Artist 21.09.2024
9:45pm 道具 Props
Sun ） 5:15pm 聲音 Sound
Technical Laboratory
Teresa Wong
Sealing Wax Cat
Rita Ngai 22.09.2024
The Sound Effect Machine
Sat ） 5:15pm 道具 Props
Kristopher Chan 28.09.2024
場內不准飲食 2
Eating and drinking are not allowed in the theatre 2
Showcasing photos that capture the behindthe-scenes aspects of technical arts allows the audience to gain a deeper understanding of every detail in the creative process. These images reveal the efforts and skills that artists invest in their work. Throughout many creative processes, the collaboration between artists and other technical personnel or peers can also be reflected in the photos, demonstrating the spirit of teamwork. These photos are not only an extension of the showcase but also a testament to the artist’s journey, enabling the audience to appreciate the
beauty and challenges of creation more profoundly while enjoying the artwork. Through these photos, viewers can establish a deeper visual and emotional connection with the presented works.
This exhibition has specially invited three artists who have achieved excellence in their respective fields to participate, enriching the audience’s experience of technical arts. The involvement of these special guests not only enhances the diversity of the exhibition but also promotes exchange and collaboration between different art forms.
Inspired by the poem “ The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls ” by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this art installation explores the relationship between nature’s eternal cycles and the fleeting moments of life. Drawing from the poem’s depiction of tides and waves, the artwork delves into the symbolic interconnectedness of all
things. The piece reflects artist Wong Chi Yung’s perspective that there exists a delicate balance between the ephemeral nature of human life and the timeless rhythms of existence.
Through this creation, Wong symbolizes the interconnectedness and eternal cycle of time, where there is neither beginning nor end. The installation uses delicate threads to symbolize paths and connections, illuminated by special lighting to reveal intricate patterns. Wong sees all existence as interconnected fragments of flux, gradually shaping our world, much like tides and waves connect us within the wheel of time.
Cross-disciplinary artist Wong Chi Yung creates experiential installations, light sculptures, creative education, and cultural exchanges between art and science. Through projects and exhibitions, Wong showcases cross-disciplinary collaborations.
In 2022, Wong was selected as an art fellow at Yale University. He has led workshops in Hong Kong and Europe, exploring art and mental health, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and creative education.
Walking Railway is a mechanical marvel from a sci-fi world, exploring the boundary between science fiction and reality, as well as the relationship between machinery and life. The inspiration for this work comes from the structure and movement of arthropod legs, leading the artist to create a mechanical creature that doesn’t exist in nature.
By combining the characteristics of train wheels running on tracks, a unique and unprecedented machine that walks on railway tracks is born.
The design of this work reflects the artist's love and research into automata and mechanical clocks. Each component is meticulously crafted and assembled, presenting a complex and exquisite aesthetic. The work does not hide its structure and principles; instead, they are openly displayed for the audience, allowing them to appreciate and understand the functioning and details of the piece. This work is a tribute to sci-fi imagination and mechanical technology, as well as a reflection on the beauty of machinery and structure.
Chan is a kinetic artist who creates mechanical sculptures. These sculptures investigate and display the intricate structures and mechanisms of clockwork, not as a means to an end but as an end in themselves. They are committed to exploring the dynamic relationship between moving objects and the space they inhabit. They 機械設計師 Kinetic Designer
evoke, uncannily, within the “white cube” space of the gallery, a mechanical, analogue world of material objects in real space, while the real world increasingly consists of a virtual space of pixels and screens.
Lau Ming Hang, known as ‘SunFool,’ is both a theatre lighting designer and a paper-craft artist, showcases his exceptional aesthetic perspective and meticulous craftsmanship. Drawing inspiration from the textures of paper, he has ingeniously crafted a collection of distinctive paper art pieces for every artist participating in the Technical Arts Festival 2024.
剪紙作品曾參與台灣新竹鐵道藝術村剪紙個展 《捏念》、YMCA The Dooor《此地是朵泥》、 Artspace K《剪紙．特展》、長春社文化古蹟資 源中心《香．校變奏：時光藝術展》及《JCCAC 十五週年展覽 2023「我在！」》等。
Lau is a creator of pop-up book story theatres, paper art artist, and seasoned theatre lighting designer. For over two decades, Lau has created numerous “pop-up book story theatres,” seamlessly blending pop-up paper art, light and shadow, and the aesthetics of theatre performance. Some notable works include Ordinary Living , Dance Me to the Trees and The God Old Days . Lau has been nominated multiple times for Best Lighting Design at the Hong Kong Drama Awards. In 2024, Lau won the Best Lighting Design award at the 32 nd Hong Kong Drama Awards for his work in the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre’s Moscow Express . His design works include productions such as Rebecca Wong dance piece Bird Watching (performed in Hong Kong and Taiwan), Three Sisters by Theatre du Pif, and We Are for Real by No Discipline Limited.
He curated the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (Hong Kong Pavillion) in 2019 and 2023, organizing exhibition events in Prague.
His paper-cutting artworks have been showcased in exhibitions such as “Nian Nian (Solo Exhibition)” at the Hsinchu Railway Art Village in Taiwan, “TST Story” at YMCA The Door, “Paper Cut Art Exhibition” at Artspace K, “The Village School Anthem Project: Exhibition Art x Heritage” by CACHe, and JCCAC 15 th Anniversary Exhibition 2023 Here I Am! at Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre.
In July 2024, 9 technical arts artists engaged with 10 secondary schools, conducting “TA Bento” workshops for nearly 160 students. Under the guidance of mentors, the students created their unique “TA Bento”, exploring various artistic techniques and materials, stimulating creativity, and expressing their personal artistic visions. The workshops showcased the students’ talents, emphasized the importance of collaboration and innovation in the field of technical arts and aimed to inspire a new generation of creators while deepening their appreciation for the intersection of art and technology.
參與學校 Participating Schools
何明華會督銀禧中學 Bishop Hall Jubilee School
迦密愛禮信中學 Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School
潮州會館中學 Chiu Chow Association Secondary School
香港遊樂場協會 - 非常學堂
香港道教聯合會
圓玄學院第二中學
Hong Kong Playground Association - Unusual Academy School
Hong Kong Taoist Association The Yuen Yuen Institute No. 2 Secondary School
梁式芝書院 Leung Shek Chee College
民生書院 Munsang College
聖公會陳融中學 SKH Chan Young Secondary School
屯門天主教中學 Tuen Mun Catholic Secondary School
英華女學校 Ying Wa Girls’ School
排名不分先後 In arbitrary order
創作及製作團隊 Creative and Production Team
藝術顧問 Artistic Consultant
聯合策展人 Co-curators
監製 Producers
財政 Treasurer
技術經理 Technical Manager
製作經理 Production Manager
佈景設計 Set Designer
燈光設計 Lighting Designer
音響設計 Sound Designer
助理音響設計 Assistant Sound Designer
影像設計 Video Designers
影像設計統籌 Video Design Coordinator
影像設計及編輯（存檔/錄製）
Video Designers and Editors (Archive/Recording)
平面設計 Graphic Designer
傳媒推廣 Media Marketing
展覽統籌 Exhibition Coordinator
助理展覽統籌 Assistant Exhibition Coordinator
伍宇烈 Ng Yue Lit, Yuri
李浩賢 Lee Ho Yin, Lawrence @L Square
徐碩朋 Tsui Shek Pang, Allan ＃
BIG SIS Production
陳珮茜 Chan Pui Sin, Keiko
甘玉儀 Kam Yuk Yee, Virginia
冼浩然 Sin Ho Yin, Glades ◎
陳力恒 Chan Lik Hang, Jacky @StageTech
李浩賢 Lee Ho Yin, Lawrence @L Square
王梓駿 Wong Tsz Chun, Isaac
羅兆鏵 Lo Sio Wa, Adonic
夏恩蓓 Ha Yan Pui, Can @Mad Music
梁思樺 Leung Sze Wah, Cfa @Mad Music
曾以德 Tsang Yee Tak, Joyi @Espectro
馬錦鋒 Ma Kam Fung @Espectro
羅穎禧 Law Wing Hei
招曉潼 Chiu Hiu Tung, Rita
顧嘉崙 Koo Jack Galen
張惠淳 Terrenz Chang
說好的創意 Sounds Good Creative Co. Ltd.
梁劭岐 Leung Shiu Ki, Kinphen
趙柏亨 Chiu Pak Hang
展覽平面設計 Exhibition Graphic Designer 樊浩賢 Fan Ho Yin, Rice
展覽影片编輯 Exhibition
Video Editors
製作助理 Production Assistants
展覽助理 Exhibition Crews
工作坊統籌 Workshop Coordinator
工作坊導師 Workshop Tutors
謝樂軒 Hsieh Lok Hin ⌘
李承謙 Lee Shing Him +
謝樂軒 Hsieh Lok Hin ⌘
温尹婷 Wan Wan Ting, Cathy ⌘
區綺旻 Au Yee Man #
周苡澄 Chau I Ching, Katrina ▲
陳瑩 Chan Ying #
張淑華 Chang Shu Hua #
周婥堯 Chau Cheuk Yiu #
張駿友 Cheung Chun Yau #
周詩閔 Chow Sze Man #
馮湘軒 Feng Sheung Hin
何逸郎 Ho Yat Long #
關麗欣 Kwan Lai Yan #
賴嘉穎 Lai Ka Wing #
李承謙 Lee Shing Him +
李曉慧 Li Hiu Wai #
李天佑 Li Tin Yau
梁羽 Liang Yu #
林炳君 Lin Bingjun #
鮑明睿 Pau Ming Yui, Osanna #
薛佩詩 Sit Pui Sze, Carol +
曾芷靜 Tsang Tsz Ching #
黃梓榮 Wong Tsz Wing #
黃應敏 Wong Ying Man ▲
姚曼誼 Yiu Man Yi, Mandy
姚曼誼 Yiu Man Yi #
鍾敏瑜 Zhong Min Yu #
李綻容 Lee Tsan Yung, Agnes
陳家濠 Chan Ka Ho, Gary
陳健新 Chan Kin San, Simpson *
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許迪生 Charlie Luciano
卓子菲 Cheuk Tsz Fei, Jan
張素宜 Cheung So Yi, Zoe
姜綺雯 Keung Yee Man, Yumi
魏俊瑩 Ngai Chun Ying, Rita
王啟敏 Wong Kai Man, Teresa
舞台監督 Stage Manager
李佩恩 Lee Pui Yan, Joanna @Espectro 助理舞台監督 Assistant Stage Managers
鍾濠全 Chung Ho Chuen @Espectro
謝樂軒 Hsieh Lok Hin
魏俊瑩 Ngai Chun Ying, Rita
謝梓嵐 Tse Tsz Lan, Candace
温尹婷 Wan Wan Ting, Cathy
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香港舞台技術及設計人員協會
The Hong Kong Association of Theatre Technicians & Scenographers
The Hong Kong Association of Theatre Technology and Design (HKATTS, [hey_cats]) was established in 1989 as a non-profit professional organization focused on theatre arts, design, and technology. Its members are primarily professional theatre practitioners, aiming to promote the development of technical arts and stage design while fostering cultural and technical exchanges within the global theatre community.
Since 1993, HKATTS has officially represented Hong Kong in the “Organization Internationale des Scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre” (OISTAT), an international organization for stage designers, technicians, and architects.
Since its inception, the association has voluntarily organized numerous activities related to Hong Kong's stage and design industry, striving to increase public awareness of stage technology and design, promote communication among industry professionals, enhance professional standards, and serve as a bridge for communication between Hong Kong stage technicians and the international theatre community.
