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Louis To Wun x Tim Chan: Honouring the Past and Inspiring the Future Parade & Music Performance
DESCRIPTION
Inspired by the auspicious beasts closely associated with the Lin Fa Temple, contemporary artist To Wun, Louis has created a new hybrid mythical creature. He skilfully combined traditional bamboo weaving techniques with contemporary painting styles, creating an agile dynamic structure. Through vibrant performances, he infuses his artwork with life, shedding lights on the cultural traditions inherited from the previous generations and spreading the blessing to Tai Hang.
Louis, together with composer and percussionist Tim Chan, will present two parades with the hybrid mythical creature. An interactive session is designed for the audiences to participate in the performance.
※ No registration required. Feel free to jump in!
ARTIST
To Wun, Louis
Louis To is a versatile contemporary artist. He learnt through studying on his own and other masters’ artworks, his works range from Chinese and Western painting, sculpture to traditional crafts of sugar-blowing and bamboo sculpting.
Louis’s artistic career started in the 1990s. His paintings have received Awards of Distinction in Phillippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition in three consecutive year. His works have been exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art for the Contemporary Art Biennale in 1996 and 1998. His first major solo exhibition was held at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 1998. In 2000, he took part in the Inside Out: New Chinese Art show in New York PS1. In 2001, his oil painting titled Scream was exhibited at the British Museum. Some of his paintings were collected by the Bahamian Embassy. He also had several exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai and Macau, featuring some of his 3D Chinese character sculptures.
Louis is committed to mastering and preserving two traditional crafts of intangible Chinese cultural heritage -- sugar-blowing and the traditional bamboo sculpting. He was commissioned to create the leading Qilin of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival from 2013 to 2019. In 2022, he held a solo exhibition The Art of BAMBOO: From Qilin to Contemporary Sculpture at GEG Art Foundation. The same year his new work San Syu Wat Leot Are Not Here was selected for Art Central’s Yi Tai Sculpture & Installation Projects.
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Louis To is a versatile contemporary artist. He learnt through studying on his own and other masters’ artworks, his works range from Chinese and Western painting, sculpture to traditional crafts of sugar-blowing and bamboo sculpting.
Louis’s artistic career started in the 1990s. His paintings have received Awards of Distinction in Phillippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition in three consecutive year. His works have been exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art for the Contemporary Art Biennale in 1996 and 1998. His first major solo exhibition was held at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 1998. In 2000, he took part in the Inside Out: New Chinese Art show in New York PS1. In 2001, his oil painting titled Scream was exhibited at the British Museum. Some of his paintings were collected by the Bahamian Embassy. He also had several exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai and Macau, featuring some of his 3D Chinese character sculptures.
Louis is committed to mastering and preserving two traditional crafts of intangible Chinese cultural heritage -- sugar-blowing and the traditional bamboo sculpting. He was commissioned to create the leading Qilin of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival from 2013 to 2019. In 2022, he held a solo exhibition The Art of BAMBOO: From Qilin to Contemporary Sculpture at GEG Art Foundation. The same year his new work San Syu Wat Leot Are Not Here was selected for Art Central’s Yi Tai Sculpture & Installation Projects.
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Chan Ting Cheung, Tim
Composer and percussionist. Chan’s works are mainly about daily life, the city, and the sense of identity. He values interwoven presentations of media, such as spaces, visuals and sounds. His recent sound compositions have appeared in theatre and dance productions. He also engages in instrument-making, interactive sound installations, automated machinery and multi-channel audio design.
Composer and percussionist. Chan’s works are mainly about daily life, the city, and the sense of identity. He values interwoven presentations of media, such as spaces, visuals and sounds. His recent sound compositions have appeared in theatre and dance productions. He also engages in instrument-making, interactive sound installations, automated machinery and multi-channel audio design.
DETAILS
Date and Time① 10 November (5:00 PM – 6:00 PM)
② 10 December (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
② 10 December (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
ArtistLouis To Wun x Tim Chan
Duration1 hour
VenueLin Fa Kung Garden
FeeFree admission
RemarksNo registration required. Feel free to jump in!