Songs Wandering through Sai Wan — Children’s Song Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION
If one were to write a children’s song for Sai Wan, what would you wish to pass on to the future generations? If Sai Wan’s history were revisited through childhood memories from different eras, what kind of surreal fairytale might be composed?
Artist Yim Sui-fong will introduce the creative ideas and anecdotes behind Songs Wandering through Sai Wan, analyse different forms of children’s songs, and invite participants to improvise and rewrite Cantonese nursery rhymes together. The workshop will conclude with a group singing of the newly written lyrics.
These Sai Wan songs may be subjective, nostalgic, or delightfully absurd, yet they may also become part of a creative gathering filled with shared memories and resonances.
This workshop comprises four sessions designed for different age groups, inviting participants to draw on their own childhood memories and collectively create songs inspired by Sai Wan.
ARTIST / PARTNER
Yim Sui-fongis an artist and educator whose research and practice focus on socially engaged art, sound practice and experimental art education. She is interested in how sound can become a means of listening, imagining together and negotiating, and in how knowledge and relationships emerge through participatory processes.
Working across installation, participatory projects and practice-based research, she explores different ways of connecting artistic practice, learning, and community. She is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Rooftop Institute, co-initiator of the research initiative Ecologies of Participation, and currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
DETAILS
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
【Session 2】7 November 2026 (Saturday)
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
【Session 3】21 November 2026 (Saturday)
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
【Session 4】21 November 2026 (Saturday)
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
【Session 1】
HKYWCA Sai Wan Social Centre for the Elderly
(1/F, Annex, North Terrace, Sai Wan Estate, Kennedy Town)
【Session 2】
HKYWCA Jockey Club Western District Integrated Social Service Centre (Sai Wan Estate Office)
(2/F, Annex, North Terrace, Sai Wan Estate, Kennedy Town)
【Session 3】and 【Session 4】
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(G/F, 8 Chung Ching Street, Sai Ying Pun)
※ Limited quota is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
※ This workshop comprises four sessions; please take note of the target audience for each to select the appropriate session.
【Session 1】Persons aged 55 or above are welcome to participate.
【Session 2】Persons aged 10-24 are welcome to participate.
【Session 3】Children aged 4-8 and parents are welcome to participate.
【Session 4】Persons aged 16 or above are welcome to participate.
※ Once registered to participate in the event, no refunds or changes will be allowed.
※ Please arrive 15 minutes before the event starts, and present the email confirmation to the on-site staff for registration.