Hong Kong Performance Arts On the Move

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Hong Kong Performance Arts On the Move Project

Opening Festival
23,24 April 2005
Para/site Artspace

Participating Artists: Anthony Leung Po Shan + Pun Chi Hung, Chen Shi Shen, Frog King, Ko Siu Lan, Mok Chiu Yu, Priscilla Leung Siu Wai, Project 266, Ricky Tse, Tsang Tak-ping, voila, wen yau, Seiji Shimoda (Japan)

Hong Kong Performance Art On the Move Project is a yearlong project on Performance/Live Art. It is for the first time to gather most of the Performance/Live art practitioners in Hong Kong. Series of performances, workshops and seminars will be organized every 2-3 months, exploring thematic issues around the China Art Scene, Gender and Body, Social Activists, Globalization, WTO and etc. International artists will take parts in each occasion to encourage intense exchange with local artists and audiences. An archival documentation will accompany with the series of events to record and prosper the art form in Hong Kong.

Festival Details:
Opening Reception: 23/4/2005 (Sat), 7pm Opening Speech/ Act: Frog King Kwok Man Ho

Performance: 7:11-11:11pm (23/4 Sat)
4:30-8:30pm (24/4 Sun)

Seminar: “Reviewing Performance Art” 24/4/2005 (Sun) 2-4:15pm
Speakers: Mok Chiu Yu (on Hong Kong)
Thomas Berghuis (on China)
Seiji Shimoda (on Japan)
Moderator: Damian Cheng/Siu Sai
Venue: Para/Site Art Space (No.4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong)

Website: www.hongkongperformanceart.com
Press & Project Enquiries : Ko Siu Lan 92784977 or siulanko@yahoo.com.hk
Caroline Hu 25174620/info@para-site.org.hk
Presented by: Asian People’s Theatre Festival Society
Co-Presented by: Para/site Artspace