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This series of cultural tour co-organised by CHAT and The Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage (CACHe), comprised oral history, archive and field research under three thematic routes: Industry and Urban Development – covered old villages, public housing estates and industrial area – a progressive change of Tsuen Wan across different phases of time; Tale of Tsuen Wan – not only showed a glimpse of New Territories history, but also traced back the development of the town; Textile Now and Then – covered […]

Based on the topic “Textile and Responsibility”, we invited key stakeholders across textile related communities, to express their views at ‘Let’s Chat’. Session 1 | Weaving with Technology Speaker: Yan Chan, Director, Business Development, Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) Can fabric be made of food waste? Can sunlight be a cleaning agent? Have you ever wondered about the possibility of an automated self-cleaning fabric to save manpower and water? HKRITA has been introducing hi-tech applications into […]

Home Slippers DIY Once a crystal stall proprietor in Lee Tung Street, Aunt May is now an advocate of environmentally-friendly crafts. She wishes to create interesting works using discarded materials, spreading the concept of sustainable living. Explore a Sewing Machine Have been working in the textile industry for nearly half a century, Master Wong knows sewing machines inside-out. He demonstrated the functioning of the machines. Silk-screen Workshop Participants tried hands-on silkscreen printing using illustrations created by local designer Geeio Yuen […]

For over half a year in 2017, CHAT organised Weaving Wednesday to connect to different communities.  To share the joy and magic of weaving, we hosted a special edition on a Saturday.  There were 6 kinds of looming demonstrations and exercises using upcycled materials: Backstrap Loom – the oldest form of loom in the world; Portable Weaving Grid – A hands-on weaving kit enabled crisscrossing threads and fabric on recycled wooden frame; Weaving Square – an action-filled square-shaped floating installation […]

“Born in 1983, lives and works in Hong Kong. Lai has explored to translate various unique textures into different forms and media. The subjects in her paintings and installations are seemingly banal and mundane, however, she carefully depicts the power, politics and historical narratives behind these ordinary objects. Lai’s recent exhibitions include “Interval in Space” hosted by Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong (2017); “Let the night breeze send away yesterday’s dreams” at Surplus Space, Wuhan, China (2017); “Against the Light: […]

Jung Yeondoo Jung Yeondoo lives and works in Seoul. His creative practice focuses on photography, video and installation that involve the direct and indirect performance of his subjects, affectionately looking at human life between fiction and reality. He draws upon the everyday lives of people; as he shares his artistic concepts with those involved, he playfully explores the boundary between visual art and performance. Jung has recently been creating a series of multi-channel video works that document the perspectives of […]

Born in 1975 in Hiroshima, Japan. Based in his home city, Iwasaki has made miniature landscapes out of common items such as towels, cleaning brushes and bookmarks. Many of his works were inspired by the history of Hiroshima city that was rapidly reconstructed after its destruction by A-bomb dropped in 1945. Reflecting the devastation and recovery of Hiroshima, Iwasaki has been aware of fragility and transformation of modern urban landscape. His recent solo exhibitions include “Turned Upside Down, It’s a […]

(Director CEO, Textielmuseum, Netherlands) Errol van de Werdt, Director CEO, Textielmuseum, Netherlands, was educated in different cities in the Netherlands-leiden, Amsterdam, Groningen and Zwolle. He received a bachelor degree in Museology from the Reinwardt Academy in leiden and a master degree in Art History and Archeology in Amsterdam. In 2000 Errol became director of collections and research in Utrecht Centraal Museum. Recently he started as General Director of the TextielMuseum and TextileLab and is now General Director (CEO) of the […]

(Co-Director, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, Hong Kong) Teoh Chin Chin is Co-Director of Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile. Before joining CHAT as Head of Development, Teoh earned her MA History of Art (Distinction) with a focus on East Asian art history from The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, after a successful career in private equity and investment banking. Prior to joining the arts field, she was Head of Asia for Greenpark Capital, and […]

(Director, Hong Gah Museum, Taiwan) Frankie Su is based in Taipei, Taiwan. She received a MA degree with distinction from Department of History of Art, University of Essex. Su worked as assistant curator in Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei between 2003 to 2006, then she moved to Beijing to join the initiative team of setting up Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art located in 798 Art District in Beijing. Su is now Director of Hong-Gah Museum, a privately-funded contemporary art museum […]