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August 2020
Online Patchwork 4343
Tickets $90｜RSVP Join us and learn how to repurpose fabric swatches to create your very own patchwork! In 2016, CHAT’s Artist-in-Residence Taguchi Yukihiro developed his artwork Patch Pass – Umbrella, a piece that recycles umbrella fabrics to create a patchworked canopy, which is now part of this season’s exhibition Sight Unseen – Forking Paths in the CHAT Collection. Inspired by this work, this beginner level online stitching tutorial teaches participants the basics of patchworking. CHAT’s experienced Textile Programmes team will…
Find out more »Makers of Hong Kong: A Monthly Sharing 4343
Engage in a conversation with a textile expert and leave with a renewed perspective on the making and makers of Hong Kong! The one-hour session will be conducted through Facebook live and will include a Q&A session. ‘Made in Hong Kong’ is a distinguishing emblem of quality and history that has carried different meanings over the generations. A turnover of display in The D. H. Chen Foundation Gallery will examine 9 items and processes that are ‘Made in Hong Kong’,…
Find out more »September 2020
Docent Practice: Reading Sight Unseen 4343
For 2020 Summer Programme Sight Unseen – Forking Paths in the CHAT Collection, our experienced docents will team up to offer our audience a refreshed form of guided tours. In this series of videos, groups of docents will share their interpretations of our curated artworks and selected text scattered around the exhibition, traversing text-based items, heritage exhibits and artworks, as well as the significance of an open and cross-disciplinary reading of art. 【Docent Practice: Exhibition in Time】 【Docent Practice: Poetic Musings】 【Docent Practice:…
Find out more »CHAT with Artist: Aziz + Cucher 4343
Aziz + Cucher are known for incorporating various art mediums into their interdisciplinary work. How does the duo explore the increasingly undefined and fluid boundaries of identity, globalisation and the post-human condition? In this curated artist talk, Anthony Aziz and Sammy Cucher shares their creative process in general and their works displayed in CHAT’s Summer Programme 2020 Sight Unseen – Forking Paths in CHAT Collection. The artist duo will dive into their practice of using computer generated data, which converted…
Find out more »15 Days of Garment Making 4343
In this video, retired seamstress Kwok Hang Lin will describe her experience working in garment manufacturing, an industry that once measured her productivity and wages every 15 days. The conversation will reactivate objects on display at the CHAT Arcade, such as a handwritten notebook that kept track of her wages and fabric reconstructions of bygone fashion styles. Watch, listen and learn technical aspects of garment making, as well as personal stories of labour and leisure from this former worker.
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