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September 2020
CHAT at The Mills Special Display by Yin Xiuzhen: Sky Patch・In Transit 4343
In this solo exhibition hosted by CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), the Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen has created a spatial installation titled Sky Patch ·In Transit specifically for The Hall of The Mills. 20 suitcase-shaped artworks hanging in the air as well as several installations on the ground is going to recreate the ambience of the atrium of The Mills. These 20 hanging works constitute a patch of ‘sky’ stitched out of fabric, and on the ground beneath…
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.
Find out more »Welcome to the Hong Kong Market! 4343
In this 2019/20 edition, we honour the inventiveness and resilient spirit of Hong Kong’s myriad making traditions and the textile industry behind them. Starting with cotton pioneers, such as Dr Chen Din-Hwa, who was among the pioneers of the manufacturing boom in the 1960s, to the homegrown industries born from the trading activities of the city, to the global leaders in the manufacturing market, to the heritage makers and the technological pioneers of today, Hong Kong is a place of…
Find out more »October 2020
Viewpoints on View: Hon Lai Chu on Reading Exhibitions 4343
What are the possibilities of text in an exhibition space? In addition to providing information, might they offer interpretive opportunities? Acclaimed Hong Kong writer Hon Lai Chu presents her unique response to the exhibition Sight Unseen – Forking Paths in the CHAT Collection by pairing exhibits with texts that she has encountered in her daily life. The themes she explores include time and space, survival and resistance, as well as everyday artmaking. Hon brings in wide-ranging works including local writer…
Find out more »Dot Word Dot: Print Your Own Tote 4343
Tickets $550｜RSVP In this workshop, participants will make their own customised tote bag with fabric printed with the graphics developed by Benny Leung for CHAT’s Summer Programme 2020, Sight Unseen – Forking Paths in the CHAT Collection. Join CHAT’s Textile Programmes team and Sewing Team for a whole day of screen printing, sewing and embroidering in an intimate, small-group setting. You will be able to select your own fabric from a variety of options at CHAT Lab, choose the motifs for…
Find out more »#CHATwithYou Online Programmes 4343
CHAT is proud to present #CHATwithYou – a diverse array of online programmes featuring content from our 2020 Winter Programme Yin Xiuzhen: Sky Patch and Makers of Hong Kong: In Conversation. Participants can take part in a series of online co-learning workshops, sharing sessions on Hong Kong making and virtual guided tours of our seasonal exhibitions! While CHAT is temporarily closed, catch up on the latest #CHATwithYou online programmes. Come join us at our online workshop and don’t miss your chance to…
Find out more »CHAT with Artist: Yin Xiuzhen 4343
Free Admission｜RSVP Yin Xiuzhen's works are often interwoven with personal memory and history. In this artist talk, she will share her practice and experience on artistic production by Zoom and engage in dialogue with curator Wang Weiwei to discuss the concepts and planning of her exhibition at CHAT. Audience is welcomed to join the talk at CHAT Lounge or participate in the sharing by Zoom. Free Admission, RSVP is required. Zoom meeting ID will be shared with registered participants via…
Find out more »Public Participation: Sky Patch・In Transit 4343
Deposit $50｜RSVP Activities taking place at Yin Xiuzhen's spatial installation Sky Patch・In Transit at The Hall of The Mills encourage participants to come together for creative exchange and compromise in these challenging times. Arrive in this ‘airport terminal’ on selected dates to ‘patch’ the sky with blue second-hand garments. Materials Needed: All materials and instructions provided. Experience Level: Suitable for participants aged 12 or above.
Find out more »Yin Xiuzhen: Sky Patch 4343
Yin Xiuzhen’s exhibition at CHAT marks the Beijing artist’s first solo institutional presentation in Hong Kong. Yin’s art often revolves around the use of found objects that have been marked with personal traces. Through the process of collaging and rearranging old objects, she interweaves together codependent or contradicting memories and experiences, both personal and communal, thus contemplating the condition of the individual in our fast-changing political, social and natural environments. The COVID-19 pandemic, which broke out during the planning of…
Find out more »In Transit Stamp-ede! 4343
A free, self-guided stamping activity for the whole family. Inspired by Yin Xiuzhen’s installation Sky Patch・In Transit, which recreates an airport experience at The Hall of The Mills, visitors are invited to make and stamp their own Art Passports at CHAT Lounge.
Find out more »November 2020
Curator Tour of Yin Xiuzhen: Sky Patch 4343
Deposit $50｜RSVP CHAT's curator Wang Weiwei will guide visitors on a tour around Winter Programme 2020 exhibition Yin Xiuzhen: Sky Patch. She will introduce the artworks on display and share her experience of conceiving and planning the exhibition with the artist. Deposit will be refunded in full upon attending the programme.
Find out more »Make Your Own: Masks with Nuno Textiles 4343
Tickets $390｜RSVP Join CHAT’s Textile Programmes team to learn how to make your own decorative fabric masks using Nuno textiles! Designed by CHAT’s Sewing Team and using textiles from renowned Japanese textile brand Nuno, these masks are a fun accessory to wear over your surgical mask while expressing your creative self. Participants can pick from the many fabric options at CHAT Lab to stitch a personalised, colourful mask using hand stitching and embroidery techniques, along with unique trims and embellishments.…
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