02022020.SPACE

  • Technical crew at Twenty Alpha Hong Kong during the event. Image courtesy of Nadim Abbas.
  • Event poster. Image Courtesy of 02022020.SPACE.

A 26 hour marathon of performance as dialogues was launched on palindrome date 02-02-2020, showcasing 57 works in collaboration with over 105 creatives from 34+ cities. Expanding the boundaries of community across cities, Seed Grantee Lam Lai launched a virtual/ physical platform that explores the concept of time. As each time zone enters the day sequentially, a new design work, installation or live performance is launched from 02-02-2020, 20:20, with global streaming broadcasted at 02022020.SPACE.Participating creatives from Hong Kong includes Tap Chan, Karen Yu, William Kuo, Heidi Law, Nadim Abbas, Lam Lai, Steve Hui, Wen Chin Fu, Tak Cheung Hui and more.

A 26 hour marathon of performance as dialogues was launched on palindrome date 02-02-2020, showcasing 57 works in collaboration with over 105 creatives from 34+ cities. Expanding the boundaries of community across cities, Seed Grantee Lam Lai launched a virtual/ physical platform that explores the concept of time. As each time zone enters the day sequentially, a new design work, installation or live performance is launched from 02-02-2020, 20:20, with global streaming broadcasted at 02022020.SPACE.Participating creatives from Hong Kong includes Tap Chan, Karen Yu, William Kuo, Heidi Law, Nadim Abbas, Lam Lai, Steve Hui, Wen Chin Fu, Tak Cheung Hui and more.

Milestone

2019.Q3
Project awarded Design Trust Seed Grant

2020.02
Audience from all over the world tunes into the programme via online streaming and selected venues including 20alpha (Hong Kong), Veenfabriek (the Netherlands), Saaamkiiim (Seoul), N gallery (Athens), LA PLACE artspace (Barcelona). The website is preserved as an online archive

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2019
Grantee: Lam Lai, Tap Chan, Nadim Abbas, Karen Yu, Steve Hui, Hui Tak-cheung and The Gong strikes One
Organisation: 02022020.SPACE

The core team consists of artists and designers from Hong Kong with an innovative attitude towards exploring the possibilities of community, sharing interesting ideas and finding new audiences. Core members who receive global recognition for their works include composer and producer Lam Lai, artist and designer Tap Chan, artist Nadim Abbas, percussionist and thinker Heidi Law, percussionist Karen Yu, multimedia composer Steve Hui, composer Hui Tak-cheung and Chinese Opera group The Gong strikes One. They are concerned with how individuals can be presented in our current digitalised world and the relationship between individuals and the society in order to contribute more variety to our world.

This project has included a diverse variety of artworks and performances in relation to the hidden meanings of this once-in-a-lifetime event to our current world, public discussion aiming at building communication with the audience, and a platform for creating our international community.

Project Result: 02022020

Time: 2 February, 2020

Venue: All over the world (Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Barcelona, Seoul, Athens

Image Courtesy of 02022020.SPACE.

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Athens Show. Image Courtesy of 02022020.SPACE.