Traveling Architectures
Poster of the exhibition 'Traveling Architectures'. Image courtesy of Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren.
Installation View. Image courtesy of Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren.
Installation View. Image courtesy of Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren.
Traveling Architectures, research platform, experimented with participatory design and performance methods to create transportable performance installations adaptable to diverse community sites. Pai dongs (hawkers’ stalls) serves as the central figure around which the other examples of everyday design culture such as lighting, textiles, and cinema, are arranged. Traveling architectural forms—inspired by pai dongs and developed through the design research laboratory, workshops, educational programs, and public showing—reflects the histories of design cultures and its impact on Hong Kong livelihoods at an “everyday” level in different neighbourhoods. This approach engages audiences interested in design work that simultaneously tracks labour, migration, and everyday design in both the context of Hong Kong itself as well as the ways in which the Greater Bay Area takes place in Hong Kong as a form of migration, labour, and everyday aesthetic.
Traveling Architectures, research platform, experimented with participatory design and performance methods to create transportable performance installations adaptable to diverse community sites. Pai dongs (hawkers’ stalls) serves as the central figure around which the other examples of everyday design culture such as lighting, textiles, and cinema, are arranged. Traveling architectural forms—inspired by pai dongs and developed through the design research laboratory, workshops, educational programs, and public showing—reflects the histories of design cultures and its impact on Hong Kong livelihoods at an “everyday” level in different neighbourhoods. This approach engages audiences interested in design work that simultaneously tracks labour, migration, and everyday design in both the context of Hong Kong itself as well as the ways in which the Greater Bay Area takes place in Hong Kong as a form of migration, labour, and everyday aesthetic.
Milestones
2015.Q2
Project awarded Design Trust Feature Grant
2017.06
“Traveling Architectures”, an interactive exhibit and multi-media performance, is held at the HKU Black Box
- 2015 - 2017
- Grantee: Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Vincci Mak, Seth Henderson, Lee Chi-Wai
- Organisation: Travelling Architectures Collective
The Traveling Architectures Collective—a research, design, and production team-focuses on how new methods in design and performance can enhance urban life, impact local design cultures, and lead to diverse forms of cultural livelihood. Each team member—Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Director of Folded Paper Dance and Theatre (Ph.D. New York University, MFA Dance, University of North Carolina Greensboro); Vincci Mak, Landscape Architect, Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong (MLA Graduate School of Design, Harvard University); Seth Henderson, Documentary Filmmaker (MFA in Film, Television, and Digital Media, Hong Kong Baptist); and Lee Chi-Wai, Director of Hong Kong Theatre Design Limited (Diploma 2, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts)—contributes extensive experience in their respective fields; collaborative, research, and community engagement skills; and capacities in transdisciplinary applications of design and the arts.
- Project Result: "Traveling Architectures Interactive"Exhibition and Multi-Media Performance
Traveling Architectures, an Interactive Exhibit and Multi-Media Performance (with a Q &A)
Date: 17 June 2017
Time: 11am – 6pm
Venue: The HKU Black Box, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
A collection of images from Traveling Architectures, A Multi-media Performance. HKUBB, June 17, 2017. Images courtesy of Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren.
A collection of images from Traveling Architectures, A Multi-media Performance. HKUBB, June 17, 2017. Images courtesy of Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren.