Hetero-HK
Image Courtesy of Thomas Chung, Lawrence Pun, Alex Tam, Siu Man
Image Courtesy of Thomas Chung, Lawrence Pun, Alex Tam, Siu Man
Image Courtesy of Thomas Chung, Lawrence Pun, Alex Tam, Siu Man
Hetero-HK is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Thomas Chung, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University; Alex Tam, Founder and Artistic Director of Theatre Ronin; Lawrence Pun, novelist and cultural critic; and Siu Man, MPhil student in Architecture and Urban Design in the University of Cambridge. North Point, with its orthogonal urban grid containing rich historical and socio-cultural dynamics, acts as a synecdoche of Hong Kong. Hetero-HK creatively researched and reused empty urban voids to reinterpret Hong Kong’s contemporary conditions – heterogeneity, disappearance and permanent transition through a series of performances and installations.
Hetero-HK is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Thomas Chung, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University; Alex Tam, Founder and Artistic Director of Theatre Ronin; Lawrence Pun, novelist and cultural critic; and Siu Man, MPhil student in Architecture and Urban Design in the University of Cambridge. North Point, with its orthogonal urban grid containing rich historical and socio-cultural dynamics, acts as a synecdoche of Hong Kong. Hetero-HK creatively researched and reused empty urban voids to reinterpret Hong Kong’s contemporary conditions – heterogeneity, disappearance and permanent transition through a series of performances and installations.
Milestone
2017.Q2
Project awarded Design Trust Seed Grant
2017.12 – 2018.02
Exhibited at the Urbanism and Architecture Bi-city Biennale (UABB) 2017
2017.12 – 2018.01
Presented the “Builder Dweller” Installation at Back Alley, Hong Kong
- 2017
- Grantee: Thomas Chung, Alex Tam, Lawrence Pun and Siu Man
- Organisation: Thomas Chung, Alex Tam, Lawrence Pun and Siu Man
Thomas Chung is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chung is active in curating and exhibiting at the HK-SZ Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture (UABB) in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
Lawrence Pun teaches creative writing, cultural studies and Hong Kong Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has authored fictional works and a number of books in Hong Kong, Taipei and Mainland China.
Alex Tam is the founding Artistic Director of Theatre Ronin, guest lecturer of The Education University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.
Siu Man is undertaking the MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design (MAUD) in the University of Cambridge. ‘Hetero-HK’ is a manifesto in action for her current thesis research ‘Strength in Weakness: Choreographing Hong Kong Voids’.