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"Night at the East: Have a coffee and pen a letter to our home"
Presented by Ivanhoe Lam
2024.10.08 - 2024.11.20
2024.10.08 (Tue) - 11.20 (Wed)
5pm - 8pm
(Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)
2pm - 6pm
(Every Saturday)
5pm - 8pm
(Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)
2pm - 6pm
(Every Saturday)
sheds
Free
Online registration is available from 2024.10.05 onwards here.
Limited quota, first-come-first-served.
Limited quota, first-come-first-served.
- Each session runs approximately 45 minutes with one participant per session (participant can be accompanied by one carer for assistance in the programme).
- This event is suitable for participants aged 15 and above.
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Participants must register online in advance. If the time slot is not yet fully booked, interested individuals are also welcome to register on-site.
- Programme Enquiries: 6508 9771
One-to-one experience
Starting with recording the sounds of the landscape, absorb the contrasts of old and new in and around the East Kowloon Cultural Centre (EKCC), before capturing your hopes for this place in a letter.
As life slows down at dusk, take a moment to enjoy a cup of coffee. Artist Santayana Li, a member of the Artist-in-Residence of EKCC artist team led by artist Ivanhoe Chun Ho Lam, will begin by documenting the sounds of the space as you walk into this new landmark that blends history with modernity, and memories with new beginnings.
The remnants of the past intertwine with the pulse of the present, allowing us to capture that unique contrast together. We invite you to transform your aspirations for this place into a letter to share with us. Through writing, let’s reflect on the past, look forward to the future, and feel the changes and hopes of this land.
| Date & Time: | 2024.10.08, 10.15, 10.22, 10.29, 11.05, 11.12 & 11.19 (Tue) 2024.10.09, 10.23, 10.30, 11.06, 11.13 & 11.20 (Wed) 2024.10.11, 10.18, 10.25, 11.01, 11.08 & 11.15 (Fri) 5pm - 8pm 2024.10.12, 10.19, 10.26, 11.2, 11.9, 11.16 (Sat) 2pm - 6pm |
| Venue: | The Sheds, G/F, East Kowloon Cultural Centre (near Amoy Gardens Bus Stop at Ngau Tau Kok Road) |
| Remarks: | Mainly conducted in Cantonese |
Night at the East: Have a coffee and pen a letter to our home is one of the "Unbox EKCC" trial programmes of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre
Ivanhoe Lam is the Artist-in-Residence of East Kowloon Cultural Centre
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
The presenter reserves the right to make the final decision regarding programme quota and other programme arrangements
Santayana Li
Hong Kong playwright and performer. In 2018, Li collaborated with Theatre du poulet to tour The Extinction of Hong Kongers throughout east Canada, which has received the Emerging Artist Award from Summer Works Performance Festival in Toronto and Newcomers Award from Halifax Fringe Festival. The following year, Li collaborated with interdisciplinary theater choreographer and director Ivanhoe Lam since 2018, working on scriptwriting for his productions, including Report i: which I am I, Living up to her, The Void, Report ii: the illegal I, Living up to death.
In recent years, Li was invited as an Assistant Director in On & On Theatre workshop Tit Hong Lane, Co-Director in both King Yeung Wu’s new play Hongkongshima and Kit Man Yuen’s new play The anonymous many and their spotlighted one.
This year, Li was invited as one of the Creative Team in Kwok Chui yi’s Solo performance My Therapist Said:, an Associate Director in Yat Po Singers The Little things in life, Co-Director in Radix Troupe Say Sei Laan Seen Dai Gin Poon Wai Sum. Li’s currently a drama course instructor at Radix Troupe and a member of a three-year creative, collective and collaboration programme Table To-gather curated by On and On Theatre Workshop.
- In the event of inclement weather on the day of the event, there is a possibility of programme postponement or cancellation. The organiser will contact participants by phone prior to the start of the session.
One-to-one experience
Starting with recording the sounds of the landscape, absorb the contrasts of old and new in and around the East Kowloon Cultural Centre (EKCC), before capturing your hopes for this place in a letter.
As life slows down at dusk, take a moment to enjoy a cup of coffee. Artist Santayana Li, a member of the Artist-in-Residence of EKCC artist team led by artist Ivanhoe Chun Ho Lam, will begin by documenting the sounds of the space as you walk into this new landmark that blends history with modernity, and memories with new beginnings.
The remnants of the past intertwine with the pulse of the present, allowing us to capture that unique contrast together. We invite you to transform your aspirations for this place into a letter to share with us. Through writing, let’s reflect on the past, look forward to the future, and feel the changes and hopes of this land.
| Date & Time: | 2024.10.08, 10.15, 10.22, 10.29, 11.05, 11.12 & 11.19 (Tue) 2024.10.09, 10.23, 10.30, 11.06, 11.13 & 11.20 (Wed) 2024.10.11, 10.18, 10.25, 11.01, 11.08 & 11.15 (Fri) 5pm - 8pm 2024.10.12, 10.19, 10.26, 11.2, 11.9, 11.16 (Sat) 2pm - 6pm |
| Venue: | The Sheds, G/F, East Kowloon Cultural Centre (near Amoy Gardens Bus Stop at Ngau Tau Kok Road) |
| Remarks: | Mainly conducted in Cantonese |
Night at the East: Have a coffee and pen a letter to our home is one of the "Unbox EKCC" trial programmes of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre
Ivanhoe Lam is the Artist-in-Residence of East Kowloon Cultural Centre
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
The presenter reserves the right to make the final decision regarding programme quota and other programme arrangements
Santayana Li
Hong Kong playwright and performer. In 2018, Li collaborated with Theatre du poulet to tour The Extinction of Hong Kongers throughout east Canada, which has received the Emerging Artist Award from Summer Works Performance Festival in Toronto and Newcomers Award from Halifax Fringe Festival. The following year, Li collaborated with interdisciplinary theater choreographer and director Ivanhoe Lam since 2018, working on scriptwriting for his productions, including Report i: which I am I, Living up to her, The Void, Report ii: the illegal I, Living up to death.
In recent years, Li was invited as an Assistant Director in On & On Theatre workshop Tit Hong Lane, Co-Director in both King Yeung Wu’s new play Hongkongshima and Kit Man Yuen’s new play The anonymous many and their spotlighted one.
This year, Li was invited as one of the Creative Team in Kwok Chui yi’s Solo performance My Therapist Said:, an Associate Director in Yat Po Singers The Little things in life, Co-Director in Radix Troupe Say Sei Laan Seen Dai Gin Poon Wai Sum. Li’s currently a drama course instructor at Radix Troupe and a member of a three-year creative, collective and collaboration programme Table To-gather curated by On and On Theatre Workshop.
- In the event of inclement weather on the day of the event, there is a possibility of programme postponement or cancellation. The organiser will contact participants by phone prior to the start of the session.