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"ProjectPlayaround Showcase: FIRSTAGE"

Presented by Dimension Plus
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2024.08.09 - 2024.08.18
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2024.08.09-10 (Fri-Sat) 10:30am-9pm
2024.08.11 (Sun) 10:30am-8pm
2024.08.16-18 (Fri-Sun) 10:30am-9pm 
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multiple facilities
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$100, $80, $75, $60, $40

Tickets are available at ART-MATE on internet.

Ticketholders of the Early, Noon, Special and other sessions may visit all the exhibition zones during the designated session.

Concessionary tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities, full-time students, and comprehensive social security assistance (CSSA) recipients.

Internet Booking: https://www.art-mate.net/ProjectPlayaround Showcase: FIRSTAGE  

  • This event is is suitable for audience aged 6 and above. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or an adult guardian.
  • Some exhibits may contain loud sound, dim lighting and strobe lighting.
  • Visitors with photosensitive epilepsy, other light-sensitive conditions or pregnancy may experience discomfort
Curated by Dimension Plus, ProjectPlayaround ignites cross-disciplinary collaboration among performing arts and media arts communities. It aims to propel the local arts & technology scene forward.

Showcase: FIRSTAGE will be held over two consecutive weekends at various locations in the East Kowloon Cultural Centre. Eight local multimedia artist groups (four groups each week) will integrate technology, installation, sound, video, projection and movement to explore the boundless possibilities at the intersection of arts and technology.



ProjectPlayaround is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

ProjectPlayaround Showcase: FIRSTAGE is one of the “Unbox EKCC” trial programmes of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre

Dimension Plus is the Venue Partner of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre

The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

 
Exhibition Period 1: 
Date  2024.08.09-11 (Fri-Sun) 
Meet-up point: G/F Lift Lobby, East Kowloon Cultural Centre (Opposite to the Amoy Plaza)
Installations: Incubator 1-3 (4/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
To Needless Illusion*
A Very Big Instrument^
Body Landscape**

The Corner (G/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream#

"To Needless Illusion" will present an approximately 1 hour live performance on 09-10 Aug (Fri-Sat) 9pm and 11 Aug (Sun) 8pm after the exhibition admission period. Tickets are sold at $40.

"A Very Big Instrument" will present a 20-minute live performance on 9 Aug (Fri) 19:35pm and 11 Aug (Sun) 13:35pm & 19:35pm as part of the exhibition.

** "Body Landscape": durational live performance throughout the whole exhibition period.

#"Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream" has the same content over the two weeks. Each experience lasts 15 minutes, and visitors must select a time slot when purchasing tickets. 
Exhibition Period 2: 
Date  2024.08.16-18 (Fri-Sun) 
Meet-up point: G/F Lift Lobby, East Kowloon Cultural Centre (Opposite to the Amoy Plaza)
Installations: Incubator 1-2 & The Hub (4/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
Tangled Obsessions
Odd One Out (OOO)
Whisper in Cells

The Corner (G/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream#

#"Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream" has the same content over the two weeks. Each experience lasts 15 minutes, and visitors must select a time slot when purchasing tickets. 
  • Visitors can enter the exhibition anytime during their selected session and must leave the venue at the end of the session. Upon arrival, please redeem your e-ticket for an admission wristband. Onsite ticketing is available if quotas remain.
  • Some exhibits may have time and capacity limits. Please follow the instructions of the onsite staff for entry as directed.
  • Concessionary ticket holders may be asked to present verification documents upon request by the venue staff.
  • The exhibition session will be cancelled if Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above or the Black Rainstorm Warning is still in effect three hours before the start of the exhibition session.
  • The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.

Notice
Due to production and ticketing adjustments, tickets to the following sessions have been adjusted.
2024.08.09 (Fri) 7:30-8:55pm
2024.08.10 (Sat) 7:30-8:55pm
2024.08.11 (Sun) 6:30-7:55pm

For those who purchased the tickets before 5 Aug will be contacted by our staff. 

Curated by Dimension Plus, ProjectPlayaround ignites cross-disciplinary collaboration among performing arts and media arts communities. It aims to propel the local arts & technology scene forward.

Showcase: FIRSTAGE will be held over two consecutive weekends at various locations in the East Kowloon Cultural Centre. Eight local multimedia artist groups (four groups each week) will integrate technology, installation, sound, video, projection and movement to explore the boundless possibilities at the intersection of arts and technology.



ProjectPlayaround is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

ProjectPlayaround Showcase: FIRSTAGE is one of the “Unbox EKCC” trial programmes of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre

Dimension Plus is the Venue Partner of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre

The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

 

Exhibition Period 1: 
Date  2024.08.09-11 (Fri-Sun) 
Meet-up point: G/F Lift Lobby, East Kowloon Cultural Centre (Opposite to the Amoy Plaza)
Installations: Incubator 1-3 (4/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
To Needless Illusion*
A Very Big Instrument^
Body Landscape**

The Corner (G/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream#

"To Needless Illusion" will present an approximately 1 hour live performance on 09-10 Aug (Fri-Sat) 9pm and 11 Aug (Sun) 8pm after the exhibition admission period. Tickets are sold at $40.

"A Very Big Instrument" will present a 20-minute live performance on 9 Aug (Fri) 19:35pm and 11 Aug (Sun) 13:35pm & 19:35pm as part of the exhibition.

** "Body Landscape": durational live performance throughout the whole exhibition period.

#"Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream" has the same content over the two weeks. Each experience lasts 15 minutes, and visitors must select a time slot when purchasing tickets. 

Exhibition Period 2: 
Date  2024.08.16-18 (Fri-Sun) 
Meet-up point: G/F Lift Lobby, East Kowloon Cultural Centre (Opposite to the Amoy Plaza)
Installations: Incubator 1-2 & The Hub (4/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
Tangled Obsessions
Odd One Out (OOO)
Whisper in Cells

The Corner (G/F), East Kowloon Cultural Centre:
Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream#

#"Afterthoughts of a Peculiar Dream" has the same content over the two weeks. Each experience lasts 15 minutes, and visitors must select a time slot when purchasing tickets. 

  • Visitors can enter the exhibition anytime during their selected session and must leave the venue at the end of the session. Upon arrival, please redeem your e-ticket for an admission wristband. Onsite ticketing is available if quotas remain.
  • Some exhibits may have time and capacity limits. Please follow the instructions of the onsite staff for entry as directed.
  • Concessionary ticket holders may be asked to present verification documents upon request by the venue staff.
  • The exhibition session will be cancelled if Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above or the Black Rainstorm Warning is still in effect three hours before the start of the exhibition session.
  • The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.

Notice
Due to production and ticketing adjustments, tickets to the following sessions have been adjusted.
2024.08.09 (Fri) 7:30-8:55pm
2024.08.10 (Sat) 7:30-8:55pm
2024.08.11 (Sun) 6:30-7:55pm

For those who purchased the tickets before 5 Aug will be contacted by our staff.