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MaD Festival is coming back in a new format! Exploring creative responses to the challenges of our time, this edition is an attempt to contribute to a progressive creative ecology at multiple levels. On 12 &13 Jan 2019, the Assembly will showcase the outcomes of the festival in Tai Kwun and bring together thousands of participants from Asia and beyond.

 

 

Recommended Activities:

Open Studio

• Fashion Clinic (12 Jan) – promote service over products, which creatively extends the lifespan of clothing.
• Lin Heung House (12 Jan) – learn to make masala tea and enjoy the stories of inter-cultural encounters.

Cinema

• Plastic China (12 Jan) – Mainland China has now closed its door to overseas garbage — because of a documentary.

Excursions

• Lesson learnt in the Viva Blue House Revitalisation Project (13 Jan) – understand the first project of its kind on “retention of both the residents and the buildings”.
• Neon light walking tour in Yau Tsim Mong (13 Jan) – appreciate the designs and craftsmanship of neon signs and understand how they play a role in defining the sense of place of a locality.
• More Than Wood (13 Jan) – learn about life by working with hands.

 

MaD Festival 2019 Assembly Webpage

 

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