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Colorful art exhibition livens up Hong Kong’s harbourfront

More than 45,000 colourful streamers flutter over Central as part of a two-week exhibition by local and international designers along the harbourfront. Seven installations are placed along the walking path from the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter to Central for the “transFORM” exhibition curated by Design District Hong Kong. Artists were inspired by Chinese garden design and the Tai Hang traditional fire dragon dance originally created to ward off plague, according to the exhibition website. Five of the installations are open with two still under construction. 

 

Apartogether
venue-harbourfront of Causeway Bay typhoon shelter
A series of socially distanced public seating is meant to evoke Chinese garden pavilions in an exhibition called “Apartogether” by the local architectural and social design team One Bite Design Studio.

 

 

 

 

The Lead
Venue-harbourfront of Causeway Bay typhoon shelter
The first installation in Central, “The Lead” combines a dragon with elements of mountains and rocks from Chinese gardens.

 

 

Amy, a resident living nearby, takes a photo of the dragon installation in Causeway Bay. She says she came just to see the dragon head.

 

 

Recess at Harbourfront
Venue- Central & Western district promenade
Napp Studio, a local creative design team, redesigned five local folk games with a twist. Rules are provided for the games on the pavement.

 

 

In this game, players move through the board using “rock, paper, scissors” to determine the number of steps. The person who gets to the centre first wins.

 

 

River of Light
Venue-Central Harbourfront Event Space
More than 45,000 colourful streamers covering 700 square metres flutter over Central in the exhibition called “River of Light ''.

 

 

LA-based artist Patrick Shearn designed the streamers with the image of flowing water in mind, according to the exhibition website.

 

 

Joyce Ho (right) said it is amazing to see such a big exhibit in such an empty space in the Central.

 

Jason Wu, an amateur photographer, says when the colourful streamers dance in the wind, it reminds him of flowing water.

 

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