Art After Hours: The Stream of Consciousness invites audiences to engage in a dialogue with the unconscious, exploring the intersections of dreams, memory, technology, and spiritual forces.
Harnessing the collective consciousness and inspired by scientific methodologies, this edition of Art After Hoursmerges video installations, music, and celebratory live performances. This evening guides the audience to delve into the veiled territories of the mind, navigating the fluid boundaries between the unconscious, subconscious, and reality.
This edition centres around the interdisciplinary works by Swedish-Chinese artist Ella Wang Olsson, Taiwanese artist Ho Yen-Yen, German music group KLASSIK underground and Hong Kong musicians. Through their keen perspectives, these artistic units emphasise the fluidity of consciousness and its role in shaping memory and identity, prompting deeper reflections on the body, healing, and social resonance.
Art After Hours: The Stream of Consciousness encourages a contemplative engagement with the unseen forces – psychological, spiritual and technological – that shape our perception of reality. This event seeks to activate Tai Kwun into a vibrant space of artistic experimentation and community exploration, inspiring visions of the future emerging from the depths of collective consciousness.
Contemporary art installations and performance:
Artists: Ho Yen-Yen, Ella Wang Olsson aka xiexie3lla
Curated by Louiza Ho
Performing Arts event:
Co-curators: Tahlia Petrosian, Luk Wai Chun
Composer-in-Residence: Luk Wai Chun
Musicians from KLASSIK underground: Camille Gouton (Violin), Kıvanç Tire (Violin), Tahlia Petrosian (Director/Viola), Gayane Khachatryan (Cello), Edgar Heßke (Clarinet)
Musician from Hong Kong: Ng Kai Hei Jason* (Ruan), Loo Sze Wang (Sheng), Derek Suen (Sheng), Wan Xing (Guzheng)
*By kind permission of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra