A week-long cultural festival has debuted at Hong Kong’s newly minted Kai Tak Sports Park, featuring installations by renowned artists and various programmes, coinciding with a plethora of Art March events taking place across the city.
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The inaugural Kai Tak Art Week, with the theme of “Hundred Senses”, includes offerings such as panel discussions, art workshops and a market. The activities are designed to showcase the site’s past and present through four areas: cultural heritage, aviation, sports and community development.
“Through these art and cultural activities, we aim to deepen people’s understanding and appreciation of the rich heritage of the Kai Tak area,” a spokesman for the Kai Tak Sports Park Art Week Curatorial Team said on Friday.
“Kai Tak has been a significant microcosm of Hong Kong’s history, from the Sung Wong Toi to the aviation development of Kai Tak Airport and the social and cultural stories of the surrounding areas,” the spokesman added.
The activities are open to the public until March 27.
Organisers of the event said they did not apply for the government’s Mega Ace Fund set up to support art and cultural events in the city. Instead, funding was provided by the Kai Tak Sports Park Limited with HSBC and AXA as sponsors, although the cost of the festival was not disclosed.