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1a space is once again, very honored to be one of the cultural partners of Art Basel Hong Kong . This year, we shall continue to connect the local art community with 17 art practitioners from different disciplines to cultivate art via the theme of Growing Art. We hereby sincerely invite you to visit and sprout organic conversations with us. 1a 空間非常榮幸再次成為巴塞爾藝術展香港展會的文化合作夥伴。今年我們繼續連結本地藝術社群，以 Growing Art 為主題，與 17 位不同領域的藝文工作者一起栽種藝術。誠邀你蒞臨參觀，與我們展開對話。 Participating artists 參展藝術家： CHAN Sai Lok 阿三 Meko CHENG 鄭凱殷 Reds CHEUNG 張景威 Dave CHOW 周睿宏 Jessica FU​ 傅至雅 Thomas FUNG 馮倚天 Bonnie LAM 林昕彤 LAM Hoi Yi 林海怡 Natalie LO 勞麗麗 Jolene MOK 莫頌靈 MUI Hoi Ying 梅愷盈 Tracy NGAI 魏素芬 Debe SHAM 岑愷怡 Harrison WONG Issac WONG 黃康迪 Fiona WONG 黃麗貞 Iris YEUNG 楊樂瑤 Show dates 展期 | 21 - 25 March Location 地址 | Level 1 Concourse, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 香港會議展覽中心一樓大堂

【FITS x Pro Helvetia Shanghai: Online Artist-in-Residence Programme】 Succeeding the spirit of Fill in the Space Artist-in-Residency, we are collaborating with Swiss Art Council, Pro Helvetia Shanghai to bring forth a new online residency programme. This time we invited Swiss multidisciplinary artist Alan Bogana to join us in a virtual community of research and art. To introduce the Hong Kong art scene and conduct exchanges with the artist, we gathered local art practitioners from various backgrounds to accompany the online resident. Visit 1a space's Instagram and Facebook to see what they went through during the online meetings. 【Artist's Biography】 Alan Bogana is a Swiss visual artist based in Geneva. Over the years, he has developed a multiform art practice involving installations, sculptures, time-based media, websites, virtual realities and holograms. His research focuses on the real and speculative behaviour of light as well as on the emergence of organic shapes and patterns by means of technological processes. His works delve into the mediating roles that technoscience cultures play in our perceptions, in our understanding of reality and in the construction of our notions about nature. He completed a Fine Arts Diploma with honours at the Geneva University of Art and Design in 2009 and a specialization in artistic research methodologies at the Zürich University of Art and Design in 2013.

【1a聖誕寄賣店】 2021年12月18 日– 2022年1月5日 土瓜灣道122號地下 為了支持本土藝術家和創意產業的發展，今個冬天1a空間將籌劃首個聖誕寄賣店! 我們現正尋找由本地藝術家創作而又富有趣味的藝術品！如果你希望將你的作品展示到一個更大平台，請即參與我們的冬日寄賣店，讓其他藝術愛好者將你的作品帶回家。 我們將提供： 1. 展示作品的容器： - 36 x 36 cm 的透明箱（作品大小不可超過 30 x 30 cm） - 展示畫作的空間（畫作大小約A3尺寸） 2. 媒體及推廣支援 3. 行政支援 （管理店鋪日常運作和交易記錄） 申請須知 | - 我們將不會收取任何佣金，成功申請者只需支付港幣100元以租借一個透明箱或展示一幅畫作的空間（畫作大小約A3尺寸）。 - 申請結果將於遞交報名表後兩個工作天內收到通知。 - 申請截至日期為2021年12月14日下午7時前。 立即申請 | https://forms.gle/NYFimUi3qvw2CSZg8 如有任何查詢，請電郵至 jennifer@oneaspace.org.hk. ----------------------------------------- ⭐ 聖誕寄賣店 @1a 空間 ⭐ 日期 | 2021年12月18 日– 2022年1月5日 時間 | 早上11 時至晚上7時 (星期一至日) 聖誕節及元旦假期期間將暫停開放* 場地 | 1a 空間 @ 土瓜灣道122號地下 【1a Christmas Consignment Store】 18 Dec 2021 – 05 Jan 2022 G/F To Kwa Wan Road No.122 In hopes of promoting local artists and supporting creative small businesses, this winter 1a space will be launching the first Christmas Consignment Store! We are now looking for creative art and crafts made by local artists! If you wish to showcase your creative works to a broader range of audiences, join our winter market and let other art-lovers bring your artworks back home! We will provide: 1. Consignment box for displaying artwork: - 36 x 36cm consignment box (The artwork shall not exceed 30 x 30 cm) - Space for framed painting (The size of the painting is approximately A3 size) 2. Promotional support 3. Administrative support (Daily operation and transaction records) Application Guidelines: - No commission fee is required. Successful applicants only need to pay HKD 100 for renting each consignment box or space for a painting . - The application result will be announced within two working days. - The application deadline is 14 Dec 2021 before 7 pm. Apply Now | https://forms.gle/NYFimUi3qvw2CSZg8 If you have any inquiries, please email jennifer@oneaspace.org.hk. --------------------------------- ⭐ Christmas pop up store @1a space ⭐ Date: 18 Dec 2021 – 05 Jan 2022 Time: 11am-7pm (Mon - Sun) Closed on Christmas & New Year Holiday* Venue: G/F, 1a space @ No.122 To Kwa Wan Road

1a space is pleased to announce an open call for trio group(s) composed of an artist, a curator and a researcher to participate in the Mid-Career Artist Exhibition & Publication Series. In response to the shortage of mid-career retrospectives in Hong Kong and the need of documenting and researching the local art ecology, we aim to initiate a long-term commitment to a series of comprehensive solo exhibitions and high-quality publications dedicated to mid-career artists. Through demonstrating an artist’s creative process in a thorough and inclusive manner to the general public, the project serves to acknowledge and encourage prolonged artistic practices. In addition, by facilitating dynamic collaborations between leading Hong Kong artists, curators, and researchers, we hope to invite reflections upon different roles and possibilities in exhibition-making. We seek to support a trio consisted of an artist, a curator, and a researcher, to realise a solo exhibition at the 1a space gallery in early 2022, coupled with an artist monograph publication. Pairing a deserving curatorial talent with a mid-career artist, the survey exhibition is expected to make visible the progression of an artist’s journey, demonstrating how an artist reflects, reconfigures and rejects idea. The project also sees curatorial research as a core component in tandem with exhibition planning. We intend to develop cohesive and well-contextualized retrospectives that fill in the gap between larger public institutions and commercial galleries. In accompany with the exhibition, public programmes such as artist talks and guided tours will be organized, inviting the local community to interact with the artist, curator and researcher, and to expand related discussions. To further anchor the exhibition in the wider local art discourse, the selected researcher will be responsible to conduct research and produce essay(s) focused on the artist. The publication shall include, but is not limited to, introductory essay(s), biographical information on the artist, analyses of works of art, artwork illustrations and installation images of the exhibition. While the exhibition and related programmes are temporal events, the academic monograph produced will continue to contribute to the research of local art as a helpful and permanent resource. Successful applicants will receive: - Administration and venue support - Publication support (including book designing, artwork and exhibition photography support, ISBN registration, collecting and sorting out cataloguing details, etc.) - Production fee for each participating artist, curator and researcher - Press materials and PR support Eligibility: - Applicants must be living and working in Hong Kong, or Hong Kong artists/curators/researchers living and working abroad. Please note that the project will not be able to cover travelling and accommodation costs for successful applicants coming from abroad. - We acknowledge that the careers of artists, curators and researchers progress in various ways. Thus, we broadly define the eligibility of each role through listing different milestones. Interested parties should show in the application that they have reached most of the milestones below or should demonstrate their accomplishment of other experiences that they see equivalent. o The open call is aimed at mid-career artists with at least 10 years of experience working as artists; participation in solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally; participation in local or international residencies; and an accumulated sizable quantity of works that showcases a linear development of the artist’s style and creative language. o We are looking for curators who has actively engaged in curatorial practices locally or internationally in the recent 10 years. o Applying researchers should have previous professional publishing experiences, or should possess relevant academic qualifications. Application guidelines: - Interested trios consisted of an artist, a curator and a researcher should submit ONE shared application pack. The pack should be in PDF format , and should include the following items in no more than 20 pages : 1. CV of the artist – Please note that the list of exhibitions should include maximum 10 selected items from 2016 onwards. 2. Artist’s portfolio - With images and captions of selected artworks and exhibitions 3. CV of the curator 4. CV of the researcher 5. A shared application statement – The statement should explain how your participation in the project can benefit your current states of career, and how your group visualize the upcoming collaboration. Some related questions include why this particular trio was formed, and how the trio can offer a comprehensive review on the artist’s career and deepen the understanding of the Hong Kong art scene. 6. Curator’s portfolio – with at least 2 exhibitions 7. Researcher’s writing sample – with at least 2 writing samples - Considering the limited number of pages, applicants are encouraged to include website links in replacement of long texts. - Each applicant can be involved in one application only. - One representative of the trio shall submit the application pack via email to info@oneaspace.org.hk (Subject: Application for Mid-Career Artist Exhibition & Publication Series) on or before 7pm on 28 November 2021 (Sunday) . Selection Process: Submissions will be evaluated by a committee that includes representatives and the curatorial panel of 1a space. Applications will be evaluated based on the applicants’ artistic and academic merit, and the exhibition’s benefit to the applicants’ development. Results of the open call will be announced in late December 2021.

1a space announces that “Per/Platform Live Art Festival” has been cancelled. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.

1a space is inviting artists from all disciplines within the field of contemporary art to submit performance art projects for the first edition of the live art festival Per/Platform taking place in the historical building of Cattle Depot Artist Village between July and August 2021. Co-curated by Juliana Chan and Florence Lam, the festival will host a dynamic programme of performances featuring both experienced performance artists and young artists, who are interested in exploring the practice. Successful applicants will be given artists honorarium and material fees, as well as guidance from established performance artists. In performance art, "art" is embodied within the people, and the people are embodiments, products, and responses to their surroundings. It is manifested by one's actions. The fundamental materials of a performance artist consist of one's very own body; one's presence; space, where the body can be; and time, which enables the longevity and the ephemerality of the artwork itself, the element of being "live". Thus, at the occasion of Per/Platform, we seek to learn together how to be human, and to express and develop it in the realm of art. For 2021 we invite artists to explore different ways of interpreting Light and express through performance how they understand light. In its most basic form, light is a form of energy. It is white and iridescent. It has been seen as the symbol of life and intellectual enlightenment. In ancient Chinese pictography, the character Light is represented by a kneeling person lifting a fire bowl. Some people believe it is a slave lifting the fire for the master while others think it depicts a scene of pyromancy, an art of divination by fire. While the meaning of the image remains a dispute, in both interpretations light originates from a body in action. Similarly, the definition of performance art is based on the temporal and physical co-presence of the performer’s body to convey meaning. Application Process - The open call is aimed at young and emerging artists aged 18 and above who are living and working in Hong Kong. We welcome artists working in the field of contemporary art with any disciplinary backgrounds who are interested in performance art. - To apply, please send the following documents in one PDF file within 10 pages and no larger than 10 MB in total to info@oneaspace.org.hk - An artist statement which provides an overview of the applicant’s artistic practice - CV and portfolio of the of the applicant. - Performance proposal of max 500 words in English or 800 words in Chinese. The proposal should include supported visual material of the performance, video links (if any), estimated duration of the performance and technical requirement. - Each artist is able to submit one proposal only. The application deadline is Sunday, 23 May 2021, 7pm. Selection Process Submissions are evaluated by a committee that includes representatives of 1a space and experts from the contemporary art field. Applications are evaluated based on the applicant’s artistic merit and the applicant’s potential for collaborations. Obligations The successful applicants may be required to take part in at least one public programming event (artist sharing, public workshop etc). The artist must comply with the rule in connection to the preservation of heritage buildings of Cattle Depot.

The response of “Fill in the Space” was overwhelming and we received many exciting proposals from different artists. After careful considerations and discussions, we have selected 6 artists as the artists-in-resident of the Programme and they have started their residency in early May. We are excited for their creation and exchange during the residency. Participating artists include: Meko Cheng Meko Cheng received her B.A fine art from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2019. Her work is about representation of material, weight and physical manifestation. Through its balanced structure, the material shows a limited relationship with time. Therefore, her works are often in a state of balance and imbalance, calmness and flow, showing the tension and contrast of materials. Dave Chow Dave Chow graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, where he received his Bachelor Degree in 2015. He is especially interested in the meaning of objects and the physicality of materials. His works display and distill his everyday experience through appropriating, transforming and assembling ready-made objects and images. He currently lives and works in Hong Kong. He has held his first solo exhibition, “Switch on the Television When the Sun Sets” during the artist in-residency program in Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago. His works were also exhibited in various exhibitions, including “EQUILIBRIUM” (Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong, 2018), “Observe / Scrutinise / Perceive” (Gallery Exit, 2018) and “again and again” (common room & co., Hong Kong, 2018). Michele Chu Michele Chu is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores intimacy and human connection in her works, specifically the interplay between sensory elements and space, to amplify the emotional connection between individuals. Her works contemplate what makes us human, through mediums such as multi-sensory installations and street experiments, amongst others. Michele Chu is supported by soundpocket’s Artist Support Programme 2020–21. Jessica Fu Jessica Fu received her Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She experiments with formlessness material and its metaphor to ask the philosophical question, “What is reality” through site-specific works. Her work has been exhibited internationally since 2010. She teaches part-time at various institutions in Hong Kong currently. Thomas Fung Thomas Fung graduated from the Fine Arts Department in The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019. Thomas' art practice consisted of daily life, places, and historical events through painting and drawing. Exploring the possibilities of painting languages and painting material. Harrison Wong Harrison Wong is a Hong Kong-based artist. His artistic practices includes new media, contemporary mobile, digital and analogue photography, graphic arts and interactive media. His interest is influenced his intricate network of consciousness. After his transition from interactive design to visual arts, he begins experimenting with mixed-media works in a contemporary way, a way he cannot resist in this hectic and interlaced home town.

Per/Platform Live Art Festival 2021 13 - 22 August 2021 📍 1a space, Cattle Depot Artist Village Artists: Chen Shi Sen Sanmu, Natasha Cheung, Ip Pui Pui, Florence Lam, Lai Chun Ling, Ashley Leung, Ma Wing Man Mandy, Jing Pang, To Yeuk, Hoiyu Tsang, Milo Tse, Virtue Village, Cas Wong, Siu Fong Yeung, Monique Yum, Yuen Hiu Lam The theme for Per/Platform 2021 is Light. In its essence, light is a form of of energy. It is white and iridescent. It has been regarded as the symbol of life and intellectual enlightenment. In Chinese, light originates from a human body in action - the ancient character for light resembles a kneeling person lifting a fire bowl. Similarly, performance art is rooted in the temporal and physical co-presence of the artist’s body in relation to time and space, manifested through action. Co-curated by Juliana Chan and Florence Lam, Per/Platform brings together artists both new to and experienced in performance art, to explore the boundless ways of experimentation in the live medium and to interpret the theme of light physically, metaphysically and metaphorically. 🟨🟩🟦

1a space is pleased to announce Fill in the Space , an artist-in-residency programme which aims at creating a shared space for creative dialogues and artistic exchanges. The programme is opened to Hong Kong artists and artist collectives aged 18 or above working in the field of contemporary art. Up to 4 successful applicants will be eligible to use 1a space’s main gallery as their shared studio for a period of two months free of charge. The application deadline is Sunday 18 April 2021. Fill in the Space focuses on applicants’ artistic process and the experimentations that results from working alongside other artists. The two-month residency will provide plenty of opportunities for interactions that cross the boundaries between different art forms and disciplines. As a studio-based residency, it offers time for introspective reflection, as well as a communal space for artists to share and leave their marks on each other’s thoughts. Through the experience of peer-learning and co-creating without the pressure of material outcome, the programme seeks to foster and sense of commonality among artists. Therefore, we welcome open-minded artists or artists collectives who are willing to exchange insights and to learn together through inclusion and positivity. The residency The residency programme will run from 3 May to 27 June 2021. Successful applicants will have access to a shared studio space in the diverse artist community in Cattle Depot Artist Village. The shared studio is furnished with basic equipment and is around 2000 square feet for 4 artists. This is not a live-in residency, however there is a leisure area with minimal kitchenette and pantry stocked with basic supplies. The programme also offers every artist at the residency material allowance and the opportunity to participate in weekly informal gatherings with fellow residency artists, field trips to visit established artists’ studio etc. Obligations The successful applicants may be required to take part in at least one public programming event (e.g. artist sharing, open studio, etc.). The artist must comply with the rule of 1a space and rules in connection to the preservation of heritage buildings of Cattle Depot. Who can apply? The open call is aimed at young and emerging artists and artists collectives aged 18 or above who are living and working in Hong Kong. We welcome young and emerging artists and artist collectives working in the field of contemporary art with any disciplinary backgrounds such as performance, new media, video, painting, sculpture, sound, etc. Each artist and artist-collective is able to submit one proposal only. How to apply? The application process is online only and the deadline is Sunday 18 April 2021 7pm . Please send the following documents in ONE PDF file with NO MORE THAN 10 pages in total to info@oneaspace.org.hk : A proposal of max 600 words in English or 1200 characters in Chinese which includes an explanation as to how the applicant can benefit from the time and space at 1a space, as well as why Fill in the Space will be rewarding for the applicant’s artistic practice. An artist statement which provides an overview of the applicant’s artistic practice with up to 5 images. CV / portfolio of the applicant. Please include applicant’s basic information (name, surname, mobile number) in the body of the email. Selection process Submissions will be evaluated by a committee that includes representatives of 1a space and experts from the contemporary art field. Applications will be evaluated based on the applicant’s artistic merit, the residency’s benefit to the applicant’s development and the applicant’s potential for collaborations.

1a space presents “青年藝術及文化管理人才培育計劃”, a series of talks with leading experts and practitioners in the local art industry. Between 18 -22 December, the five-day workshop offers a rare opportunity to have intimate conversations with art administrators and founders of alternative art spaces in Hong Kong, while situated in the spaces themselves. With a particular focus on Kowloon City District, the workshop covers a wide range of topics from new media and community art administration to the preservation of traditional craftmanship. 【Part 1: New media art administration】 ►Speaker: Angel Leung (Programme Manager, Videotage), moderated by Myra Chan (Project Coordinator, Videotage) ►Date & Time: 5pm, 18 Dec 2020 ►Venue: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road ►Language: Cantonese ►Target Audience: All are welcomed & no admission fee required (all partipants under the age of 18 must provide emergency contacts) ►How to join: Please fill in an online registration form at https://forms.gle/xB7ThQF1323MtXKJ7 . We will notify successful applicants through an email. Please reply to the email in order to confirm the appointment. We have limited vacancies and will process registrations on a first-come-first-served basis. New media is an emerging art field which remains hard to define. It is mainly because media art is an ongoing process which encompasses artwork created with new media technologies, such as 3D printing and biotechnology. If new media is constantly evolving and changing, what is new media art administration like? How do art administrators embrace the interdisciplinary of new media art? Angel Leung and moderator Myra Chan will discuss the unique characteristic related to this new form of art administration and the challenges it faces. A large part of the talk will focus on identifying the skillsets required in the industry and offering concrete advice on how to develop them. Videotage is a leading Hong Kong-based non-profit organization specializing in the promotion, presentation, creation and preservation of new media art across all languages, shapes and forms. Founded in 1986, Videotage has evolved from an artist-run collective to an influential network, supporting creative use of media art to explore, investigate and connect with issues that are of significant social, cultural and historical value. 【Part 2: Community art administration】 ►Speaker: Peggy Chan (administration director, Art Together), moderated by Stephanie Chung (programme coordinator, Art Together) ►Date & Time: 19 Dec 2020,5pm ►Venue: Unit 1207,12/F,Block B,Merit Industrial Centre,94 To Kwa Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong ►Language: Cantonese ►Target Audience: All are welcomed & no admission fee required (all participants under the age of 18 must provide emergency contacts) ►How to join: Please fill in an online registration form at https://forms.gle/gw711wZyHujr8bdH6 . We will notify successful applicants through an email. Please reply to the email in order to confirm the appointment. We have limited vacancies and will process registrations on a first-come-first-served basis. The talk will begin with an overview of some key moments in the history of community art in Hong Kong. Mainly following the career progression of Peggy Chan, the talk takes an information format of intimate conversation between friends, while looking at how Chan started her prolific career as artist and community art administrator, discussing what are the new possibilities of creating collaboration between artists and communities. Art Together Limited, established in 2014 as a charitable organization, is a non-profit art group based in Hong Kong. Art Together Limited mainly works on art projects and exhibitions at outdoor area and public space in Hong Kong, in an attempt to reach different communities in a mobile fashion. 【Part 3: Non-commercial independent art space management】 ►Speaker: Katie Ho, Kay Mei Ling Beadman and Isabella Ng (all founders of Hidden Space) ►Date & Time: 20 Dec 2020 (Sun),5pm ►Venue: Unit 6, 16/F Block A Wah Tat Industrial Centre 8-10 Wah Sing Street Kwai Hing Hong Kong ►Language: Cantonese ►Target Audience: All are welcomed & no admission fee required (all participants under the age of 18 must provide emergency contacts) ►How to join: Please fill in an online registration form at https://forms.gle/FM7oUMUbQgmMUoYL6 . We will notify successful applicants through an email. Please reply to the email in order to confirm the appointment. We have limited vacancies and will process registrations on a first-come-first-served basis. In recent years, contemporary art has become a synonym for wealth, luxury, and exclusivity. But is that all that contemporary art is? What is missing in the mainstream understanding of the contemporary art industry? Where can one find and engage with art that is not presented as a commodity? In this talk, we hear from artists and founders of Hidden Space, Katie Ho, Kay Mei Ling Beadman, and Isabella Ng about their place in the HK art ecosystem. Drawing on their experiences of both being artists and running an independent art space, the speakers provide an insight into ways of supporting artists, and arts and cultural activity planning. Hidden Space is an independent artist-run space founded in 2017 by three Hong Kong artists, Katie Ho, Kay Mei Ling Beadman, and Isabella Ng. They work with artists and curators to develop and present experimental installation and performance artwork, providing opportunities for artists to extend their practice in a non-commercial and non-institutional environment. The space is hidden in a working industrial building in Kwai Hing. 【Part 4: Art installation and art production business】 ►Speaker: Leo Wong & Yu Kei Kei (Founders of Pointsman Art Creation) ►Date & Time: 21 Dec 2020 (Mon), 5pm ►Venue: Unit E, 11/F, Mai Gar Industrial Building, 146 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong ►Language: Cantonese ►Target Audience: All are welcomed & no admission fee required (all participants under the age of 18 must provide emergency contacts) ►How to join: Please fill in an online registration form at https://forms.gle/WGywW3HRGevq8eKq9 . We will notify successful applicants through an email. Please reply to the email in order to confirm the appointment. We have limited vacancies and will process registrations on a first-come-first-served basis. With more and more museums, public art institutions and commercial galleries opening in Hong Kong, the demand for professional art technicians has increased drastically in the past years. Many artists and people who is passionate in art started see this career path as an alternative means to be involved in the art world. Leo Wong and Yu Kei Kei, artists and founders of Pointsman will discuss how he started his career in art production. In the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to visit his productions studio, gain first-hand knowledge on the industry. Wong will also share his valuable experience on artwork installation. Founded in 2013, Pointsman Art Creation is a team of Exhibition Curators & Producers in Arts, Culture and Heritage. Our team is dedicated to bring art closer to the public by engaging in a wide range of events and exhibitions. They are not limited by the conventions and are constantly pushing boundaries, which presents the public new curatorial experiences. They worked as exhibition consultant for the “TKO Heritage Post”, curated and produced a painting exhibition “Borrowed People” and constructed for a glass curtain wall public art at Lam Tin Complex. 【Part 5: Cultural and creative industry】 ►Speaker: Yan (founder, Coutou Woodworking Studio), moderated by Arthur (member, Coutou Woodworking Studio) ►Date & Time: 22 Dec 2020 (Tue), 5pm ►Venue: Coutou Woodworking Studio, Unit A, 6/F, Gee Chang Industrial Building, 108 Lok Shan Rd, To Kwa Wan ►Language: Cantonese ►Target Audience: All are welcomed & no admission fee required (all participants under the age of 18 must provide emergency contacts) ►How to join: Please fill in an online registration form at https://forms.gle/P5ydASAeNAZYxBMZ6 . We will notify successful applicants through an email. Please reply to the email in order to confirm the appointment. We have limited vacancies and will process registrations on a first-come-first-served basis. Yan, founder of Coutou will share with us her art career from studying woodworking in Taiwan to founding Coutou Studio. Moderated by Arthur the conversation discusses how to preserve traditional craftmanship such as Chinese woodwork. In the recent years, Coutou studio has been working on upcrycling unwanted tree or wood waste to create functional furniture using traditional and modern woodworking technique. Touch on the environmental responsibility of art, the speakers will examine creative possible ways of integrating traditional craftsmanship in today’s creative industry and how should interested young professionals start their career. In between carpenters & craftsmanship, human & trees, there are lots of possibilities. Devoting to craftsmanship in Hong Kong, is like walking in the rye. When Coutou Woodworking Studio keep moving and exploring, their collective believe that they are not alone. Learning from the trees and craftsmanship, is like understanding how the world operates, they try their best to pass on those forgotten carpenters' skills and treasure the neglected resources, turn the craftsmanship as tools to create a better future on what they concern.

Inspiring arts exchange between UK and Hong Kong Online Festival 11 - 14 November 2020 Image Courtesy: 1. Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, I cant remember a time i didn't need you(moment), 2020, Interactive Game (still) 2. Antonio Roberts, untitled, 2019, Video (screenshot from sonituslive) 3. Hetain Patel, Spectrum 2, 2020, Single channel HD Video, acrylic paint (video still) 4. Lee Kai Chung, Theatre Exile (working Title) Screen_05, 2020, single channel video 5. Sharon Lee Cheuk Wun, Same River Twice (newspaper stand), 2020, Gelatin-silver prints, 6-channel video 1a space is delighted to be a part of Peer to Peer: UK/HK , a programme designed to encourage meaningful cultural exchange and to forge enduring partnerships between the UK and Hong Kong's visual arts sectors. The programme launches publicly with an online festival of international exchange and collaboration on the 11-14 November , curated by independent curator Ying Kwok. The Festival will include an online exhibition of digital artworks from UK and Hong Kong based artists, including 5 new commissions by artists nominated by UK and Hong Kong based partners. There will also be a series of digital residencies taking place across partner organisation's social media channels as well as a set of curated panel discussions. Peer to Peer: UK/HK is led by University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery and Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) and consists of a network of contemporary visual arts organisations across the UK and Hong Kong. The project has been generously supported by funding from Arts Council England and the GREAT campaign. Save the date Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Festival 11 - 14 November 2020 Curated by independent curator Ying Kwok, the Peer to Peer: UK/HK online festival will put artists based in the UK and Hong Kong at the centre and will facilitate international cultural exchange and collaboration. Alongside a digital exhibition of new and existing artwork, the festival programme will include panel discussions and a digital sharing platform. The festival will explore artists and practices that critically engage with new media and technology to challenge contemporary art practice and consider the conceptual possibilities. The festival will be free, open to all and will be hosted on Peer to Peer: UK/HK site. Registration will open 21 October 2020. peertopeerexchange.org “I am tremendously impressed by the creative ambition and appetite for international collaboration demonstrated by the Peer to Peer: UK/HK digital project. This is such a heartening example of international exchange and partnership evolving despite the global pandemic. Artists may not be able to travel but – as this project shows - they can connect and innovate in the digital space." Nick McDowell, Director International, Arts Council England "We are undergoing a new phase where we have to unlearn our way of life and re-establish new ones. Investing in and developing the new ways of international collaboration is vital in growing the strength of the arts and culture sector." Ying Kwok, Festival Curator New commissions announced From 11 November Peer to Peer: UK/HK will be presenting five brand new commissions from artists who are creating work through new media, technology and digital platforms. Each of the artists was selected from nominations by UK and Hong Kong partner organisations taking part in Peer to Peer: UK/HK. They include: Antonio Roberts Untitled , 2020, video Nominated by Charlotte Frost, Furtherfield, London, UK . Antonio Roberts explores what ownership and authorship mean in an age impacted by digital technology. His new work will demonstrate the creative potential of 'Live coding', a performative practice where artists make music and visual art live using programming technology. The practice has grown into a global community, attending online and physical 'Algorave' events. www.hellocatfood.com Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley I cant remember a time i didn't need you , 2020, interactive story Nominated by Peter Bonnell and co-commissioned with QUAD Derby, UK Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley's work uses animation, sound, performance and video games to communicate the experiences of Black trans people. In her interactive digital story a mysterious fog takes over a city, changing all within it. www.daniellebrathwaiteshirley.com Hetain Patel Spectrum 2 , 2020, Single channel HD Video, acrylic paint Nominated by Skinder Hundal and co-commissioned with New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK Hetain Patel is a London based visual artist and performance maker. Using drawing and animation he will explore the physical manifestation of three different, cultural influences on his body and identity: Bruce Lee, Spider-Man and an Indian squatting position. www.hetainpatel.com Lee Kai Chung Theatre Exile (working Title) , 2020, single channel video Nominated by Wang Weiwei, CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Art and Textiles), Hong Kong Lee Kai Chung uses historical events, political systems and ideologies to inform his artistic research. The commission is the fourth part of a pentalogy exploring Displacement and Diaspora, taking inspiration from his research of Jewish documentary filmmaker Gertrude Wolfson and Japanese film producer Nagamasa Kwakita. www.leekaichung.com Sharon Lee Cheuk Wan Same River Twice, 2020, Gelatin-silver prints, 6-channel video, 6 sets of moving images uploaded on google map Nominated by Bess Chan, Hong Kong International Photo Festival, Hong Kong Photographer Sharon Lee Cheuk Wan approaches the absence, disappearance and lost in history and memory. Using Google Maps' Street View she explores the online record of Hong Kong's Harcourt Road in 2014, revisiting the road to re-photograph the same street views using analogue photography to create a hybrid half-positive-half-negative digital map. www.sharonleecw.com Generously supported by Arts Council England and the GREAT campaign. Festival Organisers: University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery, CFCCA UK/HK Partners UK partners a-n - The Artists Information Company, Castlefield Gallery, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), Firstsite, Furtherfield, Milton Keynes Arts Centre, New Art Exchange Nottingham, Newlyn Art Gallery / The Exchange, Nottingham Contemporary, Open Eye Gallery, QUAD Derby, Red Eye Photography Network, University of Salford Art Collection, and Wellcome Collection. Hong Kong partners 1983, 1a space, Blindspot Gallery, Centre for Heritage Arts and Textile (CHAT), Eaton Workshop, HART, Hong Kong International Photo Festival, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, K11 Art Foundation, Oil Street Art Space, Videotage and WMA.

In response to the unprecedented challenges and its impact, Art Future invites young and emerging art talents to submit innovative project idea highlighting the possibilities and imagination of the future for the art circle, humanity and beyond. The project empowers selected curators and artists to realize their concept into physical events with an online showcase. Art Future encourages young and emerging local and international talents in the contemporary art field with curatorial guidance, training and advice to help actualize their artistic project. To enhance regional and international idea exchange and dialogues, the project will be divided into two parts to engage with talents locally and internationally. Projects that take innovative curatorial approaches and experimental formats will be encouraged. The current situation has set the stage for an shift toward the online and digital solutions. Art Future is highlighting the variety of programme that make possible within the online format and its potential to innovative programme structure. Applicant should consider a possible plan to conduct and curate the project at a distance and remotely through online channels. Selected artist/curator will receive: • Professional advice, curatorial comments and instructions by 1a space's curatorial panel members • Administrative support in constructing and implementing an exhibition plan • Exhibition opportunity at 1a space gallery • Production fee of the exhibition/exhibit artworks • Promotion of the exhibition on 1a space’s audience and media networks Part 1: Open Call for Artist/Curator (local talents)　 Submission deadline：6-9-2020 Exhibition period: Oct 2020 (includes an online virtual exhibtion produced by 1a space)　 Submission Requirements: An exhibtion proposal on the theme “ Future” with at least 1 participatory-based public programming • Individuals who have recently completed an art course/formal training in the arts within 5 year • Expectation and objective for joining the project • A no more than 10-page artist CV and portfolio with images of his/her previous artworks • With the commitment in launching professional career in the arts • Priority will be given to applicants without solo exhibition experience To apply, please send us the required documents (in English) via e-mail to: info@oneaspace.org.hk or by post at Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. If you have any questions, please write to: info@oneaspace.org.hk Part 2: Open Call for Artist/Curator (international)　 **Further details will be announced soon.