Hong Kong heritage on display at Kai Tak Sports Park’s debut cultural festival
Kai Tak Art Week offers activities to showcase past and present in areas such as aviation, sports and community
A week-long cultural festival has debuted at Hong Kong’s new Kai Tak Sports Park, featuring installations by renowned artists and coinciding with a number of Art March events taking place across the city.
The inaugural Kai Tak Art Week, with the theme of “Hundred Senses”, includes panel discussions, art workshops and a market, among other attractions. The activities are designed to showcase the site’s past and present in 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 Sung Wong Toi to the aviation development of Kai Tak Airport and the social and cultural stories of the surrounding areas.”
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 Kai Tak Sports Park Limited with HSBC and AXA as sponsors, although the cost of the festival was not disclosed.