SPOTLIGHT: "Fragile! Human Inside"

Now in its fifth year, Tai Kwun’s SPOTLIGHT: A Season of Performing Arts presents a new lineup of vibrant interdisciplinary collaborations exploring not just the far edges of various art forms but also the cracks that fall in-between. With works from previous seasons commissioned especially for Tai Kwun’s distinctive venues and outdoor spaces having now advanced well beyond Hong Kong onto the international stage, SPOTLIGHT once again returns to provide a new stage for performing arts for both local and international creators to contemplate subjects that are deeply personal yet universally significant.

This year’s eclectic offerings, a mix of returning guests and artists new to Tai Kwun, opens with Fragile! Human Inside, a synthesis of sound, moving images, installation and performance art by multimedia artist GayBird contrasting the historic durability of an architectural exterior with the resilient potential of its human inhabitants.

Packed within dozens of cardboard boxes forming an installation on the Laundry Steps (visually echoing the bricks of Tai Kwun’s historic structures) are the materials of a full multisensory experience, with soundscape and video projections curated by award-winning media artist GayBird. The cartons of Fragile! Human Inside represent not just the stability of bricks but also the fluidity of building blocks reassembling the human form. Within the JC Cube, physical boundaries between performer and audience as well as the tangible and virtual world blur into a dreamlike experience where sight and sound combine in an expansive exploration of fragility and stability.

Multisensory Experience

Artistic and Music Director, Installation and Programme Design, Live Performance: GayBird
 

Date & Time: 4–6, 8–10 Apr 2025, 7:30PM–8:40PM

Venue: JC Cube & Laundry Steps, Tai Kwun

Ticket: HK$280

In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles

There will be post-performance talks and Unboxing Backstage sessions, details to be announced, please stay tuned to the Tai Kwun website.