Young People Summer Takeover Workshop:
A Chic Date at the Museum
Young People Summer Takeover Workshop:
A Chic Date at the Museum
This event is for participants ages sixteen to twenty-four. Each participant must join with a companion.
Time seemed to have slowed, eavesdropping on our whispers, as we walked into the museum—through its crowds and between its silent walls.
Dates don’t always have to be flashy. Let’s have a low-key but memorable date at M+! In this workshop, artist Sinman Yeung explores ways to improve relationships between people through a unique date. Guided by Yeung and members of M+ Young Collective, you and your companion will participate in an orienteering game to discover unexpected spaces and ways to enjoy a date at the museum. At the end of the game, you will create a ‘trail map’ on a piece of glass to record the intimate time spent together.
About the Artist
Sinman Yeung graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts at the Hong Kong Baptist University. She mainly focuses on drawing to articulate her observations. She enjoys wandering in the city to discover and record the hidden pattern of everyday scenery. Sinman participated as a university volunteer in M+ Summer Camp 2018, and continuously assisted in planning and facilitating M+ Young People Programme.
Yeung Sin Man. Photo: Yedda Li © Yedda Li
About M+ Young Collective
The M+ Young Collective volunteer programme is supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Hong Kong, which engages fifteen local tertiary students and recent graduates. They work closely with the M+ team and creative practitioners from various disciplines to develop, plan, and deliver public programmes.
About Young People Summer Takeover: Retrograde
The Young People Summer Takeover programme features a series of creative events over the course of two weeks in August. Inspired by our past M+ Summer Camps, the programme continues to encourage young people to think outside the box, discover new perspectives on everyday life, and flex their creativity when responding to challenges.
The theme of this year’s Summer Takeover is ‘Retrograde’. The programme inspires participants to re-examine preconceived thinking and explore their paths in various paces, trajectories, and directions. ‘Retrograde’ references the apparent backwards motion of a plane. It is also a metaphor that prompts young people to reassess their journeys of self-discovery. By navigating the world from fresh perspectives, they can respond to today’s ever-changing environment in different ways when confronted with confusion and uncertainty.
Image at Top: Sinman Yeung. Photo: Courtesy of the artist