These roles we play in relation to one another can sometimes complement each other, but may also come into conflicts. What role could art creation play when we are facing these contradictions or complementarities between our different roles?

Artist Wai Pong-yu has developed a distinctive artistic practice with ballpoint pen on paper, expressing his emotions and observations of the surrounding world through the weaving and spinning of lines. In this Camp, Wai will guide you to step out of the roles in real life and embark on a fantastical journey. With a storyline designed for this Camp, you will unleash your imagination to take on specific roles, switching between different personas in the story. By switching between different roles, you will contemplate the various aspects of human nature when faced with situations where choices are absent. At the same time, you will learn artistic forms related to ink art and use them to express your observations and reflections during the role-playing process. This will allow you to experience how creativity can capture and influence the way you think and perceive the world.

Language: Cantonese

Ceramics can be easily found as practical objects in our everyday lives. Beyond their functional purposes, what other purposes can ceramics serve?

Artist Amie Chan is dedicated to exploring the alternative uses of ceramics beyond the typical functional purposes, viewing them as an important medium that connects people with nature, the environment, and one another. In this Camp, the artist will guide you to open your imagination about clay and delve deeper into its diverse forms and materiality. This includes deconstructing and reconstructing ceramic objects or combining them with other materials. At the same time, the artist will encourage you to discover creative elements while learning about the material. By incorporating your observations and experiences from daily life, the process will be transformed from personal expression into a way of communicating between the self and the external world.

Language: Cantonese

In the museum, apart from visiting exhibitions or taking photos for social media, what else can we do? If we want to make the museum a social space for you and your friends, what kind of experiences should it offer?

2 Square Metres, an architecture studio based on the principles of social innovation design, is dedicated to collecting voices from the communities and co-creating people-centric public spaces. In this Camp, the artist will guide you to start looking at spatial design in the museum, understand how space can influence the audience's experience in and outside the museum, and reflect on some conventional perceptions about museums. The studio will guide you to observe the public's usage habits in the museum and the park, discover and imagine interesting and unconventional ways of experiencing it, transforming the museum into a space that invites public gatherings and exchanges. You will then transform these ideas into design and conduct onsite testing. From creative concept to practical implementation, this Camp will encourage participants to make the museum into a truly shared public space through community engagement approaches.

Language: English, supplemented with Cantonese

Come and visit the showcase exhibiting the process and works created by the participants of our four-day Creative Day Camp! Three groups of young participants have worked closely with artist instructors Wai Pong-yu, Amie Chan, and 2 Square Metres to reflect on the essence of artistic creations, explore different ways of expressions through various mediums and gain insight into how the themes of the Camps are relevant to our daily lives.

Date and time: 26 July 2024, 18:00

Location: Common Space, Learning Hub, Ground Floor

‘Mapping Out an Architect's Path’ provides an opportunity for those interested in pursuing studies in architecture and design to learn about potential future paths. Students from the architecture schools of the University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong participated in the model making for the Special Exhibition I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture. The students will guide you through the exhibition's architectural models that they made, showcasing both completed and unrealized projects by I. M. Pei. Drawing from the behind-the-scenes stories of model making, they will share how this experience has led them to reflect on the relationship between architecture and people, as well as the new inspirations it has brought to their future career paths.

Date and Time:

27 July 2024, 14:30–16:00 Register here

Venue: Atrium, Level 2

Language: Cantonese

Have you ever experienced a scene naturally emerging in your mind when hearing a certain sound?

Documentary filmmaker Wong Siu Pong will guide you to explore the relationship between sound and memory. By immersing yourself in the video installation work 47 Days, Sound-less (2024) by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Trinh Thi, you can listen to forest sounds and observe natural landscapes, which may evoke hidden memories and uncover longing deep within your heart, embarking on a journey to connect the past and present.

Date and Time:

26 July 2024, 18:30–19:15 Register here

27 July 2024, 13:30–14:15 Register here

Venue: Atrium, Level 2

Language: Cantonese

In our daily lives, we often passively receive information from our surroundings. But what if we actively change our perspective? Would we then notice intriguing visual compositions that we previously overlooked?

Artist Lai Lon Hin has shared over 10,000 mobile snapshot works on social media, capturing the everyday from a playful point of view. In this workshop, he will be joined by members of M+ Young Collective and they will guide you to use tailor-made viewfinders to transform the seemingly ordinary aspects of daily life into visually interesting images and discover the unexpected perspectives that can emerge from shifting your viewpoint.

Take a moment, pause, and set aside any restless thoughts. Through the practice of weaving, you can immerse yourself in the present moment and discover the intangible connections between people.

Artist Mandy Ma Wing Man is known for using weaving as her primary artistic medium, using it to connect her inner emotions with the external world and to explore the relationships between herself and others. She has partnered with members of M+ Young Collective to invite you to participate in this collective weaving workshop within the museum's public spaces.

It is said that certain scents can induce a sense of relaxation. But what if we were to design a formula that represents unease? What materials would we use to compose such a scent?

The okapi studio, in collaboration with members of M+ Young Collective, invites you to explore a variety of aromatic materials through smell, sight, and touch. Discover the emotions and associations evoked by these materials and use them to craft your own formula of unease. This process will allow you to reflect on the source of your unease.

Date and Time for the workshops:

26 July 2024, 18:30–21:00

27 July 2024, 12:30–16:00

UNISON, an organisation dedicated to promoting local music across tertiary institutions, is bringing various artists to the museum this summer. Singer-songwriter Siu Yuen shares moments inspired by daily life in a ballad, post-rock band After Tales shares the joys and sorrows of life with poetic lyrics, and Japanese-style idol group 乙女シンドリーム (Otomesyndream) bravely forges ahead on its dreams. Come and embark on a musical journey of self-exploration with UNISON. A conversation will be conducted prior to the musical performance. Listen to the different musical units share the encouragement and inspiration they have encountered during their own process of self-discovery through music.

Date and Time:

27 July 2024

Conversation: 15:30–16:00

Music performance: 16:00–17:30

Venue: Main Hall, Ground Floor

Facing challenges in life and unsure how to solve them? Come and see how artists handle their challenges through mini-games. ‘Hey! Sigg In-Gallery Games’ is designed by M+ Young Collective for the exhibition M+ Sigg Collection: Another Story. Through participating in five simple and enjoyable mini-games, you will reflect on various life-related topics such as lifestyle habits, letting go of things, and the disparities between reality and imagination. At the end of the event, you are welcome to leave a record of your contemplative journey and share your thoughts with other visitors.

Date and Time:

26 July 2024, 18:30–21:00

27 July 2024, 12:30–16:00

Venue: Sigg Galleries, L2

(for all exhibition ticket or token holders)

Hong Kong is in a constant state of flux. In the name of development, some locales and neighborhoods that once held individual and communal significance have ceased to exist. This series of short films pays tribute to some of the disappearing beauty of Hong Kong’s past.

Date and Time:

26 July 2024 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 19:30

27 July 2024 14:30, 15:30

Venue: Grand Stair, Ground Floor