Fringe Evolution

Reinvent--Festival without walls (2011-present)

To take this one step further: if we don't have to tie down to one location, do we have to play to a famine-and-feast cycle, around which conventional arts festivals operate? Technological advancements have changed the way we live, as well as our cultural consumption patterns. These days, the trend is to consume less, and in smaller portions. In face of the compression and fragmentation of time in the way we organise our lives, we may also need to rethink how a festival should be, to use a high-tech word, re-engineered. 

Keeping up with the evolving ways of consuming art, we have subsequently launched the Festival Without Walls, with a special regard to Andre Malraux's concept of Le Musee Imaginaire. It transcends self-limiting constraints and goes beyond the physical events. We want to search for a new structure of form, through which we can create a relationship between musicians and audience, artists and their community, Hong Kong and other cities, you and your ideas. Instead of being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of it, programmes and shows are arranged throughout the year. Pace it such that both the presenter and the audience can savour the experience.

At this moment, we are working on our manifesto by way of reinventing the Fringe.

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." -- Lao Tzu