artists-in-labs: Exploring the Unknown – The Making of Art-Science Collaborations

artist in labs

artist in labs

Date: 24.10.2017
Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm
Venue: HKU SPACE – Admiralty Learning Centre, Room 302, 3/F, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong

This Public Forum provides the opportunity to hear the head of the artists-in-labs program and curator, Irène Hediger, sharing her expertise on facilitating collaborative art-science projects. Joining Irène is Hong Kong artist Wong Chi-yung, current artist in residence in the artists-in-labs program, who will talk about his explorations of anxiety disorders and mindfulness with neuroscientists and psychiatrists in Zurich.

Speaker: Irène Hediger – Head of the artists-in-labs programme, Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts (ICS), Zurich University of the Arts and Wong Chi-yung – Lighting installation artist, current artist in residence in the artists-in-labs programme.

Moderator: Anna CY Chan – Head of Dance, Performing Arts, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority