CHAT

This exhibition showcases Kazakh artist Gulnur Mukazhanova’s diverse creations from across her career, including felt paintings, felt sculptures, patchwork installations, photography and video.

Tidal Weavers unfolds as a process and generative space of shared memory and interwoven knowledge. Central to it is an artist exchange between grassroots organisations across Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan to cultivate mutual learning and long-term collaboration.

CHAT invited Hong Kong artist Sara Tse to explore how nature and textiles weave into people’s memories and, during the process, unravel and reweave communal experiences by collecting oral histories and co-creating with the public.

Busy Needles examines embroidery materials from Maryknoll Convent School Foundation, drawnwork from Swatow that circulated through Hong Kong, beadwork and its cottage industry, traditional kwan kwa marriage gowns and more, at the same time encouraging alternative and personal views of craft in Hong Kong.

Presented in partnership with ANTEPRIMA, this exhibition showcases the works of the finalists and celebrates the expressive power and intrinsic significance of textiles. We hope the one-of-a-kind prize will stimulate artistic talents and create future possibilities of textiles.