People’s life will be completely altered if their everyday work is given another function.

The textile industry in Hong Kong expanded rapidly after the war. The golden age of the manufacturing sector in Hong Kong was between the 1950s and the 1970s. The number of cotton mills and dyeing factories in Tsuen Wan rose drastically, as did the working and residing population. As a result, the community and its auxiliary facilities were also established. An entire community was once bound together by a thread of yarn. But who would have thought that the seemingly insignificant activity of knitting once served as a means of promoting awareness and providing support for frontline soldiers during the war?

The Mills has been invited be a curatorial partner of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s (HKADC)15th Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme (AAiSS). The Mills collaborates with artist Vvzela Kook to present a different knitting story through multi-media art. We may reflect on how knitting as an everyday activity might revolutionise our daily lives if it is given a different function. The situation is similar to that of today’s intelligent technology, which improves our lives but also has potential drawbacks.

The Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme organised by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) is an arts promotion scheme for primary and secondary schools. Since its launch in 2008, the Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme (AAiSS) has amassed an alumni of more than 16,000 ambassadors from primary, secondary and special schools who have demonstrated their artistic talents and potentials while inviting others to partake in the fun of creating the arts, living out the cooperative spirit of ‘Live in Art, Thrive in Sharing’.

The 15th AAiSS will be held from August 11 to 27 at The Mills. There will be a multi-media art experience, “I Wonder Who is Knitting for Me”. The event is open to the public free of charge.