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Tai Kwun’s InnerGlow festival lights up Chinese New Year

The extravaganza features stunning 3D art projections by Hung Keung and other emerging artists, celebrating Hong Kong’s visual identity

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InnerGlow 3D projection show at Tai Kwun Parade Ground in Hong Kong serves as a platform for showcasing local artistic talent. Photo: Tai Kwun

Published: 4:15pm, 24 Jan 2025

In the run-up to the Lunar New Year, Tai Kwun is receiving a major glow-up starting today with InnerGlow, a 3D-mapped projection show taking place at the former Central Magistracy until February 14.

In its fourth edition, the annual 3D-projection festival has partnered with Australian projection-mapping specialists The Electric Canvas, which has transformed the likes of the Sydney Opera House and several Olympics opening ceremonies, to realise a centrepiece projection by local new media artist Hung Keung.

Turning Tai Kwun’s Parade Ground into a technicolour spectacle, Hung’s Garden of Reflection animation weaves together elements of Hong Kong’s visual identity, such as calligraphy and nature, in an exploration of the relationship between traditional Chinese characters and contemporary digital art.

Artists have created works that will be projected onto the facades of the Prison Wall, F-Hall Studio and Block 14 at Tai Kwun. Photo: Tai Kwun

Meanwhile, at the north end of the Parade Ground, the Pottinger Ramp is the site of Garden of Reflection 2.0, which welcomes visitors with a sensory tunnel of flowers, motifs from past InnerGlow editions, and, in a nod to the zodiac sign of the new lunar year, snakes.

In addition to the main projections, InnerGlow also serves as a platform for emerging artists through its Searchlight programme. This year, it has gathered 23 young artists to create nine works that will be projected onto the facades of the Prison Wall, F-Hall Studio and Block 14. Their works have been fine-tuned under the guidance of The Electric Canvas and Hong Kong-based multimedia artist Ng Tsz-kwan.

InnerGlow is at Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, until February 14. Free admission. For details, visit taikwun.hk