“西九文化區 West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD)” / 香港文化建築之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Forms / SML.20130508.6D.05503

The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a strategic investment by the Hong Kong Government to meet the long-term infrastructure needs of the arts and cultural sector and to position Hong Kong as a world-class city for contemporary arts and cultural entertainments.

 

The proposed and currently developing site is approximately 40 hectares and when completed will include 17 arts and cultural venues as well as space for arts education. One of these development will be the M+ Museum, which recently made news in the art world by snatching Lars Nittve to be its executive director.

 

Nittve was the founding Director of Tate Modern in London, former Director of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the founding Director of Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art - in Malmö, Sweden, and Director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark. Many have high hopes that by involving Nittve it would allow Hong Kong to make a mark in the art world—an area where Hong Kong at the moment quite frankly lacks.

 

At the moment WKCD is still under heavy construction but WKCD has taken the opportunity to organise some temporary art installations such as the “Mobile M+: Inflation!”, which features inflatable sculptures at the future site of M+.

 

The site was closed because of weather when I visited it but trust that I will go back again when the weather is good. A roster of international artists are involved, including: Cao Fei (China); Choi Jeong Hwa (South Korea); Jeremy Deller (UK); Jiakun Architects (China); Paul McCarthy (USA); Tomás Saraceno (Argentina); Tam Wai Ping (Hong Kong).

 

# References

1. West Kowloon Cultural District: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kowloon_Cultural_District

2. 西九文化區: Wikipedia: ZH: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/西九文化區

3. West Kowloon Cultural District Authority: www.wkcda.hk/

4. Lars Nittve: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Nittve

5. Mobile M+: Inflation! www.wkcda.hk/en/newsroom/press_releases/index_id_128.html

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-08T18:13:55+0800

+ Dimensions: 5297 x 3531

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 39 mm

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+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: CanonEF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°17'56" N 114°9'19" E

+ Location: 香港西九文化區 West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), West Kowloon, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130508.6D.05503

+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, Typography

 

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