Colours of Humanity Arts Exhibition

Knock Knock! Not the Front Door - a Crip Zine-Making Workshop 叩叩！唔入正門 — 夬兒小誌工作坊 ZineCreation by c.95d8 Body Workshop by rope artist Aka Chow @aka.ropeart Font Design sharing by Lo Yiu Fai (小寶） Colour of Humanity Arts Exhibition 2025 @coloursofhumanity

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, we are proud to announce the winner of the 2025 Colours of Humanity Arts Exhibition – Kelvin Au, for his thought-provoking work Lilian and Paul (2025). The award was revealed in the presence of Ambassador Harvey Rouse, Head of the @euinhkandmo , Arendt Röskens, Director of the @goetheinstitut_hk & Joseph Chen, Director of Culture at @eaton.hk . Kelvin’s work honours the devotion of caregiving and the enduring bonds between generations. Congratulations to Kelvin, who will be awarded a solo exhibition at Eaton Hong Kong in 2026. Jury reflections: 'This compelling interactive sculpture delicately balances the vulnerability of aging with the resilience of caregiving. It invites profound reflection on the emotional and systemic complexities of elder care, moving the dialogue from the familial to the societal sphere.' – @chenyuen1314 'Along with the rest of the jury, I am delighted to select Kevin Au as the winner. His piece merges personal experience with a poignant reflection on aging, legacy, and memory – core themes of Colours of Humanity. I am also moved by the artist’s journey into practice later in life and believe this platform will offer meaningful support as he continues to grow.' – @tiffany.w.l 'Poignant and nuanced, Lilian and Paul is a highly evocative visual representation of helplessness, yearning, nostalgia, concern and care – universally resounding sentiments that comprise the uncertainty and vulnerability with which we navigate today’s world and many of life’s experiences. From grappling with elderly parental care to coming out to parents as a gay man, Au conveys emotionally complex and layered narratives in minimalist form, yielding strong visceral impact.' – @aaina_b Ambassador Rouse highlights: 'I was impressed with Kelvin’s ability to transform his touching personal story of decades of care for his aging parents into an engaging piece of art. It invites us to empathise and reflect about a more inclusive and welcoming society. This is what Colours of Humanity is all about – I am proud to be supporting this project as part of the 🇪🇺commitment to championing human rights worldwide.'

Our hearts go out to those affected by the devastating fire at Wang Fuk Court. We hold close the residents, their families, and all who have been touched by this tragedy whether directly or from afar. We send our sincerest wishes for safety, healing, and peace. To anyone feeling shaken, vulnerable, or overwhelmed, please know that you are not alone. We remain committed to nurturing spaces where empathy, listening, and care are at the centre. Art offers shelter, and it can hold both grief and hope. 💛 Colours of Humanity team

Cultivating Solidarities: Peasant Month 2025 Crossing SEAS Sunday 14.12.2025 4.00 – 6.30pm KINO, Eaton HK Films Screening: Sa Ngalan ng Tubo (For the Sake of Sugarcane) (38’, 2005), English subtitles Buol Bertahan di Tanah Harapan (Buol Survives in the Land of Hope) (54’, 2025) Indonesian and English subtitles Discussion in English, with Indonesian translation Farmers and peasants all over the world are forced onto the frontlines of a worsening crisis - climate change. Typhoons, flooding and heatwaves are increasingly frequent and farmers are seeing their harvests devastated while land and natural resources continue to be violently co-opted. In Indonesia and the Philippines, Peasant Month is marked annually across September and October to honour the ongoing struggle of peasants. In Hong Kong, Crossing SEAS is organising a solidarity peasant month to build awareness of the struggles of peasants and farmers across the region, the connecting thread of migration and climate imperialism and how issues of Hong Kong farmers are connected to wider systems at play. This event will feature two documentaries about the peasant struggle against corporate land grabbing: ‘Sa Ngalan ng Tubo’ (For the Sake of Sugarcane) (Dir. Onin Tagaro, 2005, 38 mins) and ‘Buol Bertahan di Tanah Harapan’ (Buol Survives in the Land of Hope) (Watchdo Documentary, 2025, 54 mins). Following the screening, there will be an interactive, open discussion between migrant and Hong Kong farmers and the audience. The session aims to facilitate understanding about the specific and common struggles of each region, their practices, to broaden solidarities and to co-imagine what a climate-just future could look like. About Crossing SEAS Crossing SEAS is a loose collective of anti-imperialist migrant organisers and advocates, art workers and researchers concerned with climate justice, migration, capitalism and labour. They aim to facilitate cross-border learning and solidarity with migrants and other climate/environmental justice movements in Hong Kong and across South East Asia(s).

Knock Knock! Not the Front Door – a Crip Zine-Making Workshop 《叩叩！唔入正門——夬兒小誌工作坊》 c.95d8 (Chinese description below in the comments) Saturday 13.12.2025 2.00 - 6.00pm Terrible Baby Music Room, Eaton HK *Please reach out to the organisers on Instagram @c.95d8 if you have any special needs at the workshop or need help registering. Cantonese with casual English translation This workshop invites community members to actively feel, write and create from their own crip experiences. Crip here refers not only to pain, weakness, or limitation, but also to cuteness, creativity and the power to imagine alternatives. The workshop draws inspiration from the exhibition Crip Time 間. The radical “door” 門 in the title becomes the focal point: words formed with this radical (such as 間, 閒, 關, 聞, 閘) evoke thresholds, boundaries, and transitions. Just as a door mediates between spaces, disability exists within the boundaries of body and time: the finiteness of life, light and darkness, nearness and distance. Participants will reinterpret “door” characters alongside their crip experiences, transforming embodied vulnerability into new language and form. Body Workshop Led by rope artist Aka Chow, participants will engage in a body-and-rope session to physically sense their own pain, weakness or vulnerability. Communal Tea x Font Design Sharing Over tea and shared food (participants are invited to bring one item to share), participants will be invited by font designer Lo Yiu Fai (Siu Bo)（小寶）to reimagine Chinese characters through personal expression. Zine Creation Participants will be guided to design their own zine, combining personal reflections from the body workshop with visual and textual reinterpretations of their chosen character. About @c.95d8 c.95d8 is a local arts and cultural co-living space and collective established in 2022, dedicated to promoting art, culture, and disability inclusion. They explore the diverse abilities of individuals and communities, transforming acts of creation into opportunities for sharing, connection, and intentional engagement.

We are so excited to invite you to the 3 selected Community Action Pitches! The first up is this Sunday -- Growing Closer: Seeding Stories through Silence Evelyn Kwok and Arthur Lewis Thompson (in collaboration with The Hong Kong Sign Language Association & Brainfood Hong Kong) Sunday 30.11.2025 4.30 – 7.30pm Terrible Baby Music Room, Eaton HK Documentary film: ‘Bridge of Signs’ (70’, 2024) English and Chinese subtitles / Hong Kong Sign Language bubble Workshop English / Hong Kong Sign Language (with bilingual interpretation) This workshop brings together members of Hong Kong’s Deaf culture with hearing participants to foster a sense of empathetic insight into the Deaf way of being in the world and reframe familiar places from a different sensorial perspective. The event will begin with the screening of ‘Bridge of Signs’ (2024), a feature-length documentary film directed by workshop facilitator Arthur Lewis Thompson that tells the story of three Hong Kongers who grew up in households with Deaf parents. In the second part of the workshop, elderly Deaf participants will connect with hearing participants by creating visual stories that explore Hong Kong identity through decks of cards. This interactive exercise gives hearing participants the opportunity to communicate in the visual modality only, demonstrating that in the absence of sign language, hearing people can take steps and leave their audio-centric comfort zones to communicate effectively with Deaf people of Hong Kong society. About the facilitators Evelyn Kwok is an interdisciplinary researcher, educator, designer and facilitator. With a background in spatial design and urban studies, her research focuses on how marginalized communities in Hong Kong engage in creative practices to cultivate a sense of belonging, home and community. Arthur Lewis Thompson is a linguist, filmmaker, and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of language, identity, and cultural expression and is the co-founder of a lab dedicated to Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). Supporting organisations: The Hong Kong Sign Language Association Brainfood Hong Kong

JOIN US THIS FRIDAY! We are excited to invite you to the opening of this year's finalist exhibition! Join us this Friday, Nov 21, 6pm at Goethe-Institut HK. Following the spirit of Ripple Effects in 2024, which highlighted how individual actions ripple outward into wider societal dialogues, this year’s Colours of Humanity 2025: Pool of Resonance continues the conversation with a quieter, deeper resonance. Many submissions carried a heightened sense of intention and complexity, speaking to a growing maturity in how artists and community organisers are navigating the urgencies of our time. In a year again shaped by transition and transformation, Colours of Humanity 2025 brings together a group of artists and community practitioners whose practices embrace care, reflection and action in the service of human dignity. Through an open call across the city, we invited proposals that examine the contours of inclusion, belonging, and identity within Hong Kong’s social and cultural fabric. Artists: Alex Huda, Arianna San Pedro (@artisaanp ), Chu Hoi Ding (@chuhoiding ), Yvonne Feng (@yvonne.ywfeng ), Florence Lam (@florencelamsoyue ), itit Cheung (@ititcheung ), Jeeyun Kim (@kimjeeyunstudio ), Jodie Luk (@jodie.luklw ), Kelvin Au, Louise Wan (@wlyvlo ), Marina Kniazeva (@knyazeva.marina ) and Sergei Kniazev, Ngo Chun Phoenix Tse (@phoenixchunzz ), Rico Lau(@Rici_draw_ ), Siufa Yu(@yu_siufa ), Thomas Fung (@thomasfytint ), Tianyi Zheng (@zheng_tianyi ), Veron Wei (@vibrant.within.vortex ), and Yau Kwok Keung (@yaukkeung ). Curatorial and Community Project Team: Eunice Tsang, Jims Lam and Slavica Habjanovic Co-organised with the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao Supported by Eaton HK

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our open call! Our jury is currently in the final stages of review of over 100 artwork and pitches. We appreciate your patience and finalists will be contacted shortly. Stay tuned!

You spoke, we listened. 👂 To make sure everyone has a fair shot, we're extending the submissions deadline to September 21, 11:59pm! 🕚 This should give you plenty of time to navigate around those pesky technical glitches we've sorted out. Thank you for your patience & passion, we look forward to receiving your best work!

Tiffany Leung serves as an Assistant Curator at Tai Kwun Contemporary, where she has led exhibitions including ‘Maeve Brennan’ (2025) and ‘Killing TV’ (2023), as well as contributing to numerous exhibitions and public programmes. Prior to this, she held curatorial roles in London and Manchester at institutions such as Peer Gallery, Manchester Museum, and Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. Leung also co-founded ‘A’fair’, an independent initiative that employs a nomadic, site-responsive exhibition format. Her writing has appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, Bijutsutecho, and Artomity, among other publications.

Born and based in Hong Kong, Vangi Fong is the first batch of graduates from HKBU Visual Arts Academy, with a minor in the humanities. As an independent curator and university lecturer, she initiated community arts education and public participatory projects, specializing in planning art experiences and community participation. Starting with understanding and appreciating the similarities and differences among people, she founded The Hill Workshop in 2012 which hopes to bring new perspectives back to our daily life, ultimately contributing to the progress of society.

Joseph Chen King Yuen is a Hong Kong–based curator, community organizer, and artist whose practice bridges visual art, performance, moving images, and marginalized cultures across institutional and independent contexts. They are currently Director of Culture at Eaton HK, shaping the hotel into a creative hub and safe space for artists, changemakers, and underrepresented communities. Formerly with Para Site and Videotage, they helped preserve cultural legacies and foster experimentation. As an artist, they co-founded collectives including Virtue Village and Aurora Trip Sitter.