“The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Joan Miró—The Poetry of Everyday Life” Talk Series and Programmes
“Our Creation in Everyday Life”
Aside from painting and sculpture-making, the renowned Spanish artist Joan Miró had also created posters and even props, for theatres and dance companies. To him, art has no boundaries. Dream of Tomorrow, the production team of “Miro’s Poetic Dreams” Interactive Theatre, had incorporated the concept of “Arts on Prescription” by using interactive theatre to open up people’s hearts. In addition to revealing the production process of the interactive theatre, from researching, new poems writings, to script writing and choreography, etc., the relationship between art and wellbeing will also be explored. Creators will also share their other theatre work experiences. During the last session, everyone, including the audience, is welcome to exchange their creative experiences and thoughts. Everyone could be a creator.
Date: 2023.05.28 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30–4:00pm
Venue: The Hall, 1/F, HKMoA
Speakers: Ms Dorothy Wong (Scriptwriter of Interactive Theatre“Miró’s Poetic Dreams”, Drama and Movement Therapist), Ms Chris Lam (Choreographer of Interactive Theatre “Miró’s Poetic Dreams”, Independent Artist and Dance Tutor) and Ms Chan Kwan Yee (Coordinator of Interactive Theatre “Miró’s Poetic Dreams”, Scriptwriter and Writer)
Language: Cantonese
Programme Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZdZ_IlFGQ
"Miró’s Poetic Dreams" Interactive Theatre
A girl, who is passionate in art, yet puzzled by the mystery of it, is travelling alone to Palma de Mallorca of Spain to visit Uncle Miró. This is a journey of self-awakening… She is going to rediscover herself.
As one of the most renowned Spanish modern masters, Joan Miró has transformed our traditional understanding of paintings. He boldly challenged the conventional practice and excelled at pushing the boundaries of art. Not only did he not limit himself to canvas painting, he even explored using construction materials, such as copper plates, fibre cement and sandpaper, as well as a variety of media, including sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. With a deep love towards his hometown, Miró was also dedicated to making use of elements from nature, folk objects and everyday necessities, linking art to life.
In the fascinating world of Miró, you can find both lovely birds and ferocious monsters. Yet underneath the seemingly innocent and joyful themes, his works are brimming with sentiment and emotion. By releasing the creative forces of the unconscious mind from the control of logic and reason, he was determined to break down the boundary between poetry and painting, the subconscious and reality.
“Miró’s Poetic Dreams” Interactive Theatre is one of the special programmes for the “Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Joan Miró – The Poetry of Everyday Life” Exhibition. It invites participants to explore Miró’s visual world through drama and physical movement, as well as to interact with the stars, moon, women and birds created by him. By making use of multiple elements of performing arts, including moving images, music, dance and poetry, this one-hour theatre will transcend time and space, and let you connect with this great and imaginative artist. Through improvised creations, you shall also experience Miró’s poetry of everyday life.
Date: 2023.05.06 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00–4:00 pm
Venue: B/F Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Language: Cantonese
Programme Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijD0RseALEw
The programme is organised by Hong Kong Museum of Art, LCSD
Curated and produced by Dream of Tomorrow
“Arts in our Everyday Life”
As one of the most renowned Spanish artists of the 20th century, Joan Miró’s love for all kinds of everyday objects and their intrinsic poetic qualities is apparent throughout his long and fruitful career. Linking art to life was one of his greatest aspirations. For this talk series, we are inviting artists Lukas Tam Wai Ping and Tang Kwok Hin as our speakers. Both artists are good at daily observation and transforming everyday objects and materials into arts. They will be sharing with us the pioneering ideas of Miró, and how he brought out the poetry of everyday life by exploring the sentiments and spirituality of objects—poetry is indeed everywhere.
Date: 2023.04.15 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30–4:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Museum of Art
Speakers: Mr Lukas Tam Wai Ping and Mr Tang Kwok Hin
Language: Cantonese
Programme Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbzMaT7LxXw
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