2011 Hong Kong Arts Festival

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Excellence by Design A symposium on creating successful spaces for arts activities 13 Feb 2009 7/F Bank of East Asia Tower, Millennium City 5, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon (Exit A2, Kwun Tong MTR station) Category: Symposium 2:00 - 5:00pm Fee: $150 In English Download Application Form. Co-presented with The British Council Venue supported by The Bank of East Asia The annual symposium is a significant and integral part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. It is an opportunity for contemplation, examination and discussion about a subject that is crucial to the arts community, pertinent to the cultural development of Hong Kong and complementary to the work of the Festival. Keynote The symposium this year addresses the following questions: “What are the active ingredients for planning and operating successful arts spaces? What sort of input is required? From whom? And at what points in the planning process?” The West Kowloon Cultural District offers an unprecedented opportunity to create exciting, engaging spaces for arts activities. Much more than a collection of venues, this is where the arts can come alive, become an integral part of the life of this dynamic city and play a leading role in the international fraternity of arts practitioners. This symposium will ask what primary factors are to be considered in planning and designing spaces for the arts and what lessons can be learned from recent experience elsewhere in the world. Is there a textbook model to which architects, acousticians and lighting experts should adhere? Should form be guided by function? Who are the ultimate end-users and what responsibilities should they assume? How can different stake holders work together to achieve optimal outcomes for all? Keynote Speaker Anthony Sargent General Director, The Sage Gateshead Panelists Anne Minors Director, Anne Minors Performance Consultants Limited Robert Essert Sound Space Design Limited Founder and Director, Sound Space Design Limited

Programme Name

Excellence by Design
A symposium on creating successful spaces for arts activities

13 Feb 2009
7/F Bank of East Asia Tower, Millennium City 5, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon (Exit A2, Kwun Tong MTR station)
Category: Symposium

2:00 - 5:00pm

Fee: $150
In English

Download Application Form.

Co-presented with The British Council
Venue supported by The Bank of East Asia

The annual symposium is a significant and integral part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. It is an opportunity for contemplation, examination and discussion about a subject that is crucial to the arts community, pertinent to the cultural development of Hong Kong and complementary to the work of the Festival.

Keynote

The symposium this year addresses the following questions:

“What are the active ingredients for planning and operating successful arts spaces? What sort of input is required? From whom? And at what points in the planning process?”

The West Kowloon Cultural District offers an unprecedented opportunity to create exciting, engaging spaces for arts activities. Much more than a collection of venues, this is where the arts can come alive, become an integral part of the life of this dynamic city and play a leading role in the international fraternity of arts practitioners.

This symposium will ask what primary factors are to be considered in planning and designing spaces for the arts and what lessons can be learned from recent experience elsewhere in the world. Is there a textbook model to which architects, acousticians and lighting experts should adhere? Should form be guided by function? Who are the ultimate end-users and what responsibilities should they assume? How can different stake holders work together to achieve optimal outcomes for all?

Keynote Speaker

Anthony Sargent
General Director, The Sage Gateshead

Panelists

Anne Minors
Director, Anne Minors Performance Consultants Limited

Robert Essert
Sound Space Design Limited
Founder and Director,
Sound Space Design Limited