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Tai Kwun is honestly one of Hong Kong’s most successfully revitalised heritage venues, and one thing they nail is making the most out of the beauty of the old police station compound’s neoclassical buildings. And what better way to show off the masonry, arches, and Doric columns of Tai Kwun than with the immersive light art show InnerGlow?
This year sees the Parade Ground and historic Barrack Block façade as the backdrop for a dive into funky disco. Design and technology studio The Collective has been brought in to create Discotheque Dreams, a production which recalls the revolutionary arrival of disco in Asia. Watch a neon dreamscape unfold across the walls, displaying culturally relevant crafts from both East and West such as lion dance and martial arts films, to Hollywood classics from the 70s – a reflection of Hong Kong’s own mixed identity.
For the first time in the five years since InnerGlow has been held, this edition uses technology that allows for real-time audience interaction, inviting visitors to step into the show themselves alongside the projections and live performances. We can already just see everyone boogie-ing in the main courtyard, surrounded by multi-coloured swirling lights and the pulsing rhythm.
Aside from the InnerGlow activities, the Searchlight mentorship also returns to Tai Kwun for its third year, presenting a showcase of alumni artists that will run in parallel to InnerGlow. A 30-minute show of new presentations by next-generation artists will be shown on the façade of F Hall and the Prison Wall.
Both InnerGlow and Searchlight will run from February 6 to 22, nightly from 6.30pm to 9pm. Full details of the programme will be announced next month, but we can expect free nightly parties full of disco vibes in the heart of Central.
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