IETM Multi-location in Hong Kong (online)

The local Plenary meeting in Hong Kong will be hosted by our member Materialise. Please find below the introduction by the local hosts, as well as the local programme and practical information of the local meeting.

IMPORTANT: Given current travel and gathering restrictions, the local meeting in Hong Kong shifted online. Please refer to the programme below to connect to the online sessions.

Introduction by the local hosts

Artistic exchanges between Europe and Asia have massively grown over the last fifteen years, thanks to local initiatives across Asia as well as partnerships with European presenters. The recent emergence of Asian artists on the global stage has also led to collaboration opportunities between institutions from APAC, suddenly creating an international sense of community in different cultures, historically separated by languages and a lot of seas.

As the Covid-19 pandemic challenges these crucial exchanges, particularly vital for artists in South East Asia who cannot receive governmental support, it is time to reinforce our transcontinental relationships and make sure that our rich Asian art scene does not get forgotten in the reset / new deal to come.
We hope that the experience of the numerous IETM members can inspire organisations and individuals across Asia and that, through this digital plenary meeting, new connections can arise.

Materialise is a Hong Kong based performing arts production company that collaborates with artists from Europe and Asia, calling works into life and disseminating them in both continents and beyond.

Under the artistic and executive direction of Stéphane Noël, a former advisor and long time member of IETM, Materialise has sought to foster exchanges between Asia in Europe, particularly by supporting the development and production of Asian artist, but also through international platforms for national cultural institutions such as Pro Helvetia (CH), The Saison Foundation (JP), Korea Arts Management Service (KR), National Arts Council (SG), and the National Culture and Arts Foundation (TW).

Registrations for this local meeting closed on 30 September. You can still join the full online programme.

Maximum capacity: TBD

Programme

The following on-site programme of the local meeting in Hong Kong prepared by the local hosts will include the participation in the main IETM online programme (marked as working sessions on the page), to which all the locations of the Multi-location Plenary will simultaneously connect on 1 and 2 October.

To connect to the online sessions below, please click on the title of the session and you'll be redirected to the session page, where the link to connect is displayed.

CEST: Central European Summer Time / HKT: Hong Kong Time

For any question regarding the programme of the local meeting in Hong Kong, please get in touch directly with Stéphane Noël at ietm@materialise.io.

Covid-19 regulations

Due to current travel restrictions, entry to Hong Kong is limited to Hong Kong residents following a mandatory 14-day quarantine. 

Updates and additional information can be found on the official website of Hong Kong SAR.

Given current travel and gathering restrictions, the meeting will therefore focus on gathering the Hong Kong-based performing arts community. We encourage participants based outside of Hong Kong to choose another location or to follow the content online.

Location

The gathering venue will be announced to all registered attendees at a later time; it will be chosen based on the number of registrations and in compliance with local Covid-19 regulations.

Accessibility

It is our aim to make IETM meetings as accessible as possible. However, it may not be possible to offer services at every location and, therefore, we recommend that you check the accessibility conditions of the location of your interest.

In order to meet the needs as much as possible, we collect your access requirements when you create your account and register for the meeting. Regarding speech-to-text captioning, we can only guarantee captions for the main IETM online programme (marked as working sessions on the page).

If you have any questions regarding the overall accessibility of the local meeting in Hong Kong, you are welcome to write to our Production Officer at francisca.salgueiro@ietm.org.

Contact

For any question regarding the local meeting in Hong Kong, please get in touch directly with Stéphane Noël at ietm@materialise.io.

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