Cooking has been transformed into an artistic practice to explore the social dimension of art for over half a century. One of the most recognised artists in the field is New York-based Thai artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija who, in 1990, cooked Pad Thai in a gallery in New York. He later moved on to other Thai meals in a series that continues today.
Closer to Hong Kong, The Works has previously featured the collective Boloho from Guangzhou. Even more recently, in a small café in Kowloon City, something else has been cooking.

Have you ever experienced a sense of deep relaxation or even a tingling sensation while listening to the sound of rain, gentle whispers, hair being brushed, or other slow movements? That “tingling” sensation that some feel, running from the back of the scalp, down the spine, and across the shoulders, is known as the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response or ASMR. If you’re still not quite sure what that is, visit “Weird Sensation Feels Good: The World of ASMR” at GATE33 Gallery in Airside at Kai Tak.

This year’s edition of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s annual local music programme, “Hong Kong Artists”, features one chamber music concert and five recitals by soloists. The series opens with “Soundscape Impressions” which features chamber works by Debussy and Saint-Saëns as well as two pieces by Maurice Ravel to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth. The programme also draws parallels between music and painting. Pianists Colleen Lee and Rhythmie Wong are here with painter Fu Man-yat to tell us more.