[Recap] CPD Guided Tour of HKDI Gallery Exhibitions: Tonight with the Impressionists, Paris 1874 – An Immersive Expedition in Virtual Reality and The Warm-beings: Guangzhou Design Triennial – Hong Kong Exhibition
Date: 20 March 2025

Organised by HKIA Academy

CPD Guided Tour of HKDI Gallery Exhibitions:

Tonight with the Impressionists, Paris 1874 – An Immersive Expedition in Virtual Reality and The Warm-beings: Guangzhou Design Triennial – Hong Kong Exhibition

 

Date: 20 March 2025 (Thursday)

 

Time: 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm

 

Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/DzQDn6yZfY

 

Quota: 30 people (First-come-first-serve)

 

Fee: HKD160

 

CPD Hours: 2 hours

 

Language: 

Sharing: English, Cantonese

VR: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

 

Venue: 

HKDI Gallery

Hong Kong Design Institute

3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, NT

(MTR Tiu Keng Leng Station, Exit A2)

 

Speakers:

  • Ar. Simon CHAN

Chair, Board of Educational Affairs, HKIA

  • Mr. Lawrence CHEUNG

Director of BD & Service, HTC

 

Co-produced by Excurio, GEDEON Experiences, and Musée d'Orsay, Tonight with the Impressionists, Paris 1874 – An Immersive Expedition in Virtual Reality celebrates the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, offering an immersive VR experience that allows visitors to enter the opening night of the first Impressionist exhibition. Attendees will encounter iconic artists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas, discovering the works that marked the movement's beginnings.

 

The Warm-beings: Guangzhou Design Triennial – Hong Kong Exhibition, co-presented by the Guangdong Museum of Art is a curated edition of Guangzhou Design Triennial 2024, exhibiting 22 important works from Chinese contemporary designers and architects. With "warmth" as its theme, the exhibition aims to explore the social value of design, reflecting creativity and humanistic care while promoting the development of contemporary design in support of social progress and a sustainable environment.

 

Tour Rundown:

18:00-18:15 

Gather & Registration 

18:15-18:40 

“Guangzhou Design Triennial Exhibition” - Guided Tour 

18:40-19:40 

“Tonight with the Impressionists” - VR Tour

19:40-20:10 

Sharing by Representative from HTC, collaborator of the VR experience 

20:15 

End of event 

 

Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/DzQDn6yZfY