Hong Kong - case study 3 香港 - 個案研究3
Woodstock in Spring: An Arts Festival Among the Ruins （新春糊士托 菜園滾滾來）
Initiated by artists and villagers
5-6 February, 2011
Choi Yuen Village, Hong Kong SAR
Woodstock in Spring: An Arts Festival Among the Ruins （新春糊士托 菜園滾滾來）
Initiated by artists and villagers
5-6 February, 2011
Choi Yuen Village, Hong Kong SAR
The festival was held on 5-6 February 2011 as the last major festive celebration at Choi Yuen Village before its imminent demolition for the construction of the Shek Kong Stabling Sidings and Emergency Rescue Station for the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL). It was initiated by a group of local activists, art practitioners, and cultural critics who had been involved in the Anti-XRL movements. The event transformed the village from a space of political struggle to one of festivity, temporarily restoring the everyday life orders for the villagers.
Courtesy of the artists and villagers