installation
"The Tides of Time"
Presented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department
2025.11.07 - 2025.12.12
12nn - 10pm
(Every Tue - Sun)
(Every Tue - Sun)
beats
Free
- This immersive audio-visual installation runs on a continuous 20-minute loop.
- Suitable for all ages.
- Free-seating.
- The programme contains different lighting effects, facilitated by dimmed lighting.
- Participants are free to enter and exit The Beats during the programme.
- Comfortable clothing is recommended.
- Programme enquiries: 3166 2800
Artist Wong Chi-yung’s The Tides of Time is a scenographic installation that explores the fundamental nature of time. Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, the artist draws on personal experiences of loss and life’s cyclical rhythms. Using the imagery of tides, Wong poetically alludes to the dialectical relationship between nature’s eternal rhythm and the fleeting impermanence of human life. Within the installation, thousands of fine threads are woven into a complex network, symbolising that all things have no clear beginning or end. Through a highly poetic and immersive spatial design, the work invites viewers on a dream-like artistic journey to contemplate: in the current of human experience, how do we reflect on time, memory, and the subtle.
The presenter reserves the right to substitute artists, change the programme and programme opening hours should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary
The content of this programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Installation Artist / Artistic Director / Co-Producer / Co-Production Manager /
Lighting Designer: Wong Chi-yung
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Co-Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Lighting Designer: Wong Chi-yung
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Co-Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Artist's Sharing
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 12nn |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Speaker: | Wong Chi-yung |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Walk-in is welcome. |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 2:30pm |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Walk-in is welcome. |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Like the rhythm of tides, life moves in waves—rising, receding, and returning in endless motion. Different rhythms of our lives encourage us to pause, reflect, and embrace the currents that carry us forward. The Tides of Time invites us to reflect how each moment connects past, present, and future, exploring the profound relationship between time and life—how we experience it and how it shapes the human journey. There are no clear beginnings or ends—only interconnectedness, a continuum where every moment flows into the next, shaping the eternal tides of life.
Hong Kong Public Libraries has selected 31 e-books that explore how we manage our time, cultivate meaningful relationships, and embrace the interconnection of life. These books remind us that the flow of time shapes every heartbeat, memory, and transformation, guiding us through the tides of our time.
📖 Book List / Read a Sample: Click here
Artist Wong Chi-yung’s The Tides of Time is a scenographic installation that explores the fundamental nature of time. Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, the artist draws on personal experiences of loss and life’s cyclical rhythms. Using the imagery of tides, Wong poetically alludes to the dialectical relationship between nature’s eternal rhythm and the fleeting impermanence of human life. Within the installation, thousands of fine threads are woven into a complex network, symbolising that all things have no clear beginning or end. Through a highly poetic and immersive spatial design, the work invites viewers on a dream-like artistic journey to contemplate: in the current of human experience, how do we reflect on time, memory, and the subtle.
The presenter reserves the right to substitute artists, change the programme and programme opening hours should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary
The content of this programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Installation Artist / Artistic Director / Co-Producer / Co-Production Manager /
Lighting Designer: Wong Chi-yung
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Co-Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Lighting Designer: Wong Chi-yung
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Co-Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Lighting Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Artist's Sharing
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 12nn |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Speaker: | Wong Chi-yung |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Walk-in is welcome. |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 2:30pm |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Walk-in is welcome. |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Like the rhythm of tides, life moves in waves—rising, receding, and returning in endless motion. Different rhythms of our lives encourage us to pause, reflect, and embrace the currents that carry us forward. The Tides of Time invites us to reflect how each moment connects past, present, and future, exploring the profound relationship between time and life—how we experience it and how it shapes the human journey. There are no clear beginnings or ends—only interconnectedness, a continuum where every moment flows into the next, shaping the eternal tides of life.
Hong Kong Public Libraries has selected 31 e-books that explore how we manage our time, cultivate meaningful relationships, and embrace the interconnection of life. These books remind us that the flow of time shapes every heartbeat, memory, and transformation, guiding us through the tides of our time.
📖 Book List / Read a Sample: Click here