installation
"The Tides of Time"
Presented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department
2025.11.07 - 2025.12.12
12pm - 10pm
(Every Tue - Sun)
(Every Tue - Sun)
beats
Free
- Suitable for all ages.
- Participants are free to enter and exit The Beats.
- Free-seating.
- Comfortable clothing is recommended.
- The programme contains different lighting effects, facilitated by dimmed lighting.
- Programme enquiries: 3166 2800
Artist Wong Chi-yung’s The Tide of Times 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 change the programme and opening hours should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Installation Artist, Artistic Director, Co-Producer, Lighting Designer: Wong Chi-yung
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Technical Co-Ordinator: Lee Yan-ho, Jonathan
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Light Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Technical Co-Ordinator: Lee Yan-ho, Jonathan
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Light Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Artist's Sharing Session
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 12pm |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Speaker: | Wong Chi-yung |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Online Enrollment commenced on 2025.10.17 (Fri) at 10am |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 2:30pm |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Online Enrollment commenced on 2025.10.17 (Fri) at 10am |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Artist Wong Chi-yung’s The Tide of Times 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 change the programme and opening hours should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Installation Artist, Artistic Director, Co-Producer, Lighting Designer: Wong Chi-yung
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Technical Co-Ordinator: Lee Yan-ho, Jonathan
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Light Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Co-Producer: Hung Wai-min, Anne
Production Manager: Ngai Yuen-yee, Gloria
Technical Co-Ordinator: Lee Yan-ho, Jonathan
Creative Technologist: Kong King-sin, James
Assistant Creative Technologist: Chung Sze-lok, Fanny
Sound Designer: Chung Fong-ting, Soloan
Assistant Light Designer: Chiu Ching-yi
System Specialist: Ho Sai-hang, Jose
Production Electrician: Ting Kwan-pui, Brian
Artist's Sharing Session
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 12pm |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Speaker: | Wong Chi-yung |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Online Enrollment commenced on 2025.10.17 (Fri) at 10am |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |
Guided Tour
| Date & Time: | 2025.11.07 (Fri) 2:30pm |
| Venue: |
The Beats |
| Fee: | Free Admission. Online Enrollment commenced on 2025.10.17 (Fri) at 10am |
| Remarks: | In Cantonese |