"Woven Pulse"
10am-10pm
Workshop:
| 2026.07.03–05,10–12,17–19,24–26 |
11:00am, 2:00pm, 4:00pm |
| 2026.08.01,08,15-16,22-23,29-30 | 11:00am, 2:00pm, 4:00pm |
- Free Admission.
- Suitable for all ages.
- Workshop enrolment will commence on the EKCC website in phases starting from 2026.06.30 onward. Please refer to "Workshop Enrolment Details" tab for details.
- Programme Enquiries: 3166 2800
Join this exhibition co-created by residents, youth and the artist team to listen the rhythm of East Kowloon.
Woven Pulse is far more than a static display but a living and breathing artwork that grows with time. The journey begins at the entrance with “Chromatic Pulse”, where the heartbeat is translated into a spectrum of emotions, making your presence part of the creation. Through co-weaving of “One Square, One Soul”, each heartbeat and story are transformed into tangible and colourful woven square. These squares will be installed to the centrepiece, “The Sound of Touch”, a growing woven wall integrated with interactive sensor technology which enables you to listen to the city's flow. As you approach “The Light of Presence”, it changes its brightness and colours accordingly, echoing the idea of human presence breathing life into art. In “En-vision”, tapping your mobile phone against the pupil will connect you instantly to the EKCC’s exhibition details, artist interviews, and the community stories behind every patch on the tapestry. The eye is the window to our heart, which is why this imagery is featured in our centrepiece on 1/F, “The Sound of Touch”. Allowing the public to envisage the interplay between art and everyday life.
As the touch of your fingertips resonates with the city’s whispers, join us in crafting our collective communal memories together.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and its opening hours should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Enrol Now
| Workshop date | Online enrolment starts |
|
2026.07.03 - 05 2026.07.17 - 19 |
From 2026.06.30 12nn |
|
2026.07.24 - 26 |
From 2026.07.21 12nn |
| 2026.08.15 - 16 2026.08.22 - 23 2026.08.29 - 30 |
From 2026.08.11 12nn |
The quota for each workshop is limited and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Online enrolment for each session will close 1 hour before the session starts. Any remaining quota will be open to walk-in participants.
Established in 2015, Breakthrough Art Studio is dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional textile crafts and contemporary art.
Fibre artists Cecilia Lai and Barnard Chan are the driving forces behind the studio. Their voyages across Southeast Asia have allowed them to delve into diverse textile cultures, merging them with contemporary art elements to enrich the art of textile.
To promote traditional textile culture to the public, the team actively curates and participates in a diverse range of artistic initiatives, including exhibitions, public arts, installations and workshops. Having participated in major events such as the Asia+ Festival, Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival and Art! WeCan Exhibition, the team aims to inspire the public appreciation for history, culture, and aesthetics through the medium of textiles.
Artist: Barnard Chan, Cecilia Lai
In between fingertips and technology, we hear the breaths and heartbeats of the community.
When we talk about a city, are we actually talking about the cold concrete jungle, or the silhouettes of daily life across the city? In this vibrant area of East Kowloon thriving with life and heritage, living traces of each individual are like unique, fine and soft light beams, intersecting each other in our footsteps. Woven Pulse, an exhibition co-created by residents, students and the artist team, is an artistic experimentation trying to materialise exactly these invisible sentiments. Using a rich array of modular woven objects as a medium, the exhibition invites the public to breathe life into the artworks through interactive experiences. Here, artworks are no longer merely static displays, but collective living entities that have breaths and growth of their own.
At the core of Woven Pulse is a journey from inner exploration and spatial perception to communal resonance and future envisioning. Through five interconnected display, the exhibition gathers the glimmers of individual emotions into an ever-evolving community spectrum.
The journey begins from "Chromatic Pulse", a bus stop installation at the entrance which symbolises every commuter's embarking point. Here, your artistic experience is kickstarted by your present heartbeat, as sensory technology translates abstract emotions into a designated colour exclusive to you. A reflection of your inner state, this colour will guide you into the "One Square, One Soul" co-creative space, where members of the public from different walks of life gather to weave "mood squares" with their own hands. While each square is filled with a unique soul, they do not exist in isolation. During the exhibition, these squares will be integrated into the centrepiece, "The Sound of Touch", embodying the artwork's organic vitality.
Meanwhile, "The Light of Presence" curated by the artist team constructs a serene chamber simulating heart ventricles where emotions are nurtured. The abstract "heart" made of fibres in the middle interacts with viewers through distance sensors. As you approach, it changes its brightness accordingly, echoing the idea of human presence breathing life into art.
This remarkable energy of co-creation is eventually showcased at the centrepiece, "The Sound of Touch". The woven wall was initially conceived from over 500 squares crafted by our co-creators. Over the course of the exhibition, each "mood square" created on-site by the public is then added to the wall one by one, transforming it into a dynamic artwork that expands over time. The artist also invites viewers to listen to the city's whispers through mobile phone interactions by tapping it against hidden NFC chips, reconstructing and extending our collective community memories together.
Ultimately, "En-Vision" bridges these heartwarming memories and the entrance of footbridge. This installation made of abstract "woven pupil" serves as an imagery extension of the "eye" on the main woven wall. Sensor chips embedded in the pupil guide viewers to unlock exhibition information, artist interviews, and the community stories behind using their phones. It's not just a finale of visuals, but more importantly the starting point of cultural contexts. It connects the mall, the community, and the art space, leading us to envision the interplay between life and art.
From every heartbeat to interweaving a thousand souls, from individual inner monologue to the ever-growing breath and resonance of the entire community, Woven Pulse demonstrates through the language of fibre art how the most fascinating power of art, after all, comes from human participation and connection. Welcome to this ventricle of emotions. Please join us as we listen to this song of life, specially dedicated to East Kowloon.
Information is provided by Breakthrough Art Studio
The exhibition also features a stamp collection activity. Visitors can collect stamps from four stamping stations across the venue to create their own postcard. Postcards are available at each station whilst stock lasts.
Join this exhibition co-created by residents, youth and the artist team to listen the rhythm of East Kowloon.
Woven Pulse is far more than a static display but a living and breathing artwork that grows with time. The journey begins at the entrance with “Chromatic Pulse”, where the heartbeat is translated into a spectrum of emotions, making your presence part of the creation. Through co-weaving of “One Square, One Soul”, each heartbeat and story are transformed into tangible and colourful woven square. These squares will be installed to the centrepiece, “The Sound of Touch”, a growing woven wall integrated with interactive sensor technology which enables you to listen to the city's flow. As you approach “The Light of Presence”, it changes its brightness and colours accordingly, echoing the idea of human presence breathing life into art. In “En-vision”, tapping your mobile phone against the pupil will connect you instantly to the EKCC’s exhibition details, artist interviews, and the community stories behind every patch on the tapestry. The eye is the window to our heart, which is why this imagery is featured in our centrepiece on 1/F, “The Sound of Touch”. Allowing the public to envisage the interplay between art and everyday life.
As the touch of your fingertips resonates with the city’s whispers, join us in crafting our collective communal memories together.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and its opening hours should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Enrol Now
| Workshop date | Online enrolment starts |
|
2026.07.03 - 05 2026.07.17 - 19 |
From 2026.06.30 12nn |
|
2026.07.24 - 26 |
From 2026.07.21 12nn |
| 2026.08.15 - 16 2026.08.22 - 23 2026.08.29 - 30 |
From 2026.08.11 12nn |
The quota for each workshop is limited and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Online enrolment for each session will close 1 hour before the session starts. Any remaining quota will be open to walk-in participants.
Established in 2015, Breakthrough Art Studio is dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional textile crafts and contemporary art.
Fibre artists Cecilia Lai and Barnard Chan are the driving forces behind the studio. Their voyages across Southeast Asia have allowed them to delve into diverse textile cultures, merging them with contemporary art elements to enrich the art of textile.
To promote traditional textile culture to the public, the team actively curates and participates in a diverse range of artistic initiatives, including exhibitions, public arts, installations and workshops. Having participated in major events such as the Asia+ Festival, Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival and Art! WeCan Exhibition, the team aims to inspire the public appreciation for history, culture, and aesthetics through the medium of textiles.
Artist: Barnard Chan, Cecilia Lai
In between fingertips and technology, we hear the breaths and heartbeats of the community.
When we talk about a city, are we actually talking about the cold concrete jungle, or the silhouettes of daily life across the city? In this vibrant area of East Kowloon thriving with life and heritage, living traces of each individual are like unique, fine and soft light beams, intersecting each other in our footsteps. Woven Pulse, an exhibition co-created by residents, students and the artist team, is an artistic experimentation trying to materialise exactly these invisible sentiments. Using a rich array of modular woven objects as a medium, the exhibition invites the public to breathe life into the artworks through interactive experiences. Here, artworks are no longer merely static displays, but collective living entities that have breaths and growth of their own.
At the core of Woven Pulse is a journey from inner exploration and spatial perception to communal resonance and future envisioning. Through five interconnected display, the exhibition gathers the glimmers of individual emotions into an ever-evolving community spectrum.
The journey begins from "Chromatic Pulse", a bus stop installation at the entrance which symbolises every commuter's embarking point. Here, your artistic experience is kickstarted by your present heartbeat, as sensory technology translates abstract emotions into a designated colour exclusive to you. A reflection of your inner state, this colour will guide you into the "One Square, One Soul" co-creative space, where members of the public from different walks of life gather to weave "mood squares" with their own hands. While each square is filled with a unique soul, they do not exist in isolation. During the exhibition, these squares will be integrated into the centrepiece, "The Sound of Touch", embodying the artwork's organic vitality.
Meanwhile, "The Light of Presence" curated by the artist team constructs a serene chamber simulating heart ventricles where emotions are nurtured. The abstract "heart" made of fibres in the middle interacts with viewers through distance sensors. As you approach, it changes its brightness accordingly, echoing the idea of human presence breathing life into art.
This remarkable energy of co-creation is eventually showcased at the centrepiece, "The Sound of Touch". The woven wall was initially conceived from over 500 squares crafted by our co-creators. Over the course of the exhibition, each "mood square" created on-site by the public is then added to the wall one by one, transforming it into a dynamic artwork that expands over time. The artist also invites viewers to listen to the city's whispers through mobile phone interactions by tapping it against hidden NFC chips, reconstructing and extending our collective community memories together.
Ultimately, "En-Vision" bridges these heartwarming memories and the entrance of footbridge. This installation made of abstract "woven pupil" serves as an imagery extension of the "eye" on the main woven wall. Sensor chips embedded in the pupil guide viewers to unlock exhibition information, artist interviews, and the community stories behind using their phones. It's not just a finale of visuals, but more importantly the starting point of cultural contexts. It connects the mall, the community, and the art space, leading us to envision the interplay between life and art.
From every heartbeat to interweaving a thousand souls, from individual inner monologue to the ever-growing breath and resonance of the entire community, Woven Pulse demonstrates through the language of fibre art how the most fascinating power of art, after all, comes from human participation and connection. Welcome to this ventricle of emotions. Please join us as we listen to this song of life, specially dedicated to East Kowloon.
Information is provided by Breakthrough Art Studio
The exhibition also features a stamp collection activity. Visitors can collect stamps from four stamping stations across the venue to create their own postcard. Postcards are available at each station whilst stock lasts.