Monday 16th January 2023: Postgraduate students at Chelsea College of Arts and Hong Kong Baptist University are pleased to announce PARALLEL Festival, an international collaboration kicking off from January 23 - February 24 2023. From peeling mandarin oranges to making your own zines, PARALLEL Festival invites anyone and everyone to participate in a series of workshops, performances, works, talks, and publications organised collaboratively by the MA Fine Art cohort at UAL Chelsea, and MA students at Hong Kong Baptist University. The festival will be taking place physically in London and Hong Kong, as well as in the virtual realm. The festival investigates what can be meant by community and collaboration within an international context among peers across the globe. London: January 23 - 27 The festival will be showcasing collaborative works at Cookhouse Gallery in London where Chelsea MAFA students have been able to help realise projects by HKBU students as well as facilitate hybrid performances and workshops. Hong Kong: February 6 - 24 The festival relocates to CVA Gallery where HKBU students will respond to the first iteration of the festival in London and help communicate Chelsea MAFA projects in Hong Kong. Virtually: January 23 - February 24 A virtual interactive exhibition will be available throughout the course of the festival and a series of zines and publications will follow the event. “Throughout this collaborative process, a commonality that keeps surfacing seems to be the idea of food. I think this might have to do with our attempt to tap into what connects us sensorially and cross culturally” explains Hannah Imhoff, MAFA student at Chelsea College of Arts Opening party: 6pm January 23rd Overview of events in London: Monday January 23rd 10am - 12pm Boogie Workshop 12pm - 12:30 Instant Meal Performance 1pm - 3:30pm Woodprint Workshop 1:30pm - 2pm International Peeling Ceremony 2pm Visiting Artist Talk: Cheng Keng 3pm - 5pm Sound Performance Tuesday January 24th 10am - 12pm Exquisite Corpse Workshop 12pm - 12.30pm Instant Meal Performance 12:30pm-1pm Jorge film screening 1pm Artist Talk: Taryn O’Reilly 1:30pm - 2pm International Peeling Ceremony 2pm - 5pm Fold Your Space Workshop Wednesday January 25th 10am - 12pm Exquisite Corpse Workshop 12pm - 12:30pm Instant Meal Performance 1pm - 3:30pm Woodprint Workshop 1:30pm - 2pm International Peeling Ceremony 2pm - 5pm Interactive Workshop 3pm - 5pm Boogie Workshop Thursday January 26th 10am - 1pm PARALLEL Zine Workshop 11am - 12pm Exquisite Corpse Workshop 12pm - 12:30pm Instant Meal Performance 12:30pm-1pm Jorge film screening 1pm - 1:30 Artist Talk: Hilb 1:30pm - 2pm International Peeling Ceremony 3pm - 4pm Artist Talk: Ali Darke 4pm Wax Performance Friday January 27th 10am - 12pm Build the Ideal Workshop 12pm - 12:30pm Instant Meal Performance 1pm Woodprint Workshop 1:30pm International Peeling Ceremony 2pm Sound Visualisations Art Workshop 3pm - 5pm Boogie Workshop 4.30pm Releasing the Air of Hong Kong Performance London Time: 10am - 5pm Monday to Friday Location: Cookhouse Gallery 16 John Islip St, London SW1P Hong Kong Time: 10am - 5pm Monday to Friday Location: CVA Gallery

Yichun Yao

Event host