Opening ceremony of the CityU 30th Anniversary Cultural Festival－“CityU 2014－Year of Art and Culture”
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event: Opening ceremony of the CityU 30th Anniversary Cultural Festival－
“CityU 2014－Year of Art and Culture”
Date: 19 March 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: Media tour－5:00pm
Opening ceremony－6:10pm
Venue: Media tour－360 Gallery, 8/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, CityU, 18 Tat Hong Avenue
Opening ceremony－Room M1060, G/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, CityU, 18 Tat Hong Avenue
Officiating guests:
- Ms Florence Hui Hiu-fai, Under Secretary for Home Affairs of the HKSAR Government
- Dr Liza Wang Ming-chun, Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
- Dr Norman Leung Nai-pang, Pro-Chancellor of CityU
- Mr Herman Hu Shao-ming, Council Chairman of CityU
- Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU
The CityU 30th Anniversary Cultural Festival will be opened at a ceremony on 19 March. The ceremony, titled “CityU 2014－Year of Art and Culture”, launches a year-long programme of artistic and cultural activities in celebration of CityU’s landmark achievements over the past three decades.
The festival includes such highlights as The Infinite Line, a panoramic 3D art installation with 27 live interactive readings performed by the celebrated Singaporean poet Edwin Thumboo; an art installation, measuring 2.5 metres by 30 metres, painted in a live performance by the internationally renowned Chinese calligrapher Professor Wang Dongling and placed in the stairwell of the CMC; and the exhibition Animamix Biennale, showing contemporary photographic, sculptural and video works by renowned artists living in Hong Kong.
The media will have an exclusive preview of the festival’s highlights before the ceremony.
Media enquiries: Christina Wu, Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 6819 or 9841 2774)