Embark on an artistic journey at the Shaw Auditorium with renowned local sand painting artist, Hoi Chiu, presented by the Media Technology and Publishing Center.
Experience the magic of storytelling through art as Hoi Chiu weaves his life and inspirations into mesmerizing sand paintings, along with a screening of his award-winning sand animation film. Enriched by music of HKUST graduate, Ng Siu Fung, this event promises a fusion of creativity and emotion. Reserve your spot now.
Stay tuned for our upcoming hands-on sand painting workshop following this incredible performance.
Hoi Chiu, renowned local sand painting artist, his skills has been highly appreciated internationally. Hoi Chiu had created music MV for local singer Eason Chan and successfully made sand art popular in HK. He demonstrated his multi talent on puppets, paintings and stage performances with government departments, multi-national brands, international events, movies, TV stations and publishing medias. He also helped HKSAR on the creation of Hong Kong promotion video in year 2014.
2016 Hoi Chiu further develop sand art into movie, his first sand movie “RED EGG” has been selected by 10 international film festivals, as well as won The Hong Kong ICT Awards (HKICT Awards): Best Digital Entertainment Award (Animation & Visual Effects Stream) Silver Award, and Special Mention (Visual Effects). In 2017, supported by The Art & Development Council, Hoi Chiu created “DIGISOLATE” which won the Canada International Film Festival 2018 Rising Star Award (Animation Category).
Ng Siu Fung is a composer, percussionist, and pianist, specialising in classical and jazz music, as well as composing for musical theatre. He graduated from HKUST in 2024 with the BSc Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He is studying at the Music School of HKAPA, majoring in Composition and Electronic Music. He was the composer and music director of the musical “Three Little Pigs Rhapsody”.
His short musical composition “Am I Dreaming” received a performance in the “Blank Page: New Musicals Platform” by Musical Trio. He performed in the musical “Dear Dawn, Fly Me To The Horizon” by Actors’ Family as an actor. He was the percussionist of the Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra, pianist of the Hong Kong Youth Jazz Collectives, keyboardist of the HKUST Science School band “Particles”, and percussionist of the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band.