Art installation of egg-shaped objects extends stay in Hong Kong until June 8
- Leisure and Cultural Services Department also says visitors will no longer need to preregister to access installation from Wednesday
- Collaboration between department and Japanese brand teamLab originally set to finish on June 2
The organisers of an art installation comprising hundreds of giant glowing egg-shaped objects have extended the exhibition along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour until June 8, while visitors from Wednesday will no longer need to preregister before going.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said on Monday that it hoped the new arrangement for “teamLab: Continuous” at Admiralty’s Tamar Park could “allow more people to visit the exhibition”.
“[People] can visit the exhibition directly during the opening hours without prior registration [from Wednesday],” it said.
The free-access installation is open from 6.30pm to 11pm every night and was originally expected to wrap up on June 2.
The event is a collaboration between the department and Japanese brand teamLab, an interdisciplinary group of artists formed in Tokyo in 2001.
Toshiyuki Inoko, founder of teamLab, said the Hong Kong iteration of the installation was the largest it had created, with artists facing challenges such as ensuring the art pieces remained steady on the water amid strong winds.
Last month, some of the 200 installation pieces were found to have shrunk and fallen over.
The department also previously said some pieces were taken down over concerns about weather conditions.
The installation launched in March as part of Hong Kong’s Art@Harbour initiative.
Along with another art project by local artists, the installation has been funded by HK$50 million (US$6.4 million) in taxpayers’ money.
