The Still Point

An exhibition of works by Hong Kong-based artists representing their personal means and journeys of searching for the “still point”.

A public lecture by one of the leading scholars on theology and the arts with musical demonstration at the piano.

A dialogue on the process behind the QU4RTETS paintings with Makoto Fujimura.

Only Through Time tells a new story about coming of age twice-over in Hong Kong, once at 21 and again at 42. It is a time-bending performance incorporating theatre, art, movement and dance inspired by T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets and produced by Thirtyspokes, with the Black Sheep Family and the Creative Writing Studio, in the HKU Black Box.

A sequential dialogue between artists, designers, and architects on the relationship between the Christian faith and their creative practices.

Created in a form parallel to the spirit and method of the Four Quartets, the QU4RTETS paintings resulted from the artists’ deep affinities for the realities evoked in Eliot’s words.

An evening of music, poetry and dialogue by artists and musicians behind the QU4RTETS project - Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, Christopher Theofanidis and Jeremy Begbie - with the Hong Kong premier of compositions by Christopher Theofanidis and Aenon Loo performed by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and Jeremy Begbie.

A programme of religious music: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Fauré’s Requiem, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. This concert is conceived in response to T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets in which each piece is, respectively, an expression of the still point of redemption, eternity and longing. Featuring renowned counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and Hong Kong musicians including conductor Felix Yeung, vocalists Yuki Ip, Caleb Woo and chamber choir Die Konzertisten.

Two dance acts performed before the paintings of Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman by Passoverdance and Airi Suzuki, as a response to the QU4RTETS’s premise of how art and faith can turn grief unto hope.

Presenting a series of new fashion collections in response to “The Still Point” by Hong Kong-based designers.

A communion service for artists of the Christian faith led by Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman.

Music colloquia with Christopher Theofanidis.

A dialogue with artists Ray Chan, Gabriel Leung and Stephen Wong Chun Hei on their exhibited works.

A conversation led by artist Makoto Fujimura on the role of art within and outside the church.

A new 30-minute composition for “The Still Point”, titled after a phrase in T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, by Kung Chi Shing and Tsui Chin Hung for string quartet, accompanied with a poetry recital. It is the second piece performed as part of the four-set Jockey Club Street Music Series Concert.