Art space to stage exhibitions

May 23, 2022

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Your eyes are not playing tricks on you.

These trees have been planted at a 10-degree bias in rotating turntables, taking visitors on a unique nature trail.

The experience continues as you walk out of the forest into the ocean and the sight of a massive blue whale swimming free.

Through these kinds of art projects, the Oil Street art space in North Point known as Oi! hopes to become a cultural landmark in Hong Kong.

Art Promotion Office Head Lesley Lau:
Oi! is not just an art space. In fact, I would say it is an art oasis in the city. 

We hope that Oi! can be a very community-friendly art space. Everyone just comes in and says “hi” and “Oi!”

More than a public park, we organise and curate many art exhibitions and activities here.

Right now, we (have) opened a new extension here. In this new extension, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, we invited two overseas artist groups to feature very interesting exhibitions for us.

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Oi! is housed in the former clubhouse of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, which is a Grade II historic building.

To provide the district with more community art and leisure space, Oi! rolled out an expansion project in 2019, in which an adjacent open space of more than 3,000 sq m was integrated with the original premises.

The new extension features a two-storey building for staging exhibitions and holding activities. It is launching 10 art projects with the aim of connecting art and the community as well as building a sustainable future through collective creativity and collaboration.

The new extension of the Oil Street Art Space in North Point (Oi!) will be open to the public from tomorrow with the launch of 10 art projects to provide Hong Kong with more community art and leisure space.

Two of the 10 art exhibitions and public engagement activities celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

One of them is "Joyful Trees (Arbores Laetae)", a kinetic art installation featuring Chinese junipers that are planted at a 10-degree bias in rotating turntables.

Dappled light, shade and patterns overlap when the trees rotate, taking visitors on a unique nature trail.

Another 25th anniversary presentation is "d'strict Remix", a three-dimensional digital exhibition showing anamorphic projection works of ocean waves and a massive blue whale moving freely in the sea.

The exhibition offers a spectacular visual experience for visitors on a large screen and connects art and technology in a subtle way.

Oi! is housed in the former clubhouse of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, which is a Grade II historic building.

To provide the district with more community art and leisure space, Oi! rolled out an expansion project in 2019, in which an adjacent open space of more than 3,000 sq m was integrated with the original premises.

The new extension features a two-storey building for staging exhibitions and holding activities. The launch of the 10 art projects aims to connect art and the community as well as build a sustainable future through collective creativity and collaboration.