Exhibition Opening

Having constructed a bespoke Mobile Museum as a literal 'vehicle' for excavating oral and material histories, C&G Artpartment (Clara Cheung & Gum Cheng) will share some of the key research and artistic milestones from the last two years to coincide with the ESEA (East and Southeast Asian) Heritage Month in the UK as well as the 10-year anniversary of the Umbrella Movement.

Launching on Sat 28 September 2024, there was an appearance of the Mobile Museum on the Moor from 12 - 3pm.

Afterward, the Mobile Museum went into Bloc Projects' gallery, followed by a series of performances and conversations from 4 - 6pm.

4 - 4:20pm - introducing the project ⁠(with Co-Director Sunshine Wong and C & G Artpartment)

4:20 - 4:45pm - music performance featuring Juliana Day & Manon McCoy LaFay⁠

Irish Whistle made by David O’Hagan (a resident of Harcourt Road in Sheffield), was used in the exhibition opening performance by Juliana Day and Manon McCoy LaFay⁠. (https://www.howardmusic.co.uk/)

Juliana Day and Manon McCoy played a few traditional Irish songs during the exhibition opening with the made-in-Sheffield Irish Whistles. During the opening, they also played “Glory To Hong Kong” with a recorder and harp. It is regarded as the anthem of Hongkongers, currently banned by HK-CCP government. No music distributor dares to put it on their streaming platforms nowadays, but we can always share music in person with our own voice and instrument. (Thanks Juliana and Manon.)

4:45 - 5:15pm - presentations by community organisers & residents Lai-Ming Hui & Laure Astill

Lai Ming Hui's Sharing