Traveling Architectures: A Feature Grant, Funded by Design Trust

(an Initiative of Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, 2016-2017)

Traveling Architectures  used participatory design and performance methods in order to create transportable performance installations adaptable to diverse community sites. Pai dongs (hawkers’ stalls) serve as the central figure around which the other examples of everyday design culture such as lighting, textiles, and cinema, can be arranged. Traveling architectural forms—inspired by the pai dongs and developed through the design research laboratory, workshops, and public showing—reflect the histories of design cultures and its impact on Hong Kong livelihoods at an “everyday” level in different neighbourhoods. 

Traveling Architectures Collective:

Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Choreographer, Director, Researcher; Vincci Mak, Landscape Architect, Seth Henderson, Documentary Filmmaker, and Lee Chi-Wai, Lighting Designer.

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Water in Kerala: Art, Performance, Science (India, August 2015)

An international arts training, outreach, and mini-festival program held at both SH of Thevara (Kochi) and Amritapuri Campus of Amrita University (Kollam, India), focused on sharing water stories through theater and dance.

Project team

Director, Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, along with partners Sen Jansen TF (Sacred Heart College of Thevara, Kochi) and Rag Saseendrababu (Sruthi School of Dance and Music, Kollam) collaborated with US artists Morgen Chang, Aaron Gabriel, Beth Graczyk, and Indian artist Jebin Jesmes. 

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