“Messy Play to the Beat” is an interactive sensory play with indigenous music, dance & movement and expressive art jamming.

The event aims to recreate the joyful festivals of tribal societies. Participants will be able to create and contribute to the party in their own way, regardless of their background and abilities.

A big piece of canvas will be used as the base of the party. Participants will be provided with a number of art supplies as well as different kinds of indigenous musical instruments. Participants can freely express themselves through all forms of art, in order to explore the possibilities and joy of improvisations.

Remarks:
Participants are advised to wear old clothes and bring along replacement clothes, as there is a chance that the clothes they wear will be stained during the programme.

Collaborator’s Introduction:

Coelacanth is a Hong Kong-based world music group performing ethnic musical instruments. The group usually performs with Didgeridoo, mouth harp, handpan and varieties of indigenous music instruments.

Coelacanth was formed in 2015. The group began making music by busking in the streets. The group participated in different performances in theatres, schools, communities and different arts festivals, to exchange with different performing media and artists. Coelacanth has built up interactive and improvised performing styles from these experiences. The group hopes to discover new possibilities of sound and music, through learning from the primitive musical instruments and the wisdoms of indigenous cultures from all over the world.

The name Coelacanth is inspired by an ancient order of fish: coelacanth, which was believed to be extinct. Coelacanths actually survived through the past 400 million years, acting as a witness of time and evolution. The artistic nature of Coelacanth’s music is similar to the order of coelacanth fish. Ethnic music may be considered obscure and absent by the majority. But in reality, indigenous music is still serving an active role in the development of music, cultures and world views. The group hopes to seek and bring inner harmony to the society by their music creations, like how coelacanth fish that proves the existence of evolution.