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Key visual for To.gather
Rooftop Productions

To.gather

Interactive online multimedia exhibition and live performance
20–23 Oct 2021

Online

1 hour 30 minutes

Create your own pixel-style avatar and join to.gather for the opportunity to explore a unique, contemporary digital space.

With the look and feel of a retro computer game, to.gather is a collaboration between Rooftop Productions (Hong Kong) and Sydenham Arts (UK), who have brought together young, multidisciplinary artists from diverse backgrounds to produce a new online virtual platform full of their original creations.

The young artists aged 18-25 from London and Hong Kong have been paired as creative ‘pen pals’ in advance of SPARK, exploring themes of diversity and inclusion, injecting their experiences and stories into this virtual environment. Content could be a painting, a poem, a dramatic scene or multimedia work, adapted for online.

By connecting the gaming, artistic and other creative spheres, to.gather provides a platform for young people to connect and spearhead the development of their own contemporary digital culture.

How you can take part

Join this exciting new digital space as a pixel-style avatar. Explore, interact and watch live snippets and scenes as they unfold.

The exhibition space will be open for you to explore at any time between 21 and 23 October. There will also be live events at the specific times listed below, where you can interact LIVE with the young artists from the UK and Hong Kong who are creating the works in this online exhibition.

More information

Dates & Tickets

Dates

20 Oct 2021
Wed
12:00
21–22 Oct 2021
Thu – Fri
07:00, 12:00
23 Oct 2021
Sat
07:00, 08:00, 10:00

Duration

1 hour 30 minutes

Ticket Prices

Venue

Online

About the Artists

Learn more about everyone involved in the production

James Hodgson

James Hodgson is artistic director of We are a Real Theatre Company and a partner at 111 Collectiff. He is a performer and collaborator whose work is bold and contemporary, often verging on performance art. He is a graduate of Rose Bruford, in European Theatre Arts. James is also festival director of St Leonards Festival.

Curator
Ivor Houlker, actor and director. Photo: Ivor Houlker

Ivor Houlker

Ivor Houlker is a multidisciplinary theatre artist, who works internationally as a director, actor, musician, and programmer.

Curator
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Michelle Li

Michelle Li is an interdisciplinary performer and theatre practitioner in Hong Kong. She has created site-specific theatre works in the UK, Greece, and Sicily, and continues to develop her performing and creative career locally, working as a producer, director, performer, and designer.

Curator

JAGO XYEN

Inspired by conscious artists such as Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, I strive to make an impact with my music.

Collaborating Artist

Lauryn Dove

I’m Lauryn. I am a graduating actor! I love performing and being in front of the camera.

Collaborating Artist

Princess Bestman

Princess Bestman is a multidisciplinary creative who creates work from the lens of a queer black care leaver.

Collaborating Artist

Russell Terre Aranza

Russell Terre Aranza is a Filipina artist, who was born and raised in Hong Kong. Her distinguished performances included Theatre Noir’s 13 The Musical, Rooftop Productions’ Not the Maids, and Dialogues of Oceanus Collaborative Workshop’s A Tidal Home, which was Aranza’s trilingual (English, Tagalog, Cantonese) debut performance.

Collaborating Artist

22 Kwan Wing Chi

KWAN Wing Chi is an artist based in Hong Kong. She works across different forms including drawing, painting, performance, videography and installation. 

Collaborating Artist

Rhose Dilan

Rhose Dilan, a half Filipino and Indian artist living in the city of Hong Kong.

Collaborating Artist
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Arisa Yasaratne

Arisa Yasaratne is a 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Sri Lankan freelance actress who has worked on projects both on stage and on camera.

Collaborating Artist

Franklina B Awuah

Collaborating Artist