Para Site

Tong Wenmin ‘Towards Solace’ Movement Workshop

Date
Sep 20, 2026
Time
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Venue

Kennedy Town
Hong Kong
Tong Wenmin, ‘Crawl’, 2019. Courtesy of the artist. | 童文敏，《爬行》，2019年。圖片由藝術家提供。

As an extension of the performance ‘Towards Solace’, this movement workshop invites you to join artist Tong Wenmin in exploring bodily awareness – examining the connection between an individual’s spirit, emotions, and movements.

Focusing on simple gestures, the workshop uses a series of physical exercises that guide participants to discover patterns within ordinary movement and transform them into ritual-like expressions with particular aesthetic qualitities. Through this workshop, you can deepen  awareness of your own physical and bodily experience.

Open to all — no prior experience required. Register here!


Things to note:

  • Duration: The workshop will last 1.5–2 hours, conducted in Mandarin.
  • What to Wear: Please wear comfortable activewear and sport shoes suitable for movement.
  • Experience Level: No prior dance background or experience is required.
  • Physical Contact: The workshop may involve a certain degree of physical contact with others.
  • Group Size: Participation is limited to a maximum of 10 individuals.

About the artist

Tong Wenmin
b. 1989 Chongqing, based in Chongqing

Tong Wenmin’s work often focuses on the intersection between individual perception and the external environment, stimulating visual poetry and inspiring action through behaviours that at first seem counter-intuitive. Her work hints at the allegorical character of the body and action within a semantically rich context.

Tong received her BFA at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2012. She has recent solo and duo shows at BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou; He Art Museum, Foshan; HOW Art Museum, Shanghai; Macalline Art Center, Beijing; Essence Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing and recent group shows and art festival at Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong; Salzburg Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; Gamle Strand, Copenhagen; Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; OCAT Shenzhen; Power Station of Art, Shanghai; Koganecho Area Management Center, Yokohama; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; A4 Art Museum, Chengdu; House of Egorn, Berlin.

Tong won the Grand Jury Prize of Huayu Youth Award in 2018, the First Prize of the 8th New Star Art Award by Deji Art Museum in 2018, Nomination Prize of The 5th Contemporary Sculpture Award in 2017, the Accolade Artist by Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art in 2016. She has also been selected for MQ Artist-in-Residence Program: Art & Ecology Studio, Vienna (2024); The Swiss Arts Council Artists Residency, Switzerland (2023) and other residencies projects.

Support

Para Site Art Space is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The content of this conference does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.