CITY REVERIE: An Immersive Performance of Art × Technology × Music

Joel Kwong

Joel Kwong is an experienced media art curator and producer, currently the programme director of the annual Microwave New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong and the founder of SIBYLS, an arts and technology consultation and production agency. With over 18 years of expertise in media art, spanning from research, curation to production, her most recent projects include the Pluriversal Futures (Co-curated with Ars Electronica Export Team) (Hong Kong), Microwave New Media Arts Festival 2025 (Hong Kong), ARTS•TECH Exhibition 3.0 – The Lighthouse (Hong Kong), Through the Lens of (Chengdu), Daito Manabe & Maywa Denki Performance at TTXC 2024 (Kaohsiung).

In addition to curation and research, Kwong has been delivering talks and lectures in different festivals and institutions, including Shenzhen Media Art Festival, ACT Festival in Gwangju, the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, FILMART & Entertainment EXPO in Hong Kong. Currently, she is also teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Lingnan University.

Vvzela Kook

Vvzela Kook is a new media artist working across audiovisual mediums, including computer graphics, drawing, performance and theatre. Her work demonstrates a sustained fascination with the byproducts and outcasts of modernity, seeking to unearth the hidden stories embedded in the technological and urban landscapes that define our era.

Her research-based projects masterfully combine delicate drawings, 3D printing, and video game optics. Through this transmedia storytelling, she guides audiences on cybernetic journeys that condense texture and sensation, reintroducing the unexplored potential of videos.

Kook has collaborated and exhibited her works at various organisations, including Tai Kwun (2025, 2023), Echigo-Tsumari (2023), Kathmandu Triennial (2022), Para Site (2020), C-Lab Taipei (2019). Her works are in the collections of M+ Museum, KADIST and private collections. She was awarded Award for Young Artist (Media Arts) from the 14th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2020.

Fung Lam

Classically trained as a composer, Fung Lam has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a composer, artist and artistic planner. Lam holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Sussex in the UK. His music has been performed at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Proms, and in some of the most prestigious venues in the world, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall and the South Bank Centre in London. He holds the distinction of being the first Hong Kong composer to be commissioned by BBC. His prolific and diverse output includes over 10 orchestral works, including three BBC commissions and two works commissioned by Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He was awarded the Award for Young Artist (Music) of Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2011.

Silver Cheung

Born in Hong Kong in 1966, Cheung apprenticed under the renowned Hong Kong film production designer and costume designer William Chang.

Cheung began working in film art direction in 1985, making his debut with the acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai’s As Tears Go By. The film’s  distinctive style made it one of the most remarkable works of its era. In 1993, he officially became a production and costume designer. His first film as production designer was Too Many Ways to Be No.1 (1995), directed by the acclaimed screenwriter and director Wai Ka-fai. The film was regarded as avant-garde for its stylistic innovation.

Throughout his thirty-year career in Hong Kong’s film industry, Cheung has contributed to over seventy film productions and has collaborated with numerous leading film directors. His works span a wide spectrum of styles and subjects, placing particular emphasis on cultural identity and actively supporting emerging Hong Kong filmmakers.
 

Jerold Chu

Since returning to Hong Kong in 2020, Jerold Chu has drawn on his experience working with bands and artists in the UK to swiftly establish himself as one of the city’s most sought-after and versatile keyboard player, band leader and producer. His adaptability, infectious energy and love for different styles of music have allowed him to immerse himself in a wide array of music and art projects all around the world, collaborating with artists such as Hins Cheung, Jill Vidal and Novel Fergus, as well as commercial brands like the Hong Kong Sevens, Chanel and Tatler.

His own project, “Jerold and Friends” started in 2021 as a platform to showcase his own brand of infectious grooves, passionate musicianship and catchy original melodies. Over the years he has been invited to perform at music festivals such as Clockenflap, Music Lab Festival and Freespace Jazz Fest, injecting a fun, vibrant and exciting energy to the local instrumental music scene. The group released their debut album in 2024 to critical acclaim. In 2025, he started PENTHAÜS, a brand dedicated to bringing concert-level showmanship and a playful spirit to international events.