HART HAUS is pleased to present Garden Whisperers: Attuning to Ecologies of Coexistence, an award-winning exhibition project from the Curatorship Incubation Programme. Curated by Mankit Lai, the group exhibition features works by Chen Dandizi, Melody Qingmei Li, Florence Yuk-ki Lee, Liao Jiaming, Green Mok, Tang Kwok Hin, Shawn Pakhin Tang, Timur Si-Qin, Tong Wenmin, Benjamin Ryser, Dorothy Wong Ka Chung, Chung Wong, and Woo Hannah.
Garden Whisperers transforms HART HAUS into a night garden. Neither wholly natural nor entirely human-made, the garden is a site rooted in the entanglement of socio-cultural and ecological forces, growing and evolving through the ongoing interactions between humans, more-than-human beings, and their shared environments. Taking the garden as a metaphor, the exhibition invites visitors to wander through the nocturnal landscape and attune to the subtle relationships that sustain coexistence.
Often imagined as a highly developed "concrete jungle," Hong Kong emerges instead as a unique metropolis where verdant mountains, coastlines, and rich ecologies meet dense urbanism. Taking this city as its point of departure, the exhibition brings together 13 artists working across Asia whose practices explore often overlooked dimensions of coexistence, extending and reimagining the entangled conditions of city and nature. Together, their works weave a tapestry of life's quiet whispers, inviting audiences to attend to the multiple dialogues embedded within symbiotic existence—adaptation, negotiation, conflict, collaboration, and care—while sensing the ever-moving pulse of life that course between urban and natural worlds.
At a time of urgent ecological challenges, the exhibition invites audiences to reconsider the fundamental relationship between city and nature. Subtitled Attuning to Ecologies of Coexistence, it proposes a post-urban vision that moves beyond human-centred perspectives, foregrounding our surroundings as living ecologies co-constituted by people, animals, plants, technologies, and cultures, and revealing how diverse forms of life continuously shape, influence, and depend upon one another.
Spanning HART HAUS's two gallery spaces and terrace garden, Garden Whisperers invites visitors to listen closely to the many "whisperers" who dwell alongside us. Here, the garden is not merely a metaphor but a place for the ongoing practice of attention, care, and coexistence—one that opens imaginative possibilities for a more sustainable future within an ever-evolving post-urban ecology.
The exhibition is generously supported by Lead Sponsors HART HAUS, Octone Foundation, and Burger Collection. Its public programmes are supported by Programme Sponsors Zhun Zhun Zhai and Kame Collection.
HART HAUS 欣然呈現「幽園夜夢——輕語共生之調」，此展覽為HART策展培育計劃（HART Curatorship Incubation Programme）的獲獎項目。是次展覽由賴文杰策劃，集結陳丹笛子、李清美、李鈺淇、廖家明、莫育權、鄧國騫、鄧伯軒、鐵木爾·斯琴、童文敏、Benjamin Ryser、黃加頌、黃頌恩及禹漢娜的作品。
「幽園夜夢」將 HART HAUS 空間轉化為一座夜間花園。花園景致既非全然天成，亦非純粹人造，而是植根於社會人文與生態自然的交匯，在人類、生靈與環境的持續互動中不斷生長演變。展覽以園為喻，邀請觀者漫步園景夜色中，體會人與萬物共生互聯的微妙關係。
香港常被想像為高度發展的「石屎森林」，實則是一座山海相依、生態豐饒的獨特都市。展覽以此為起點，匯聚十三位活躍於亞洲的藝術家，其創作圍繞共生關係中常被忽略的面向，延展並解讀城市與自然交織相纏的狀態。他們的作品共同編織出一片低語般的生命圖景，引領觀者細味互依共存中的多重對話——適應、協商、衝突、協作及關懷，感受於城市與自然之間流動不息的生命脈動。
在當前愈發嚴峻的生態挑戰下，展覽希望引領觀者重新思考城市與自然環境的本質關聯。展覽副題為「輕語共生之調」，旨在提出一種超越人類中心的視角，將我們身處的周遭視為由人類、動植物、科技與文化共同建構的活態系統，探索多元生命形式如何在持續流動中相互形塑、影響與依存。
「幽園夜夢」貫穿 HART HAUS 兩個展廳及露台花園，邀請您細聽那些與我們同棲共存的「低語者」。藉此，這不僅是一座隱喻的花園，更是一處實踐關注、照護與共生理念的場所，在不斷演變的後城市生態中，開啟更可持續未來的想像。
本次展覽由HART HAUS、拾壹慈善基金會及Burger Collection領銜贊助支持。公共項目由肫肫齋和Kame Collection贊助支持。
Exhibition Details 展覽詳情
Opening Reception 開幕酒會
Date 日期：12.9.2026
Time 時間：15:00 - 19:00
Venue 地點：HART HAUS G/F & 3/F 三樓及地下
Visit by appointment only 敬請預約
Artist Sharing 藝術家分享
Date日期：12.9.2026
Time 時間: 15:30
Venue 地點：HART HAUS 4/F 四樓
Visit by appointment only 敬請預約
Curator’s Tour 策展人導賞
Date日期：12.9.2026
Time 時間: 16:30
Venue 地點：HART HAUS G/F & 3/F 三樓及地下
Visit by appointment only 敬請預約
Performance 表演活動
Date日期：12.9.2026
Time 時間: 17:30
Venue 地點：HART HAUS G/F 地下
Visit by appointment only 敬請預約
General Visit 公眾參觀
Date日期：12.9 - 6.12.2026 (Open from Mon to Sat 逢星期一至六開放)
Time 時間: 12noon - 18:00
Venue 地點：HART HAUS G/F & 3/F 三樓及地下
General admission begins on the first regular opening day after the opening reception.
公眾參觀於開幕酒會後的第一個正常開放日開始。
*Special Hours 特別開放時間：4.10 & 6.12.2026 12:00 - 18:00
Featured artists 展出藝術家
Chen Dandizi 陳丹迪子
Melody Qingmei Li 李清美
Florence Yuk-ki Lee 李鈺淇
Liao Jiaming 廖家明
Green Mok 莫育權
Tang Kwok Hin 鄧國騫
Shawn Pakhin Tang 鄧伯軒
Timur Si-Qin 鐵木爾·斯琴
Tong Wenmin 童文敏
Benjamin Ryser
Dorothy Wong Ka Chung 黃加頌
Wong Chung-yan 黃頌恩
Hannah Woo 禹漢娜
About the Curator 關於策展人
Mankit Lai is a curator, researcher and writer. His research interests lie primarily in contemporary art, with a focus on ecology, socially engaged practices, and gender issues. Curatorial practices, installations, performances, and photography are his major fields of enquiry. He has worked on exhibitions and research projects at institutions including M+, the Palace Museum Beijing, and Asia Society Hong Kong. His writing was recognised with the third prize in Arts Criticism Recognition Programme 2024 organized by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. He received the 2021 Emerging Writer Award from the Journal of Curatorial Studies. In 2018, he was named the Laidlaw scholar, supporting his work on a research project examining gender representations in Chinese propaganda art at the University of Leeds and the University of Hong Kong.
賴文杰是一位策展人、研究員及作家。他的研究興趣主要集中於當代藝術，聚焦於生態學、社會參與實踐及性別議題。策展實踐、裝置藝術、表演與攝影是他主要的研究領域。他曾參與M+、北京故宮博物院及香港亞洲協會等機構的展覽與研究計畫。他的作品在香港藝術發展局主辦的2024年藝術評論認可計畫中榮獲第三名。他獲得了2021年《策展研究期刊》頒發的新興作家獎。2018年，他被評為萊德勞學者，支持他在利茲大學與香港大學進行的中國宣傳藝術性別表徵研究計畫。
About Curatorship Incubation Programme 關於策展培育計劃
First launched in 2021, the Curatorship Incubation Programme (CIP) is designed for art enthusiasts and aspiring curators seeking to deepen their understanding of contemporary curatorial practice.
策展培育計劃 (Curatorship Incubation Programme, CIP) 於 2021 年首次推出，專為藝術愛好者與有抱負的策展人所設計，旨在加深他們對當代策展實務的了解。