In the exhibition "PLAYGROUND as METAPHOR", the Surrealistic Juggling segment consisted of two interconnected parts that together created an immersive experience:
Video Projection — Large-scale projections of Wan Chai's bustling streets were displayed in the exhibition space. These captured the dynamic urban environment and the students' juggling interactions within it, transforming the gallery space into a surreal playground. This detached viewers from the usual hectic, everyday rhythm of Wan Chai streets, immersing them in an otherworldly, dreamlike realm of play, imagination, and escape.
POV Camera Footage — Three groups of participants learned different juggling props (juggling balls, hula hoops, contact ball) and explored the streets equipped with POV (point-of-view) cameras. These first-person recordings documented playful, intimate perspectives of body movements in direct relationship to the city's architecture, flows, and geometry. The footage emphasized juggling as expressions of thoughts and ideas, an inward-focused exploration of one's own body rather than a outward performance.
By blending these elements—the outward urban chaos reimagined through projections and the inward, embodied play captured via POV—the installation turned both the streets of Wan Chai and the exhibition space into expansive, metaphorical playgrounds. Juggling became a medium for personal discovery, mental release, and fleeting joy amid daily routines.
Exhibition by No Discipline Limited (https://nodisciplinelimited.hk/).
Project lead by Grace Hoop (https://gracehoop.wordpress.com/), in collaboration with Charles Huang and Ho Ho Yeung.
Juggling participants' performance.
Circus artists Grace Hoop, Charles Huang and Ho Ho-yeung's performance.
Sound performance by AK Kan and Jasper Fung, who guided participants to observe the city’s soundscape and create sound installations in the exhibition.