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RTHK' s The Works focuses on Hong Kong's arts and cultural scene.

The Works features news and reviews of visual and performing arts, design, literary and other “ works ” .

Added illumination comes from interviews with leading performers and producers, interspersed with updates on events affecting the development of the territory 's artistic and cultural life. There's also in – most weeks – a live studio performance.

The Works is aired on RTHK 32 every Wednesday at 21:30 & RTHK 31 every Saturday at 16:00.

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Archive available later after broadcast. ** Please note that the programme air-time on TV is different with webcast time.
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Artist Profile : Mak2, EU FIlm Festive 2024@cinema & In the Studio : "Code"
“Under the Same Roof: Origin and Art of Lingnan Traditional Architecture” Exhibition, "Gender Revealed - Not a Party But An Exhibition” at at 480.0 Gender & Art Space & In the Studio : “SOUND OF MUSIC”
Art Basel & In the Studio : Violinist Chloe Chan
Opening programme of Le French May Arts Festival, M+ “Noir & Blanc – A Story of Photography, “The Monster” exhibition at Yrellag Gallery & In the Studio : Jazz singer Rachel Sung
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, it’s presenting the exhibition “One to Ten”, featuring ten former students, to highlight the achievements of its alumni in the de...
On the show later, composer and vocalist Keith Wong will be here to tell us about his debut album, “Intertwined” and why he likes to intertwine choral music, theatre and the jazz tradition in his music. Turning to music with a perhaps more local emphas...
The relationship between painting and photography hasn’t always been cordial. Some painters did use precursors of the modern camera such as the camera obscura to compose their works, but many people felt that the invention of the photograph itself in t...
Currently based in Helsinki, Hong Kong-born artist Sheung Yiu is interested in algorithmic image systems such as computer vision, computer graphics and remote sensing. It might all sound very technical, but for his latest project he’s using this comput...
Traditional Chinese bird cages range from the basic to the sophisticated and often feature fine craftsmanship and materials. Their shape and design can vary from region to region and according to the bird species for which they are made. Keeping caged ...
Kung Hei Fat Choy! Welcome to The Works. I’m Ben Tse, and of course joining me and Ben Pelletier this week to wish you a Happy Year of the Dragon is Billy Lee, the host of The Works Chinese language version 藝坊星期天. As you can see, we’re introducing a...
Joining us later on the show to welcome the Lunar New Year are two acclaimed South Korean musicians, violinist Yoon Soyoung, and cellist Woo Jiyeon. They’ll be here with local pianist Alex Wun to introduce us to their upcoming concert to celebrate the ...
Swiss singer-songwriter Andy Schaub says he’s been fascinated by Asian culture since he was a child and interested in Chinese pop music for at least a decade. That passion led him to travel thousands of miles from his village home near Basel in Switzer...
Audiences in Hong Kong and around the world are increasingly familiar with, and appreciative of, the works of South Korean film director, Park Chan-wook. He’s not only a director but also a screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. Last November,...
The annual Ear Up Music Festival returns this week with a line-up that features 12 groups of young music talents. They are the finalists chosen from a one-year mentorship programme to showcase their music in the two-day festival. But before our chat wi...
We’re beginning with an imagined world in which the legendary Chinese poet Qu Yuan, the man whose demise we commemorate every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, lives again 2,000 years after his death. How would a poet from the Kingdom of Chu in the...
Hi there, and welcome to the first edition of The Works in 2024. With the beginning of the new year, we’re featuring a couple of art organisations that have anniversaries to celebrate. One of them is the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild. On January 12th, the...
Last week we featured an ongoing community busking programme that the Hong Kong Philharmonic is organising to mark its Golden Jubilee in 2024. Later on today’s show, I’ll be talking to their Chief Executive to find out more about the orchestra’s 50th ...
The Works Christmas Special 2023
Christmas is in the air. And that means, as usual, that it’s time for The Works Christmas Special and we have a few goodies in our Christmas stocking this year. First of, we'll bring you a busking performance, presented by no ordinary buskers but an ...
Thailand’s culture, history, land, and climate have all contributed to the development of the nation’s textile art and crafts. This legacy is not only the foundation, but also a point of departure, for Jakkai Siributr’s art, which examines the often co...
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