On Healing: A Day Programme with Hong Kong Artists at King's College London

An immersive programme with an ikebana performance, conversations, and singing bowl sound bath by Hong Kong artists in diaspora, exploring healing as a personal and collective process of reflection and renewal.

PF25 cultural projects x King’s College London, Department of Film Studies

ON HEALING: London Chapter

With the notion and process of healing at the heart of our programme — first articulated through ‘Inner Alchemy’ in 2024 and continued in ‘To Sleep and Wake Unafraid’ and ‘Crossbreeds, Cracks, Current’ in 2025 — PF25 launches in 2026 a series titled ‘On Healing’, unfolding through performance, moving image and visual arts. The series traces how creative practices respond to trauma, memory and recovery amid the challenging conditions of our contemporary world, creating a space where artistic practice, lived experiences, workshops and attentive exchange converge, bringing together artists, scholars, students, cultural workers and diverse publics across multiple cities. 

In partnership with the Department of Film Studies, King’s College London (KCL), and Prof. Victor Fan, the inaugural chapter of ‘On Healing’ takes place on 2 May as a one-day programme across KCL’s Anatomy Museum, the College Chapel, the Somerset Room, and the Nash Lecture Theatre. Conceived as an immersive experience, the programme brings together conversations, an Ikebana performance, and a singing bowl sound bath and meditation, shaped through the practices of Hong Kong artists in diaspora — Oscar Chan Yik Long, Hedy Leung, and Kit Hung. The programme also includes a special screening of short videos by Luke Ching, developed during his PF25 residency in Basel, presented for the first time in the United Kingdom.

Prof. Victor Fan, Dr. Wing-Fai Leung and Angelika Li join the artists in conversation across the programme. Together, these moments engage healing as both a personal and collective process — an articulation of reflection, resonance, and sociocultural connection and renewal.

The programme is organised by PF25 cultural projects in collaboration with the Department of Film Studies, King’s College London (KCL), and curated by Angelika Li as part of the 2026 milestone of the ongoing curatorial platform ‘Homeland in Transit’, initiated in 2019. Further site-specific projects are planned in Helsinki, Dornach and Basel in 2026. More details, please visit our website: www.PF25.org.

SATURDAY 2 MAY 2026 PROGRAMME

DOORS OPEN 1:45 PM

Meet at Strand Building Lobby, King’s College London to start the Day Programme.

Please note that the last admission for the programme is 5PM.

SESSION 1   2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oscar Chan Yik Long - ‘To Sleep and Wake Unafraid’ (2025) Installation
Conversation with Angelika Li
Anatomy Museum, KCL

The artist shares reflections on his healing process and his journey of confronting ‘Fear’, transforming its energy within his artistic practice, with his installation ‘To Sleep and Wake Unafraid’ (2025) on view, and in conversation with Angelika Li.

SESSION 2   3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Hedy Leung - ‘Choreographic Honey, Once Veiled in Time’ (2026)
Ikebana Performance followed by a Conversation with Dr. Wing-Fai Leung
The College Chapel, KCL

A performance centring on an Ikebana choreography inspired by the waggle dance of bee colonies, the work reflects on communication, interdependence and regeneration. Reclaimed clay vessels by Rescued Clay ground the performance in material renewal. Together, gesture and matter embody healing as it unfolds across material, communal and spiritual life. A conversation with Dr. Wing-Fai Leung from KCL will take place after the performance.

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SESSION 3   4:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Kit Hung - ‘Healing Resonance’ (2026)
Singing Bowl Sound Bath with a Guided Meditation and Exchange with Prof. Victor Fan
Anatomy Museum, KCL

‘Healing Resonance’ led by the London-based Hong Kong film director and artist, featuring singing bowl sound bath with a guided meditation, followed by an exchange between the artist and Prof. Victor Fan.

Session 3 is best experienced with no more than 30 participants. Places will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please bring a yoga mat or two towels for this floor-based session. 

Please note that the last admission for the programme is 5PM.

SPECIAL SESSION 
6:45 PM - 7:30 PM
Luke Ching - Short Videos Screening + Participant Exchange Session
Nash Lecture Theatre, KCL

Drawing from 'On the Ground', an exhibition developed during Hong Kong artist Luke Ching’s PF25 residency in Basel (2023), the works consider language, folk arts, and urban weeds, as threads that connect us to a place—whether one’s hometown or a city still in the process of becoming familiar. Angelika Li, curator of the exhibition, will present a selection of short videos by the artist, marking their first presentation in the United Kingdom.

This special session invites participants, artists, and contributors to reflect on their sense of place and the relationships formed with both immediate and unfamiliar environments, while holding space for collective reflection on the day’s programme.

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Participating Artists and Contributors

Find out more about the artists and speakers on our PF25 On Healing page.

Press Enquiries: connect@PF25.org