How can archives move from static records of the past to teaching tools that activate creativity in the classroom? For 2026, Teaching Labs explores “archive as artistic practice” through two workshops led by Hong Kong artists.
Educators Workshop 2 | living_archive_folding_memory
Date: 30 May 2026 (Saturday), 10:00am – 1:00pm
Venue: 11/F Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Multidisciplinary artist Wu Jiaru approaches the archive as a “living structure” rather than a fixed system of storage. Drawing on her artistic practice, this workshop invites participants to consider how artists organise, rework, and represent archival materials, and how memory can take on new meanings across different contexts and modes of viewing.
Through various exercises, participants will explore how selection, omission, and sequencing shape narratives and contexts, and begin developing different versions of an archive. The workshop demonstrates how editing can be a creative method, and how educators can guide students to reshape their own experiences and perceptions in the classroom.
Wu Jiaru is a Hong Kong–based multidisciplinary artist working across painting, installation, and moving image. Her practice engages with cultural memory, mythology, diasporic experience, and urban imagination, examining how images and narratives shape both individual identity and collective memory. Wu received a dual degree in Art and English from Tsinghua University in 2014, and an MFA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong in 2017. Her works are held in collections including the Morgan Stanley Art Collection, the Burger Collection, and M+ Museum.
AAA’s Learning & Participation Programme is supported by the S. H. Ho Foundation Limited.
Image and text courtesy of Asia Art Archive.
Learn more --
https://aaa.org.hk/en/programmes/programmes/reimagining-the-archive
