Comix Home Base

Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) believes that comics and animation are important local pop culture and artistic creations. Since 2006, HKAC has been dedicated to planning and organising diverse and unique activities to promote the arts and culture of comics and animation to the local community and abroad.
The first large-scale comics and animation project was the Comix Home Base (CHB) – a series of exhibitions held at the art gallery. Since then, HKAC has been working hard to establish an extensive network and creative exchange platforms for local creators. From 2009 to 2013, HKAC held different touring exhibitions such as Kaleidoscope: History of Hong Kong Comics and Comix and the City, aiming to expand the overseas market of Hong Kong's comics and animation. From 2013 to 2018, HKAC has successfully transformed one of the Urban Renewal Authority's Grade II historic buildings into the ‘Comix Home Base’ — the first arts community in Hong Kong that was used to promote comics, animation and other related media. With more than 1 million visitors in five years, CHB has significantly energised the ani-com art scene in Hong Kong. As one of HKAC’s flagship projects, CHB returned to the HKAC main building in August 2018 to extend the range of ani-com-related art projects and maximise its impact that the HKAC has presented since 2006.
Through the CHB, HKAC has hosted over 500 ani-com-related events, such as exhibitions, talks, workshops, performances, publications, screenings, public arts, etc. Outside Hong Kong, the footprints of Hong Kong comics can be found overseas in France, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Singapore, among other places, as well as the Mainland China and Taiwan. Through the uniquely planned programmes, several Hong Kong comics artists have got chances to initiate international collaborations in publishing their comics in foreign languages in Europe. These all made an impact on the international comics scene and help to raise the profile of Hong Kong comics internationally.
In the future, HKAC and CHB will continue to proactively look for opportunities to promote Hong Kong's diverse comics and animation arts, with the aim of increasing international recognition and awareness of Hong Kong’s comics artists and their unique works.

Source: 動漫基地