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Cattle Depot Artist Village is located at 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, adjacent to the old buildings on Thirteen Street. The Cattle Depot Art Village is a venue rented out for art studios. The site of the art village was formerly the Ma Tau Kok Livestock Inspection Station, a central cattle slaughterhouse built in 1908. It closed in August 1999 and was renovated and split into several units rented to local artists as studios, gradually evolving into the Cattle Depot Art Village. The Ma Tau Kok Livestock Quarantine Station, built in 1908, has been used as a cattle quarantine station and slaughterhouse for more than 90 years. In 1999, the slaughterhouse was relocated to Sheung Shui and the government subsequently granted the buildings to artists for use, who named the area "Cattle Depot Artist Village". The red brick Ma Tau Kok Cattle House has the characteristics of a Western market in the early 20th century. It is one of the few remaining historical buildings of this type in Hong Kong and is listed as a Grade II historic building in Hong Kong by the Antiquities and Monuments Office. Currently, there are a number of artists and art groups stationed at the venue, including "Cattle Depot Studio 1", "Cow 2 World", "Hong Kong Bonsai Association", "1a Space", "Forward Theatre Workshop", "Videotage" and "Frog King". The person in charge of Room 1 "Niu Peng Studio No. 1" is called Brother Rong, a famous bronze and glass casting master. He is a very bold and straightforward person. His Studio No. 1 also welcomes anyone to visit and take photos. When you enter, you will feel like you have visited a special art museum. There are many different types of glass and bronze products and sculptures, as well as oil paintings and pyrography, and many nostalgic items on display. It is dazzling and overwhelming! He also organizes some glass painting workshops for adults or children to learn and participate. Room 2 is Chen Guanghua's studio, also known as "Niu 2 World". Chen Guanghua himself likes to use plastic painting to create paintings like oil paintings, and also likes to do some video and installation art. The studio often invites some artist friends to create and hold some special handicraft workshops, and also holds some annual creation exhibitions from time to time. Room 4 is the "Hong Kong Bonsai Association". Many different varieties of bonsai of different sizes have been displayed outdoors, which is very attractive! The person in charge, Mr. Li, said that they would regularly hold workshops and exhibitions related to bonsai or planting to let more people understand the art of bonsai! Room 7 is the theater and rehearsal room of the "Forward Drama Workshop". It is not open to the public on weekdays, but there are occasional drama workshops, drama activities, and performances held there. Room 10 is the studio and museum of "Frog King" Guo Menghao. Frog King Kwok Mong-ho is one of Hong Kong’s most iconic and dynamic artists, a pioneering conceptual and performance artist who has been pushing boundaries in Hong Kong and beyond since the late 1960s. He is one of the earliest contemporary Chinese artists to explore the use of ink as a tool to express concepts, integrating ink into multimedia installations and performance art through behavior or as a material. He loved collecting antiques. His collection was so large that it once filled up two cowsheds, but that was only a portion of his collection. Frog King also represented Hong Kong in Italy to attend the 54th Venice Art Biennale. Room 13 is Videotage, which focuses on video art and specializes in promoting, creating and preserving video and new media art works across different languages, forms and media. Exhibitions and screenings are held from time to time. Room 14 is 1a space, which regularly curates and hosts exhibitions, including international exchanges, cultural festivals, community interactive art, art education, art appreciation, art criticism and publications. To develop and promote the visual arts in Hong Kong. Since the opening of the Tuen Ma Line, the Cattle Depot has become a cultural, artistic and tourist hotspot in the To Kwa Wan area, attracting many tourists and Hong Kong residents to visit and take photos. #Winter Travels #Attractions Photography Guide#Local Tours#Resident Writers#Photogenic Exhibitions#I'm so worried about this#Go to the Museum to Explore#Great Places in the Suburbs#2021Exhibitions