Fenwick Pier, located at 1 Lung King St, Hong Kong, was demolished in 2024. 分域碼頭 (Fan1wik6 Maa5tau4), a name in use since the 1960s, transliterates the English into Cantonese while carrying a symbolic resonance beyond its colonial past. 「分域(Fan1wik6)“」means divided realms,「碼頭(Maa5tau4)」is Pier, together carrying a symbolic meaning of “a pier connecting divisions”. It recalls the site’s historic role as a pier receiving international navies while embodying its current function as a cross-disciplinary and trans-cultural platform linking creators, thinkers, and spaces across geographical and conceptual boundaries. It invites the curious to cross disciplines: artists, researchers, scientists, etc. Those who are ready to step beyond the comfort of familiar traditions. Here, you are welcome to share your reflections as text or as possible collaborative projects.

Anchored in Hong Kong yet resonating globally, Fenwick Pier 分域碼頭 supports experimental practices, critical discourse, and collaborative work that engage with cultural legacy while imagining new ways of working together through residencies, workshops, partnerships, and exchange.
By taking its name from a now-demolished architecture, Fenwick Pier 分域碼頭 embodies a value not of permanence, but of transformation — its strength lies in the ability to evolve, to be reinterpreted, and to generate new connections across contexts.