Yip Cheuk Tong, Moon

 

Born in Hong Kong, Yip is a cross-disciplinary artist who simultaneously engages in various specialties, including theatre scenography, media art, visual design, game concept art, and music composition. 

 

Moon is the artistic director of the independent art brand- Who Tells the Story, and a founding member of the independent band- Tree Phoning.

 

Yip graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), majoring in Theatre Set and Costume Design. , he was the winner of various scholarships, including The Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship, The Doris Zimmern Scholarship for Artistic Achievement and Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Undergraduate Scholarship, etc.

 

In 2011, his stage design work in La Demande d’emploi, an event of Le French May Arts Festival 2010, made him take part in The Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture (PQ2011) as one of the Hong Kong representatives in the Czech Republic. 

 

2012-2013, the set and costume design work collaborated on the non-verbal physical comedy production Detention by Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, after its premiere in Hong Kong, the production toured cities including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012, and the China tour in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing, Shantou, and Shenzhen, with over ninety-four performances.

 

2014-2016, he acted as the Creative and Art Director at Billiongame Company Limited, where he was responsible for concept artwork production for a series of online games. 

 

In 2017, his stage design for Skylight by Gold Blue Limited and Lazy People are Always Busy by Windmill Grass Theatre were selected as finalists in the professional section of World Stage Design 2017, which were among forty selected from the best in the global stage design.

 

2016-2019, he served as the composer for the choreography series Heaven Behind the Door by CHLOEOGRAPHY PROJECT, with the works invited to perform at various international arts festivals, including the Internationale Tanzmesse nrw 2016 (Germany), the 9th Busan International Dance Market 2018 (South Korea) and the 14th Prague Quadrennial- PQ Studio Festival 2019 (The Czech Republic).

 

In 2018, acting as creative director and production designer in the dance theatre work Maybe Tomorrow, Yip explores a cross-disciplinary mix of dance, original music, and site-specific scenography over 30 shows in public areas and universities. 

 

2019- 2022, he served as the Creative and Art Director at HORIZON TECH, developing game projects with enterprise talent training as the core goal. The games provided innovative team interaction experiences for over 20,000 employees of international enterprises in Hong Kong and Greater China.

 

In 2023, he represented Hong Kong at The Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture (PQ2023) with the interactive art installation space and production design of Our Atlas by CHLOEOGRAPHY PROJECT.

 

Important theatre design works in recent years including:

 

JOEY．MY SECRET．LIVE concert (2017) by Emperor Entertainment Group, Elisa Chan Private Music Room concert (2018) by Mei Ah Entertainment Group Ltd x Art Connect, Maybe Tomorrow (2018) and Our Atlas (2020) by CHLOEOGRAPHY PROJECT, A Tale of the Southern Sky (2020) by Hong Kong Dance Company and Actors’ Family, Murder in San José (2020) by Dharma Workshop Limited, Cinematic Memories on Train No. 5 (2021) by Actors’ Family, Confrontations (2022) and Liu Rushi, My Dear (2023) by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, etc.

 

Currently, he serves as a part-time teacher for the Master of Fine Arts programme in Theatre and Entertainment Arts at HKAPA.