DETOUR Classroom offers passengers a mobile library of art, design and architecture books for reading, and joining book club and seminars carried out by authors and creative people. Lower deck is where tram storytellers share the tramhistory. The partially transparent tram envelope exposes the interior space and tram mechanism making the tram a perfect blend of design, practicality and education.

Programmes on Upper Deck

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Zander Man

  • Comic Sharing

    Go to work and be a salaryman? Never again
    
    Local comic artist Zander Man presents his comics of work, relationships, and living in Hong Kong to give you a pat on the back for your struggle in this city. Let out your negativity and show your creativity in this occasion!
    
    (Conducted in Cantonese)

  • 30 Nov, Sat
    1 Dec, Sun
    7 – 8 Dec, Sat - Sun

    10am – 11.50am

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Ivan Workshop & Tramric

  • Paper Tram Workshop

    Want to make your own paper tram model? It will be a great experience to create one on the tram. Come and join us!
    
    http://www.mytramways.com/indexe.htm

  • 30 Nov, Sat
    8 Dec, Sun

    3.30pm - 5.20pm
    7.30pom - 8.55pm
    
    

    1 Dec, Sun
    7 Dec, Sat

    3.30pm – 5.20pm
    
    

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • JCDISI

  • Social Innovation Workshop

    Let's provide social innovation together – a collective, collaborative, co-creative experience not to be told but demands to be narrated.

  • 2 Dec, Mon
    5 – 6 Dec, Thu - Fri

    3.30pm – 5.20pm

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Book Club

    Having book sharing on tram while enjoying the views of the city along the Island tram line, get this experience that you can't afford to miss.
    
    Every weekday evening, an anchor will join other members of the public to discuss the books they like in the DETOUR Classroom tram car’s upper deck library. Participants are invited to bring along their favorite books, too! For tickets, sign up by calling 3400-3436 or e-mailing hachan@polyu.edu.hk Space is limited.
    
    2 Dec (Monday)
    Theme: Two Pioneers of Comic Culture: Early twentieth-century comic books
    Anchor: Frank Vigneron, Professor and Head, Graduate Division of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Department, CUHK
    http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~fadept/Staff/full%20time/VigneronFrank.html
    
    Tuesday 3 Dec
    Theme: Green creativity
    Anchors: Ringo Mak, President, Blue Box International
    
    Wednesday 4 Dec
    Theme: Changing our habits of listening, and not listening
    Anchor: Yang Yeung, Founder and executive director or soundpocket
    http://www.soundpocket.org.hk/v2/category/about-us/
    
    Thursday 5 Dec
    Theme: Children’s books and art
    Anchor: Sophie Paine, Children’s book author and illustrator
    http://www.sophiepaine.com/pages/sophie.html
    
    Friday 6 Dec
    Theme: Cat Nutrition
    Anchor: Ching Ching So, Cat Nutritionist
    http://petnutritionist.wordpress.com/
    
    Gather at Oi! Art Space in North Point at 7:00pm; Tram trip will end at Shek Tong Tsui Terminus around 8:55pm; to sign up, call 3400-3436
    http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/APO/zh_TW/web/apo/oi_visit.html

  • 2 – 6 Dec, Mon - Fri

    7.30pm – 8.55pm

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Dr. Tricia Flanagan and AVA Students

  • Public Art Class

    Public Art covers objects and issues, learning more about arts in daily living helps you slow down and enjoy the space in the city.

  • 3 Dec, Tue

    10am – 2.20pm

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Dr. Tricia Flanagan and AVA Students

  • Installation Art Class

    DETOUR Classroom itself is a feature installation, participating in this programme gives you more ideas on the installation works in Hong Kong and other parts of the world.

  • 4 Dec, Wed

    10am – 2.20pm

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Tram Art Gallery

  • Tram Photography Gallery

    (both on upper and lower deck)
    
    Getting this amazing experience to share pictures and do photo shooting on tram, this is the moment for photo lovers.

  • 1 Dec, Sun
    2 Dec, Mon
    8 Dec, Sun

Programmes on Lower Deck

• • Instructor
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Date and Timeslot
• • Hong Kong Trams Enthusiast

  • Ride with Tram Storytellers

    The history, milestones, interesting, exciting and unique stories, everything about this living heritage of Hong Kong is all you will hear from the tram storytellers on DETOUR Classroom.

  • 30 Nov, Sat
    5 Dec, Thu
    6 Dec, Fri

    10am – 11.50am
    3.30pm – 5.20pm
    7.30pm – 8.55pm
    
    

    1 Dec, Sun
    2 Dec, Mon
    7 Dec, Sat
    8 Dec, Sun

    10am – 11.50am
    3.30pm – 5.20pm
    
    

    3 Dec, Tue
    4 Dec, Wed

    3.30pm – 5.20pm
    7.30pm – 8.55pm

*Tram programmes are subject to change without prior notice.