QOS Fringe Festival is a program promoting Art Education. It combines musical art, visual arts and performing arts. Collaborated by the Visual Arts Department and the Music Department, the program spans the entire school year from time to time.
「伊中中藝穗節」是一個推廣藝術教育的節目，結合音樂藝術、視覺藝術及表演藝術，由視覺藝術科與音樂科合辦，節目橫跨全學年不定期地舉辦。
The word "fringe" of the QOS Fringe Festival originally means "the ear, which is the top of a cereal plant". It evolves into the "the edge or the periphery", meaning that art should break through its boundaries and encourage creativity.
藝穗節的「fringe」字本意為「穗，即穀類植物頂端部分」，演變出「邊緣/外圍」的意思，意味藝術應當打破邊界，激發創意。
Based on the principles of open mindedness and freedom to create, we are committed to providing a platform for performing and displaying works for teachers and students with different aesthetic interests; and inviting artists from different fields to perform at school campus to enhance communication and appreciation, and to create a campus full of artistic atmosphere.
我們本著開放及創作自由的原則，致力為不同藝術興趣的師生，提供一個表演和展示作品的平台，也邀請不同範疇的藝術家到校表演，促進交流、欣賞，營造一個充滿藝術氛圍的校園環境。
Mr CHAN Tin-nok, Elkan, Ms WONG Yuk-ching and Mr LEUNG Tak-yin, Billy
陳天諾老師、黃玉貞老師及梁德賢老師
*Special thanks are extended to Mr Laurence Richard Finnerty for his expertise and ideas on the slogan and branding Design.
What is Busking? 何謂街頭賣藝？
Busking refers to the practice of artistic and entertaining activities such as singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument and acting in public open space, and the performers may receive monetary donations from the audience on a voluntary basis. Street performance has been considered to be a part of a city's cultural life contributing to the vibrancy and diversity of the city.
街頭賣藝(busking)指在公眾休憩地方進行藝術和娛樂表演活動，例如唱歌、跳舞、奏玩樂器和演戲，表演者可收取觀眾自願給予的賞金。街頭表演向來被視為都市文化生活的一部分，可為城市增添活力和姿采。
Nowadays, ways and scales of busking can be flexible. From one-man band to band consists of 5-6 members. To be precise, busking is the purest form of performing art. It doesn’t require a stage, without the support of commercial groups, nor impetus of art community. Just the performers and the audiences. Busking is a self-employed alternative art that utilizes the instability of public places as a medium.
時下我們所見的busking，它的表演形式多元化，規模不定，由one man band至五六人樂隊皆可。準確點說，busking應該是表演藝術最純粹原始的狀態，沒有舞台，沒有商業集團支持，沒有藝術界策劃，只剩表演者與觀賞者，以公共空間的不穩定性為中介的一種另類自僱藝術形式。
Each city has its own busking culture development, conceiving unique ecology of street art, at the same time having commonality across cities. Busker would choose to perform in a place with a larger flow of people passing by and to perform contents that suit the people’s taste. However, buskers do not necessarily ‘sell’ their performance, but rather to strive for opportunities to perform. Buskers vent and share feelings and culture with busking, and give us more reasons to enjoy public places.
每座城市均有它獨有的busking文化發展脈絡，孕育出不同的街道藝術生態，亦有其共同點。Buskers會挑選有適量人流的地方演出，演出內容多數貼近羣眾品味。但其實buskers不以販賣為主，更多的是爭取演出機會，以busking作為分享宣洩的渠道，同時可以令我們有更多理由享受公共空間。