New Creature

    Forty contemporary art projects by 37 artists from eight countries and regions are exhibited at the OCT Art and Design Gallery. Themed “New Creatures,” the exhibition presents new art and designs that use materials in an unconventional or experimental way in the form of paintings, pictures, sculptures, videos and installations.

    Dates: Until Oct. 16

    Open: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Closed on Mondays)

    Venue: OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009-1 Shennan Boulevard, Overseas Chinese Town (南山区华侨城深南大道9009-1号华美术馆)

    Metro: Luobao Line, OCT Station (华侨城站), Exit C

    Two shows at B10 Live

    Swedish post-rock band Pg Lost will play at B10 Live on Friday to promote their new album “Versus.” Huun Huur Tu, a music group from Tuva, a republic of Russia situated on the Mongolia-Russia border, will perform Saturday.

    Time: 8:30 p.m., Sept. 2-3

    Tickets: 120-200 yuan

    Venue: B10 Live, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区B10现场)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A

    Twins

    Hong Kong Cantopop duo Twins will give a concert Saturday at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center. Twins are made up of two girls, Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung. Their music is generally targeted at teens, but in 2004 they began to attract a wider audience by venturing into different styles of music. Since 2001, the group has released dozens of Cantonese/Mandarin studio albums, compilation albums and live albums.

    Time: 8 p.m., Sept. 3

    Tickets: 380-1,280 yuan

    Reservations: 400-610-3721

    Venue: Gymnasium of Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, 3001 Binhai Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区滨海大道3001号深圳湾体育中心体育馆)

    Metro: Shekou Line, Keyuan Station (科苑站), Exit A

    Shenzhen Museum

    Relics are on display at the “Maritime Porcelain Road” exhibition until Sept. 18. The 180 exhibits showcase Chinese pottery and porcelain dating back to the Han Dynasty and Chinese made-for-export porcelain with designs commissioned by European buyers. Meanwhile, paintings and calligraphy by Chinese master Huang Binhong (1865-1955) are on display until Oct. 23.

    Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

    Metro: Shekou or Longhua Line, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B(SD News)

    HIT tech carnival

    Startup entrepreneurs, investors, graffitti artists and rock bands will gather for the HIT tech carnival in Bao’an District.

    Time: 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sept. 3

    Tickets: 200 yuan

    Booking WeChat: f518sscyy

    Venue: F518 Idea Land, intersection of Xixiang Boulevard and Baoyuan Road, Bao’an District (宝安区宝源路与西乡大道交界处深圳F518时尚创意园)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Xixiang Station (西乡站), Exit D

    Ukiyo-e exhibition

    Ukiyo-e paintings are on display at Bridge Gallery. The ukiyo-e genre of art flourished in Japan in the 17-19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, landscapes, flora and fauna and erotica. The term ukiyo-e translates as “pictures of the floating world.”

    Dates: Until Sept. 8

    Venue: Bridge Gallery, Wenchang Street South, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意园文昌南街桥舍画廊)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A

    Cheng Bi

    Chinese folk singer Cheng Bi will hold a concert Friday night. A Japanese-language graduate from Peking University, Cheng often composes songs by using poems of Bei Dao and Shuntarou Tanikawa as her lyrics and is acclaimed as a poetic songwriter.

    Time: 8 p.m., Sept. 2

    Tickets: 100-580 yuan

    Booking: 400-185-8666

    Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, 2106 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2106号南山文体中心)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B

    Andrea Petrlik Huseinovic

    Croatian illustrator Andrea Petrlik Huseinovic will give a talk at Shenzhen Book City on Saturday. Huseinovic graduated in graphic arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She was awarded the Grigor Vitez award and the BIB (Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava) Gold Plaque for her book “The Blue Sky.” For the illustrations from Carlo Collodi’s “Pinocchio,” she was nominated for the IBBY Honor List 2002.

    Time: 10 a.m., Sept. 3

    Venue: Big Steps, North Area, Shenzhen Book City, intersection of Hongli Road and Jintian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和金田路交汇处深圳书城北区大台阶)

    Metro: Longgang or Longhua Line, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B(Cao Zhen)