Jailhouse Follies
Duration
4.5 min
Venue
Tai Kwun Prison Wall
The comical story of the prison escape attempt by six inmates in Jailhouse Follies complements the theme of jailbreak that reflects the unique element to the Tai Kwun and its history as the infamous of Victorian Prison.
Animation:
- Jerry Loo (University of the Arts London)
- Alison Mak (University of Toronto)
Music and Sound:
- Bryan Leung
- Kyle Li (The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Jerry Loo
Animation
Jerry Loo is a rising young artist from Hong Kong, specializing in neon art, animation, interactive installations, and visual storytelling. He graduated with First Class Honours in Illustration and Visual Media from the University of the Arts London. Loo’s practice spans international festivals and public exhibitions.
He was concept artist and 3D animator for déTour (2024), showcased at the Annecy International Film Festival in France. Same year, Loo won the InnerGlow Searchlight open call for young artists. He served as team leader and animation director for Jailhouse Follies at Tai Kwun’s InnerGlow 2024 programme, which drew over 90,000 visitors. He also designed key visuals for the Lee Gardens Skateboard Festival 2023.
In 2025, Loo debuted his first public exhibition Neon Heroes: Illuminated Dreams at PMQ, created in collaboration with his grandfather, Master Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most senior neon craftsmen. Featuring seven neon sculptures and the animation Neon Waltz, the exhibition attracted over 35,000 visitors and received coverage from more than 100 media outlets, including South China Morning Post, China Daily, RTHK, TimeOut, and Lifestyle Asia.
Most recently, Loo was a featured artist in Luminous Neon at the Hong Kong Design Centre, presenting Neon Throttle and Harbor Crossing Lights at the DX design hub.
His work continues to explore the intersection of heritage and innovation, positioning neon as a vital contemporary art form while advancing storytelling through light and motion.
Byran Leung
Music and Sound
Bryan Leung (artist name: Jax O) is a Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter, composer, and sound designer. He harnesses music and sound as powerful narrative instruments, creating immersive sonic worlds—through both deeply personal projects and dynamic collaborations—that explore resilience amid despair, the theatrics of normality, and the fragile nuances of human experience.
His notable collaborations include piercing experimental noise that heightens entrapment in Peer (2022); playful, old cartoon-inspired scoring for the animation Jailhouse Follies (2024, Tai Kwun InnerGlow); and nostalgic orchestral layers that infuse warmth and whimsy into Neon Waltz (2025, PMQ Neon Heroes).
His personal works include the dystopian concept album Aren (2023) and the haunting Sugarbowl EP (2026), both fusing electronic rock, alternative pop, and experimental ballad to delve into hope, loss, and inner collapse.
Rooted in Hong Kong’s neon-drenched urban rhythm, Leung crafts sound as cinematic storytelling: a mirror to shadows and, sometimes, a lantern toward hope.
Kyle Li
Music and Sound
Kyle Li Ka Shing graduated from the School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts with a specialization in Music Production at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, creates captivating, conceptual works that explore the intersection of technology, identity, and the meditative qualities of audio.
His sound installation React investigates ceramic bowls and water resonance, creating a meditative space to explore the resonance between people, while his multimedia exhibition PEER examines self-expression and surrounding through CCTV, sound, and visual effects. Both projects were created during his time as a student in 2022 and 2023.