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VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Our Shared Symphony: A Living Composition for the Future 和鳴未來:共築生生不息

The Earth is our shared, unfinished symphony—a vast, dynamic composition in which we are all performers. As the diverse and hybrid species of ‘Homo sapiens’, we are at once the musicians, the composers, and the audience. This virtual exhibition, inspired by UNESCO's global blueprint for a sustainable future, frames the Sustainable Development Goals as the essential movements of this grand piece.

 

Your journey through this living composition unfolds in three interconnected parts:

 

First, explore the core Exhibition Chapters, where the symphony comes to life. These curated “movements” — focused on SDGs 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) — showcase the rhythms, chords, melodies, and conductors contributed across cultures and time. Stories, artifacts, and narratives will reveal how we are actively composing a more sustainable and inclusive world. 

 

Next, step into the SDGs Gallery — a platform for global discovery on the UNESCO’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This space provides the statistics, trends, and key insights to measure, understand, and connect our global efforts. Through regional dashboards and indicator comparisons, and a mini quiz, it visualizes our collective achievements and challenges, and encourages you to test your knowledge and reflect on the key exhibits.

Finally, give a try for our Interactive game — Geo Artwork. This is where you can move from audience to active participant.

We invite you to explore these spaces, discover the connections, and find your own role in this ongoing, collective creation.

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Movement I: SDG 9 —

Composing the Foundation;

The Rhythm of Progress

Every symphony needs a structure — a rhythm section that holds the piece together. Here, we lay down the foundational beats: infrastructure and innovation that must be resilient and inclusive. This chapter invites you to explore the diverse time signatures shaping our shared groove. We are hybridizing our systems for a stronger, more adaptive rhythm.

Movement II: SDG 11 —

Chords of Coexistence;

The Polyphonic of Belonging

This movement listens to the spaces we share, exploring how diverse communities shape the emotional and spatial texture of our shared world. Cities are not just built — they are felt. From ancestral rhythms to contemporary improvisations, each place carries its own harmony. Yet, we are not composing a single anthem, but a polyphonic arrangement — one where every community, every rhythm of life, finds resonance.

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Movement III: SDG 4 —

Echoes of Learning;

The Resonance of Wisdom

Learning is not a solo — it’s a resonance passed from one generation to the next. This movement honors the echoes of wisdom across cultures, languages, and modalities. We are tuning our ears to hear not just what is taught, but how it is shared, remembered, and transformed.

Movement IV: SDG 5 —

Amplifying Every Voice;

The Equity Remix

In this chapter, we explore and correct the historical distortion of silenced voices. This is the ‘equity remix’ — the conscious, continuous effort to ensure our collective composition is not just for all, but by all.

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Artist Sharing

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Curator Talk

SDG Gallery

Explore the SDGs behind the beautiful artefacts

Business

Sports

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Culture

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Lifestyle

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About the Project

Global Shared Learning: 
INTERCULTURAL HERITAGE GLOBAL CLASSROOM

This GSL Classroom experience is based on COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning), a teaching and learning methodology developed by Jon Rubin at the State University of New York (SUNY).

COIL combines the four essential dimensions of virtual mobility

(1) it is a collaborative exercise between teachers and students

(2) makes use of technology and online interaction

(3) it has international dimensions

(4) it is integrated into the learning process

Our Team

Prof. Florian Knothe

Director of the University Museum and Art Gallery

Director of the MA in Museum Studies

Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, HKU

Dr. Miguel A. González Virgen
Director Science Gallery Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey

Dr. Heather Gaunt
Academic Specialist (Museums and Collections)
University of Melbourne

RED TEAM !

HKU

CHEN Jun, Emma

HE Chen, Cloris

LIU Yiyang, Dora

LIU Ruoyu, Royce

UoM

Lucas Bezzina

Amanda Tang 

Xinran Zhang 

Hanming Zhang

TdM

Hadar Weinstein

BLUE TEAM 

GREEN TEAM 

YELLOW TEAM 

This virtual exhibition is the result of a cooperation between

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