Fringe Vault

Specialties

The Fringe Vault is the new space for book launch, pop-​up craft stores, poetry or play reading. It seats up to forty people.

Salads, sandwiches, pasta, cakes and coffee are served for audience and casual visitors to soak up the ambience in this heritage corner, where the original white-​tiled walls and architectural features have been preserved over the past hundred years.

冰窖適合新書發佈會、手工藝品展覽、讀詩等，可容納約40位觀眾。觀眾及遊客可以在冰窖享用沙律、三文治、意式麵食、餅食和咖啡。

History

Established in 1983.

In the old days, it served as an ice vault where blocks of ice, dairy products and cold meats were unloaded and kept in store. The Vault was built to store ice by Dairy Farm more than a hundred years ago. Ice was shipped in from some cold country where it was «harvested» from frozen lakes.

Coming in large chunks, the ice cargoes were unloaded on to the pier by the waterfront which was much closer than it is now. After that, the ice cargoes were lugged up Wyndham Street by coolies and put into the vault.

Ice was a luxury item in pre-​refrigeration days. It was used to make cocktails called sundowners, enjoyed by the privileged class living on Peak. It was also supplied to hospitals and fishermen to keep things fresh.

During Art Basel 2013, it was the site which Adrian Wong, L.A.- based Hong Kong artist, has chosen to install his very unique Art bar.

由1983年開始

以前，這裡曾是冰庫，牛奶公司就在這個位置儲存凍肉。過去的一百年，這冰窖一直保存在原來的白色瓷磚牆壁和建築特色的氛圍。2013香港藝術家王浩然與Art Basel合作，選址這裡精心打造藝術酒吧裝置。

Meet the Business Owner

Benny C.

Business Owner

香港藝術行政人員協會副主席 /​香港藝穗會總監

Benny is the founder and Director of the Fringe Club in Hong Kong. He started the Fringe Festival in 1983, and 16 years later he created the City Festival, an urban culture festival that provides a platform for community engagement, cultural discourse and international exchange.

He is a founding member of Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association. Currently, he serves on several arts boards.

Honours he has received include the Bronze Bauhinia Star from the HKSAR Government, the Badge of Honour from the former Hong Kong Government, Best Arts Promoter from the Artists’ Guild and Hero of Hong Kong from Time Out Magazine.