Hyperspace
Jan
31
8:00 PM20:00

Hyperspace

31 January 2024 | Wed | 8pm
Free with registration

Programme
This programme is part of NME15.

Hyperspace is an installative telematic performance that speculates a possibility for simultaneous acoustics. Four performers, from Oslo, Montreal, Mexico City and Hong Kong, with each of them performs a feedback turntable developed by Viola Yip. The instrument highlights the acoustics of each performing space, which will be simultaneously transmitted, juxtaposed and spatialized as a performative hyperspace in the Multimedia Theater of the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong.

Performers: Noam Bierstone (CAN), Jennifer Torrence (NO), Diego Espinosa Cruz González (MEX) and Karen Yu (Hong Kong)

Instruments, installation and electronics: Viola Yip

Technical assistants: Tim Chan and Adam Pultz

Concept: Viola Yip

Viola Yip

Originally from Hong Kong, Viola Yip is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary sound artist and performer. She has been interested in creating new self-built musical instruments and sound works in the intersection of composition, performance, improvisation and sound art, exploring various relationships between media, materiality, space and our musical bodies in experimental music.

Her instruments and performances have been presented in music festivals and venues such as Issue Project Room in New York City, The Mannes School of Music, Look and Listen Festival, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Cycling ‘74 Expo, Hong Kong Arts Center, Sonic Arts Research Center at Queen's University Belfast, University of Huddersfield, QO-2 Brussels, A L’arme! Festival Berlin, Moers Festival, Seanaps Festival Leipzig and Pinakothek der Moderne Munich.

She received an Honorary Mention from Giga-Hertz-Preis 2021 at Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Supported by SoundLab, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

NME15 is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Disclaimer: The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 

Hong Kong Arts Development Council fully supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.

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Vocalising the unsung matters
Jan
13
2:00 PM14:00

Vocalising the unsung matters

An art installation and percussive performance encapsulated by a sonic envelope of Hong Kong street sounds invites you to value tenacious unsung matters of everyday life.

Unit 8, Cattle Depot Artist Village

Installation: 
11 JAN 2024 | THU | 4-9PM
12 JAN 2024 | FRI | 10AM-9PM  
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 10AM-1PM
14 JAN 2024 | SUN | 10AM-9PM

Music Performance(s)
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 2-3PM
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 4-5PM
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 7-8PM

Eric So, composer
Kate Siu, artist

Performers:
Karen Yu, percussion
Samuel Chan, percussion (guest)
Eugene Kwong, percussion (guest)

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shadow mudras with Ken Ueno
Oct
15
8:00 PM20:00

shadow mudras with Ken Ueno

On October 15, Freesound and Arraymusic Co-present an exciting evening of music by Karen Yu and Ken Ueno.

Featuring music by Karen and Ken, performed by the composers, and joined by Jason Doell, this is an exciting opportunity to hear amazing sounds from some of the most exciting composers working today.

With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Toronto Arts Council, the SOCAN Foundation, Arraymusic, the Canadian Music Centre, and Society Clubhouse.

Both Noise Box Cantos and Shadow Mudras were developed collaboratively by Ken Ueno and Karen Yu recently as reaction to their experience being pitted in improvisative situations against a collective of modular synthesizer players. After a critical mass of a few modular synth players is reached, it is hard to discern the individual contributions of each performer. Outnumbered in such a context, Ueno and Yu, felt alienated and determined that such performance contexts were at odds with the core values of their respective performance practices as a vocalist and percussionist.

Program

Wavelengths by Ken Ueno
for vibraphone and electronics
Performer, Karen Yu

Noise Box Cantos
Performers, Ken Ueno and Karen Yu

the wind is unseen,
Performer, Karen Yu

The Aleph
Solo for Extended Voice
Performer, Ken Ueno

Shadow Mudras
Performers, Ken Ueno and Karen Yu

Questions & Accessibility Requests

Freesound is committed to meeting the needs of our audience to the best of our abilities. If you have a question or request, we want to hear from you!

If you have an accessiblity-related question or request(s), please contact Paolo Griffin at freesoundseries@gmail.com

COVID Safety Measures

Masks are recommended

If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home regardless of the test results.

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Stress & Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert by The Up:Strike project
Sep
5
8:00 PM20:00

Stress & Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert by The Up:Strike project

The Up:Strike Project presents 《Stress and Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert》as the annual concert of the year. After a brief hiatus, The Up:Strike Project returns to the stage with a new program of three commissioned works. The concert opens with an intriguing quartet by Alexis Lamb Matters/Mind, followed by the world premiere of a vibraphone quartet by Ken Ueno and a duo of found objects by Esther Wu. Joined by Dr. Rebecca Iloyd-Jones from Griffith University, The Up:Strike Project will present the Asian Premiere of Alejandro Viñao’s new percussion quartet––Stress and Flow. The organicity and virtuosity of humans performing complex polyrhythms on percussion instruments has always been Viñao’s compositional interest. As part of the international commissioning consortium and having the privilege in this geography, The Up:Strike Project is excited to deliver this exquisite work to the Asian audience.

Alexis C. Lamb (b.1993) 亞歷克西斯・蘭姆

Matters/Mind (2021)

for percussion quartet 敲擊四重奏

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Eugene Kwong, Bevis Ng


Ken Ueno (b.1970) 上野 健

Phase Patterns of Likeness Slightly Off (2023)

for four vibraphones for The Up:Strike Project

寫給The Up:Strike Project的顫音琴四重奏

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Matthew Lau, Bevis Ng



-Intermission-


Esther Wu (b.1996) 胡旨澄

Clockwork Menu (2023)

for found objects duet 現成物二重奏

Performers: Matthew Lau, Karen Yu 


Alejandro Viñao (b. 1951) 亞歷杭德羅・維諾

Stress and Flow (2018)

for percussion quartet & electronics 電子與敲擊樂四重奏

  1. Bright and Dark

  2. The Sound Behind

  3. Luz y Sombra en Lindaraja

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Eugene Kwong, Bevis Ng

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Euphonia
Jul
29
2:00 PM14:00

Euphonia

an outdoor performance-based installation with a newly invented 3D-printed and up-cycled Euphonia Organ by Swiss/ Dutch artist Kaspar König

由瑞士/荷蘭藝術家卡斯帕．孔尼創作的戶外大型管風琴裝置及互動演出

Swiss-Dutch artist Kaspar König is bringing his latest invention, the Euphonia to Hong Kong. König, whose recent creative practice and research focus on urban intervention, ecological sustainability, and site specificity of music, is known for his imaginative invention of devices and installations built with innovative use of 3-D printing and up-cycling.

Euphonia is an instrument played by the wind, built with 3D-printing technology and used organ pipes. Musicians from Hong Kong will join Kaspar to perform with the instrument during its debut in the city.

以製作大型戶外裝置見稱的瑞士/荷蘭藝術家卡斯帕 · 孔尼將會於暑假期間為香港 觀眾帶來他的最新發明：《風力管風琴》。

孔尼善長以 3D 列印和再生利用的方式發明和建構藝術裝置。今次的《風力管風琴》亦是採用了 3D 列印技術和再生風琴管建成，而且是一部利用風吹奏的大型樂器。香港音樂家將與孔尼一起與觀眾互動、演奏這件最新研發的樂器。

ARTIST 藝術家 

Kaspar König 卡斯帕 · 孔尼 (Switzerland / The Netherlands 瑞士 / 荷蘭)

21-29.7.2023 


Peng Chau 坪洲

Free Admission 免費節目 

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Jul
7
to Jul 9

The Dreaming

  • Freespace West Kowloon Cultural District (map)
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Inspired by the wisdom of indigenous people, this music performance features multi-sensory elements and celebrates our roots and new beginnings


Since the beginning of time, human beings have asked questions about our existence, desires, and fears. In response to this endless endeavour, music director Olivier Cong and Freespace Ensemble invite you on an imaginative journey fusing music, dance, and film this July to explore our collective states of being and nothingness.

Inspired by indigenous cultures, The Box in Freespace is transformed into a mystical space filled with sounds that blend world music and electronic elements and a set that draws power from the discovery of our inner selves.

Directed by Cong, the multimedia concert features musicians Mike Yip, Nelson Fung, Karen Yu, Ho Yi-on and Nelson Hiu, who improvise pieces from Cong’s upcoming album Tropical Church. Artistically directed by Vanessa Choi, the show opens up a conversation between the musicians, the dance artist Hou Xuchen and film director Linus Chan, whose film explores modern people’s acts of gazing and our daily woes.

About Freespace Ensemble:Our cross-genre ensemble is a collaboration of Hong Kong musicians brought together to experiment with new compositions and arrangements across a range of genres and showcase the talent of emerging local artists.


Concept, Composer and Music Director: Olivier Cong 

Freespace Ensemble:

Synthesiser and Vocal: Olivier Cong
Electric Guitar: Mike Yip
Double Bass: Nelson Fung
Percussion: Karen Yu, Ho Yi-on
Multi-instruments: Nelson Hiu

Concept and Artistic Director: Vanessa Choi
Choreographer: Lee Chia-ming*
Dancer: Hou Xuchen
Film Director, Writer and Editor: Linus Chan
Lighting Designer: Bert Wong
Scent Designer: Ziuhey Tse
Ceramic Artist: Yu-ting Cheng

*Appears by courtesy of the Hong Kong Dance Company

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Baker's Lung
Jun
29
to Jun 30

Baker's Lung

a performance-based exhibition about bread making, with live music performances by Canadian professional baker and brass performers Felix Del Tredici and Kalun Leung

由加拿大專業麵包師暨銅管樂演奏家費利克斯與演奏藝術家梁家綸創作，一個結合專業烘焙經驗和長號演奏的現場音樂演出及裝置展覽

Baker’s Lung, the second event of the #musicismore series combines professional baking experience and music practice. Both music and food are communal experiences that connect us as human beings, “Baker’s Lung” aims to amplify this connection and explore the relationships between sound and the making of bread.

Inspired by Felix Del Tredici, a Canadian brass performer and professional baker for one of Montréal’s most popular artisanal bakeries. Baker’s Lung offers a glimpse into a baker’s life and work environment that the public rarely experiences, a sonic playground that invites introspection about the relationship between trombones and sourdough, acoustics and ingredients, and our lungs and flour. 

This interactive art exhibit will feature newly created sound sculptures, musical instruments, media art, and live performances. Together with multifaceted performing artist Kalun Leung, “Baker’s Lung” will take you on a sensual and thought-provoking journey where you can experience music with your hands, eyes, and nose. Come and enjoy the delicious baking smell and explore the possibilities of sound in this music bakery!

Del Tredici’s sourdough starter from Montréal will be offered to attendees as part of the exhibit (while stock last)

#點只音樂 節目第二砲《肺怎忘餐》互動藝術展覽是一個結合專業烘焙經驗和音樂的新作。由專業麵包師暨長號演奏家費利克斯（Felix Del Tredici）及聲音藝術家暨長號演奏家梁家綸創作，探索麵包製作與聲音之間的微妙關係。

費利克斯現為加拿大蒙特利爾其中一間最受歡迎的手工麵包店的全職烘焙師，作品受到他日常在麵包店艱辛的工作，以及他作為專業低音長號演奏家及音樂藝術家的背景啟發，透過《肺怎忘餐》探索麵包製作與長號音樂藝術形式之間的關係。展覽場地將化身成一所聲音遊樂場，讓你窺探平時鮮為人知的烘焙生活及工作環境，並以獨特的即興表演及裝置藝術形式帶給你一個獨一無二的音樂 x 烘焙體驗。

《肺怎忘餐》互動藝術展覽將展出全新創作的聲音裝置、樂器、媒體藝術，以及在特定日子的現場演出，帶您踏上一段感官和發人深省的烘焙音樂旅程。歡迎您以不同觸覺與作品互動，享受烘焙香味，並用手、眼睛和鼻子探索音樂的可能性！

費利克斯於蒙特利爾親自培養的酸種將於展覽期間派發予觀眾（數量有限，派完即止）。 

ARTISTS 藝術家 

Felix Del Tredici 費利克斯 (Canada 加拿大) | Kalun Leung 梁家綸 (Canada 加拿大)

Date for the exhibition 展覽日期：29.6.- 4.7.2023 

Time and date of the performance sessions 現場演出時間丶日期：29-30.6.2023 | 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pmBlack Box & Gallery, Goethe Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong Art Centre 香港歌德學院 歌德藝廊及黑盒子(香港藝術中心) 

Free admission to the exhibit and performance sessions. To secure your place for the performance, please register in advance展覽及演出均免費入場，請預先登記預留表演門票


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Jun
1
to Jun 16

"Scoring Motion" Research Residency at the Seoul Dance Center

Together with Lawrence Lau, Joseph Lee and Karen Yu, the artistic trio is invited to the Seoul Dance Center for a two-week residency to share their on-going research on the notion of scoring as a tool for cross-disciplinary collaboration and creation over the past few years, and to conduct a co-research process, with the participation of the local artists, on how scoring is also a multifaceted tool to review their own artistic practice and to understand the artistic practice of others.

During the residency, the trio aims to initiate dialogues with the local performing arts community and share their approaches to choreography, composition, improvisation and performance. By doing so, to learn and explore how this methodology can be adopted as a creative tool for performance-making, conversations and idea exchanges in a different cultural context. 

There are three major events for different groups of participants. Upon arrival, an Artist Talk will be hosted to introduce the artist trio, their experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration and individual’s artistic practice, as well as getting to know the practitioners in the local performing arts scene. Followed by a 3-day workshop for performance-makers to explore and create through the designed scoring exercises, which leads to the final presentation. Titled Scoring Motion: Three Days, Three Mediums, Three Minutes, an exhibition involving demonstration and presentation will be held at the end of the residency at Seoul Dance Center to conclude the experience by sharing our findings and to showcase the works created by the participating artists, along with future developments of this project.

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Put Yourself Inside the Box to Think Outside Of It - Contemporary Music Performance Lecture (HKAPA, The Orchestra Academy)
Apr
27
4:30 PM16:30

Put Yourself Inside the Box to Think Outside Of It - Contemporary Music Performance Lecture (HKAPA, The Orchestra Academy)

  • Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (map)
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Guest Lecture (Invitation from The Orchestra Academy)

Through examining a series of work samples and a workshop on “Letter Piece 1” by Matthew Shlomowitz, this lecture unfolds the forms of communication between musicians and composers and its implication on collaboration, and explores how intention plays a vital role in establishing forms of interpretation in contemporary music performances.

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Since When
Apr
14
to Apr 17

Since When

As percussionist

Concept and words lyrics by Chow Yiu-fai. Music and songs by Joyce Tang. Since When is their first musical and lyrical co-creation, supported visually and spatially by Chan Wai-lap and other artists. The music is performed live by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, iii (Iris Liu) and a choir of young singers, with installations featuring audio-visual recordings by students from Hong Kong Baptist University. Since When invites us to join the journey of seeking, finding, remembering, imagining, hopefully recognizing, reclaiming what used to belong to us …

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Jan
14
2:30 PM14:30

Unlock Body Lab: Open Research Week 2023: Practising Spectrum (Workshop)

Decoding and Interpreting Scores for Motion

Deriving from the original workshop, Scoring Motion, this one-off workshop will extend the research by decoding the performance texts / composed scores dedicated for performers, not limited to any specified area of performers. Scores and texts have been functioning as instructions and documentations in the long history of music, as well as dance Labanotation, and later on, becoming the vital element in the Fluxus movement and performance art. Thus, the possibilities embodied in scores provides a basis for cross-media artistic practice. How do we, as performer, establish our own interpretation based on these notations and instructions?

Through using notation as a vehicle, this workshop will focus on identifying the capacity for creative input, and embodying performer’s interpretation through examining and understanding the intentions of the score creator and its relation to the performer’s artistic decisions.

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Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void
Nov
12
8:00 PM20:00

Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void

As curator

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聲形2022：虛無界限

Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void

12 & 13 NOV 8pm (SAT & SUN)     Amy Chan & Kin Lam 陳一云 及 林建霖

15 & 16 NOV 8pm (TUES & WED) Lazarus Chan, Lam Yip & Law Yuk Mui 陳朗丰， 林葉及羅玉梅

18 & 19 NOV 8pm (FRI & SAT)   Michele Chu & Sudhee Liao 朱凱婷及廖月敏

大館F倉展室

Tai Kwun F Hall Studio

Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void

Sound surrounds us in every way: in the air, through the ground and within our bodies, unconfined, how do we embrace and adapt to an unfamiliar space sonically?

Co-presented by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong and Tai Kwun Contemporary, the fifth edition of Sound Forms take place at Tai Kwun F Hall on November 12-19 2022. This year’s festival returns with a focus on collaborative sound performances as an attempt to establish sound as a bridge between different artistic practices.

Curator: Karen Yu

聲形 2022﹕虛無界限

聲音無時無刻包圍著我們：在空氣之中、從地面之下、在我們的身體之中，無邊無界。我們如何從聲音體認並抱擁陌生的空間呢？

由現在音樂及大館當代美術館合辦的第五屆聲形聲音藝術節將於2022年11月12 – 19日再臨大館F倉。今年的節目將會以藝術家合作的聲音演出為主，希望能以聲音作為聯繫不同藝術形式的橋樑。

策畫人﹕余林橞

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Chasing Waterfalls (Asian Premiere, New Vision Edition)
Nov
5
to Nov 6

Chasing Waterfalls (Asian Premiere, New Vision Edition)

As percussionist of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

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Symbiosis of humans and machines in an AI opera

You never step into the same river twice: it’s the same with the digital landscape, which changes in the blink of an eye. 

The AI opera chasing waterfalls, depicting the human pursuit of the intangible digital self, receives its world premiere at Dresden’s Semperoper this September. Co-commissioned by the New Vision Arts Festival, this opera – developed and co-presented by the German multimedia artist collective “phase7 performing.arts” – makes its Asian premiere in Hong Kong. Local rising musical star Angus Lee co-composes the music and also assumes the role of conductor, while Berlin's Studio for Sonic Experiences “kling klang klong” contributes the electro-acoustic composition alongside the innovative AI voice which was specially created together with T Systems MMS –  following the algorithms of the music, AI therefore engages in deep learning and gradually becomes sentient…

We are somewhere between Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. AI learns to simulate pixels and the singing voice, even challenging real-life opera singers. “Ego” (I) and “Ego fluens” (the fluid I) chase each other to the point where it becomes hard to differentiate between real and fake. In the end, even the audience becomes a part of the digital waterfall.

As boundaries gradually dissolve, can “I” insist on my veracity and ability to think as “human”?

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Pearlescence - marimba chamber concert (Samuel Chan x NOVA Ensemble)
Oct
18
8:00 PM20:00

Pearlescence - marimba chamber concert (Samuel Chan x NOVA Ensemble)

As percussionist of NOVA Ensemble

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Pearls are some of the most fascinating existences. They come in a variety of colors, contours and characters, yet each individual pearl is unique and beautiful - that echoes the chamber music written for marimba, the glorious instrument known for its warm tones and rich timbres.
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Pearlescence features an evening of chamber music for marimba and various instruments. Together, the award-winning percussionist Samuel Chan and the musicians from NOVA Ensemble will present works from the lyrical masterpiece of Puts, to the whimsical works of Hoffman and Akiho.
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The concert also features esteemed lighting designer Amy Chan, whose vivid creativity will highlight the luster of these musical hidden gems.

❍ 演出曲目 | Programme ❍
Joel Hoffman - 6-8-2-4-5-8*
Andy Akiho - LIgNEouS 1*
Pol Belardi - Gentle Machinery*
Bright Sheng - Hot Pepper
Angus Lee - ... ché la diritta via era smarrita**
Peter Eötvös - Psy*
Kevin Puts - And Legions Will Rise

*香港首演 | Hong Kong premiere
**委約作品，世界首演 | Commissioned, World Premiere

❍ 備註 | Remarks ❍
- 節目總長約90分鐘，設有中場休息。遲到者須待適當時間方可進場。
- 歡迎6歲或以上觀眾入場欣賞

- Duration: Approximately 90 minutes with an intermission. Latecomers may have to wait until a suitable time to enter.
- Suitable for age 6 and above

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❍ 門票 | Tickets ❍
HKD 240 | HKD 160 *
* 適用於全日制學生、60歲及以上人士、殘疾人士及其看護人、綜援受惠人士
* for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities & the minder and CSSA recipients

❍ 早鳥優惠 | Early-bird Discount ❍ HKD 220 ❍
由即日起至2022年10月3日早上10時，於購票時使用優惠碼「MARIMBA20」即可享早鳥優惠門票
Enter discount code "MARIMBA20" to enjoy early-bird ticket, valid until 10am, 3 Oct,2022.

「Pearlescence — 馬林巴琴室樂音樂會」獲香港藝術發展局支持演出。香港藝術發展局全力支持藝術表達自由，本計劃內容並不反映本局意見。
“Pearlescence - Chamber Music for Marimba” is kindly supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong Arts Development Council fully supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.

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桑莉吟 Somnium by Nerve
Oct
8
to Oct 15

桑莉吟 Somnium by Nerve

  • Multimedia Theatre & Gallery, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (map)
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As musician / performer

裝置 | 歌劇 | 迷睡 Installation | Opera | Trance

月圓月缺去留之間，造夢裝置神遊未來

取材自科幻小說始祖、十七世紀寫成的拉丁文原著《Somnium》（解作：夢）。天文學家 Johannes Kepler 以夢為媒，讓精靈引領，來自過去的少年與母親神遊月球。他召喚風的聲音，穿梭時間之河，抵達現在，為面前一對匆促離家避禍的父女引路登月，觀光可能的未來。遠走或留低，未知或安逸，大放光明或黯然無明⋯⋯他們的選擇，座落在月球哪一面？

跨界藝術家 Nerve 與編劇廖端麗解碼魔幻暗號，駕乘十七世紀的夢闖入當下，運算出六種視角的歌劇影像裝置。觀眾自由遊走於明與暗、現在與未來、現實與夢境、去與留「之間」。既在遙遙觀月，同時全身投入進媒體藝術家黃智銓築構的造夢裝置境地，與 Nerve、簡僖進及劉銘鏗形塑的聲景與光影的環抱下，在迷睡之間，與夢之精靈交換密語。

A voyage to the moon or possible future by the Dreamachine

A whimsical study of time and space based on the precursor of science fiction, Somnium, written in Latin during the 17th century by astronomer Johannes Kepler. Using dreams as a medium, the author portrays a mystic journey to the moon of a daemon-guided boy from the past with his mother. Calling upon the voice of the wind and navigating unceasingly to reach the present, the reinterpreted protagonist now leads a father and daughter who evaded danger from home for a possible future in the moon. To flee or to stay, dwelling in peril or seeking comfort, a quest for brightness or a lull in the dark, dilemmas alike emerged. Which side of the moon would their choices land on?

Cross-discipline artist Nerve and librettist Diana Liao collaborate to decode the cryptic discourse and ride the dreams of the 17th century into this moment, collocating an operatic-visual installation with six perspectives. Participants are set free to move “between” light and darkness, present and future, reality and dream, going and staying. Gazing the moon from afar, they will be fully immersed in the dream-making installation constructed by media artist Kenny Wong, suffused with the sound and light sculpted by Nerve, AK Kan and Ming-hang Lau, to exchange personal tales with the elves and fairies of the dream.

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Peer to Peer: UK/HK x Spoken Words Music Series - Ways of being together
Sep
16
8:00 PM20:00

Peer to Peer: UK/HK x Spoken Words Music Series - Ways of being together

  • Hong Kong Arts Centre McAulay Studio (map)
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Premiere of the performance of “the wind is unseen” (ft. Omid Asadi)

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Co-presented by Hong Kong Arts Centre and Castlefield Gallery

 

Artists

Karen Yu x Omid Asadi

Lazarus Chan x Kelly Jayne Jones

Kong Kee x John Powell Jones (Manchester event)

Tickets are available now on POPTICKET 

 

Peer to Peer: UK/HK is a digital programme and platform encouraging meaningful cultural exchange and forging enduring partnerships between the UK and Hong Kong’s visual arts sectors. 

As part of the festival, Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) joined hands with Castlefield Gallery in Manchester to present 3 sets of online and offline AR viewing experiences, collaborated with artists from both cities. 

Titled Ways of being together, the audiovisual concert features ritualistic percussion music that investigates the translatability of sound, while barriers exist, what would be filtered and what remains; the other work features a conversation within oneself which reminds us the solitude of connecting to each other through digital tools. With the UK artists physically absent however virtually present in the performance, the artists from two distanced cities present their collaborative works in the Spoken Words Music event. 

Peer to Peer: UK/HK is led by Sarah Fisher, Open Eye Gallery, University of Salford Art Collection with Creative Producer, Sebah Chaudhry and Ambassador Jamie Wyld, Videoclub, Brighton from the UK; and supported by Creative Producers Clara Cheung and Gum Cheng, with Ying Kwok as Ambassador from Hong Kong.  

The project is supported by Arts Council England. 

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Sep
9
1:00 AM01:00

Peer to Peer: UK / HK – Ways of Being Together @ Castlefield Gallery (Manchester)

Live event with performance and video screening 

Artists:

Karen Yu (Hong Kong)  – Omid Asadi (Manchester)
Lazarus Chan (Hong Kong) – Kelly Jane Jones (Manchester)
Kong Kee (Hong Kong) – John Powell-Jones (Manchester)

Part of Peer to Peer 2022, Castlefield Gallery is working with Hong Kong Art Centre (HKAC) to co-present the work of six artists: online on the Peer to Peer festival website (live 26 Sep – 9 Oct) and through two live events (Castlefield Gallery Sep 8 and HKAC Sep 16).

The artists were put into pairs and invited to get to know each other’s work. During the two events the artists who will be physically present in their home cities will stand in for those that are absent, in an attempt to embody their work for the audience. The aim of this project is to help the artists contextualise and communicate their work to a distant audience and to explore ways of connecting, exchanging and being together – on and off screen.

For the event at Castlefield Gallery, Omid Asadi and Karen Yu will open a dialogue over the internet which will interact with pre-recorded material and live performance incorporating the artists’ readings of poems and literature in their native languages (Persian and Cantonese). John Powell-Jones will introduce a short video work made in collaboration with Kong Kee, in which the world of Kee’s Dragon Delusion will be explored through the eyes of Atamur, an avatar that recently appeared as the central character in Powell-Jones’ Web Wide World comic and interactive art work. Kelly Jane Jones and Lazarus Chan are creating a shared digital space which will be presented in an immersive sound performance with sonic elements; considering ‘Morphic Resonance’ and the potential for actions no matter how small to have repercussions and connect us across the globe. 

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CONTAIN (Hong Kong New Music Ensemble)
Sep
3
to Sep 4

CONTAIN (Hong Kong New Music Ensemble)

As percussionist of the ensemble

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A multimedia experience combining live music, video and installation (Hong Kong premiere)

The cross-disciplinary collaboration Contain is a multimedia experience combining live musical performance, video and installation. The Hong Kong version of this international co-production brings together new pieces by Berlin-based composer Simon James Phillips, works by artist Samson Young, and other stimulating live performances by soloists of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.

Performers: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Artistic Team: Amy Chan, Nathalie Cheung (Drama COLLABoratory)
Artist: Samson Young

Remote contribution from Germany:
Performer: Ensemble Resonanz
Composer: Simon James Phillips
Concert designer and videographer: Folkert Uhde
Dramaturg: Elisa Erkelenz

 

Co-presented by:
Freespace and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

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Scoring Cycle - Movements, sound and space (Unlock Dancing Plaza / Our Living Library @ Oil Street Arts Space
Aug
21
to Sep 4

Scoring Cycle - Movements, sound and space (Unlock Dancing Plaza / Our Living Library @ Oil Street Arts Space

As performer and workshop leader at this exhibition curated by Unlock Dancing Plaza

This exhibition is an extension of a series of research workshops led by Joseph Lee, Lawrence Lau and myself at the Company’s Open Research Week focusing on the notations for Sound, Movement and Choreography. Since the completion of the workshop, we came together to develop scores as the base of performances.

Excerpt of the Curatorial Statement by Joseph Lee (Associate Artistic Director of Unlock Dancing Plaza)

“Unlock Dancing Plaza curated a two-week exhibition for "Our Living Library" - Moving Space(s)". The exhibit investigates the existence and representation of performing art and dance in space from the perspective of a dance company, as well as various possibilities of performance texts as the basis for cross-media artistic practice. It invites the viewers to discover the many facets of the performing body through varying installations, documents, and images. The exhibition consists of two main parts: "Lighting Spaces" and "Scoring Cycle - Movements, sound and space". This collaboration between media artists and performing arts artists, and Oi! Space has furthered the discovery on a spatial relationship between body and text.”

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UNHEARD: sound and music festival at Eaton HK
Jul
30
to Aug 7

UNHEARD: sound and music festival at Eaton HK

Eaton HK partners with Contemporary Musiking HK and dtby for a unique festival exploring the nature of sound and music and its impact on us through a series of performances, talks, screenings and workshops.  

Unheard is a festival that will examine not only the physical properties of sound, but also its command of our psychology: how expressive sound articulations like music can bring us together, how sound supports and manipulates moving image, how sound can both heal and disrupt, and how sound is felt as opposed to heard. The festival will also investigate the historical, social and cultural contexts of sound in our city: how musical styles like Cantopop have evolved with time and technology, and how the urban acoustics of Hong Kong interacts with its citizens’ physical and psychological wellbeing. 

 

From those who are curious to the nature of sound and music to those amongst us who may be seasoned musicians or sound artists, the festival spanning the length of two weekends is sure to have something for everyone. 

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May
28
5:00 PM17:00

角度 Gok Dou LIVE by Asia Society Hong Kong Center: Round Table Discussion

Meaning “perspectives”, Gok Dou Live is a platform for the exchange of ideas on contemporary issues, with talks, videos and performance art featuring artists, curators, collectors, writers, publishers, and more. Watch these conversations flow LIVE at the Art Central auditorium.

A pivotal force in the development of art and community in Hong Kong since 2011, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre for Gok Dou Live will bring to you an engaging program of talks featuring artists, curators, collectors, writers, publishers, critics, and more to Art Central’s international audience.

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Round Table Discussion

Hidden behind Hong Kong’s skyscrapers and financial stereotypes it glows as an underground hub for subcultures in the street, music and performance. When you dig a little deep independent artists Joseph Chen, Miko Badiola Borje, Karen Yu and Go Hung are taking on an underground art scene that walks the line between fine-art and experimental. Follow along, in an exploratory discussion that tries to make sense of an emerging scene of multi-disciplinary and emerging artists under a global context.

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Freespace Ensemble: if you could see me now
May
24
to May 26

Freespace Ensemble: if you could see me now

  • West Kowloon Cultural District Freespace (map)
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An evocative musical performance inspired by reflections on the sea and belonging

Olivier Cong presents a performance created in collaboration with author Hon Lai-chu that combines original music and texts contemplating freedom, unrest, belonging and the sea. Evoking the life and scars of a city, the magical performance combines Cong’s restrained and melancholy musical style with Hon’s dark, reflective prose. The instrumental performance is accompanied by a specially produced free zine of Hon’s writing that audiences can dip into as they watch the show.

作家韓麗珠及作曲家江逸天聯合創作音樂會，譜出關於海和歸屬的詩篇

江逸天與韓麗珠與自由空間樂團，以文字、音樂及即興演奏交織海的意象，在被海圍繞的自由空間內，譜寫一次由海啟發、關於自由與設限、動蕩與歸屬的音樂會。韓麗珠為這次演出寫成的文字，將會收入一本只於今次音樂會發行的特製書誌。

自由空間樂團：午後看海 Freespace Ensemble: if you could see me now

📅🕤 24–26.5.2022 9:30pm

📍 自由空間留白Livehouse | Lau Bak Livehouse, Freespace

🎟️ $280 (包括一本書誌 includes a zine, available in Chinese only)

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自由空間樂團：午後看海 Freespace Ensemble: if you could see me now

📅🕤 24–26.5.2022 9:30pm

📍 自由空間留白Livehouse | Lau Bak Livehouse, Freespace

🎟️ $280 (包括一本書誌 includes a zine, available in Chinese only)

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May
21
8:00 PM20:00

Dal Niente: Helmut Lachenmann in Portrait

  • Hong Kong Cultural Centre Studio Theatre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Born in 1935, Helmut Lachenmann’s music has influenced generations of composers around, and is known for developing the concept of “instrumental musique concrète”. Rather than exploring the musical potential of sounds produced by instruments, this aesthetic / conceptual framework focuses on underlining the conditions and pre-conditions in which sounds may emerge to become crucial elements in a musical narrative. This visionary redefinition of what a musical experience can be continues to inspire composers around the world to rethink and question their own compositional practices and their relationship to sound. 

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This concert will be staged together with light artist Amy Chan and soloists of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.

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ARTISTS

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Vicky Shin, Conductor

Amy Chan, Light Artist

Kitty Cheung, Violin

William Lane, Viola

Pun Chak-yin, Cello

Linus Fung, Clarinet

Karen Yu, Percussion

Shelley Ng, Piano

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PROGRAMME

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J.S. Bach: Sinfonie 11 G minor 

Helmut Lachenmann/ J.S. Bach: Third Part for two-part Invention in D minor 

Helmut Lachenmann: Guero

Helmut Lachenmann: Pression

Helmut Lachenmann: Dal Niente (Intérieur III)

Helmut Lachenmann: Toccatina

Helmut Lachenmann: Trio Fluido

Beat Furrer: Voicelessness (The Snow Has No Voice)

 


PRODUCTION

Amy Chan, lighting

Lai Ching Kong, audio 

Jones Production

Tim Chan, Production Manager (HKNME)

21 May 2022 (SAT), 8pm
Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
$120 / $60 (concession)​

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TO BREATHE, TO SUFFOCATE
May
19
8:00 PM20:00

TO BREATHE, TO SUFFOCATE

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Present and the past
together we cross paths in this space at last
Breathe in and breathe out
What was our suffocation about?

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so much presence
so many memories
such silence
such gravity

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to breathe
and to suffocate at once
In the city of irony

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"To Breathe To Suffocate” is a programme consisting of works that I personally feel connected with.

It is physical, it is vulnerable.

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- Charles Ng (curator)

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ARTISTS

 

Charles Ng, Saxophone & Curator

Karen Yu & Samuel Chan, Percussion

Linda Yim, Piano

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

Simon Steen-Andersen: De Profundis

Benjamin Ryser: Lullaby

Philippe Leroux: AIRS

Luciano Berio: Chemins IV

Toshio Hosokawa: Vertical time studies II

Francesco Filidei: I Funerali Dell'Anarchico Serantini

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PRODUCTION

 

Amy Chan, lighting

Lai Ching Kong, audio

Jones Production

Tim Chan, Production Manager (HKNME)

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Open Research Week (Unlock Dancing Plaza): Notations for Sound, Movement and Choreography
Jan
5
to Jan 8

Open Research Week (Unlock Dancing Plaza): Notations for Sound, Movement and Choreography

書寫動態：音樂、動作及編排標記法」研習工作坊

「譜」，作為音樂語彙中重要的媒介去連接樂手和作曲家，提供依據去重現創作者腦海中的聲音；無實體存在的音樂藉著譜的具象化，得以被紀錄和廣泛流傳。在當代音樂發展的歷程中，作曲家開始轉向音符以外的樂譜編寫，亦以標記行動、事件、動作以至舞台調度作為整體表演的一種書寫方式。其中牽涉的不單是形式的轉向，亦是對於作曲家與表演者之間的創作關係重構。

標記法的演變中的開放性，開闢出不同界別表演者對於譜作為表演文本演繹的可能性，在單純表演之外亦具備創作的成份，造就一種合作建構表演的模式。參加者將透過今次工作坊一同探索書寫動態和編排聲音的可能性，並於最後一節工作坊分享研習結果。

帶領者： 劉曉江 、 余林橞 、 李偉能 

客席分享： 鄧曉霖 

對象：音樂創作人／編舞／對於以身體表演有好奇心的表演者
日期：4 - 6/1, 7/1（展演分享）
時間：(4 - 6/1) 19:00 - 22:00；(7/1) 20:00 - 22:00
地點：牛吉地
費用：$600（共4節#）

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