Different approaches for different kinds of sound
From their own spheres of creation, to sound, music and art that influence them
Guiding you to a new horizon of listening experience and perspective
Host: Yuen Chi-chung
Sphere 1
In Sync – Exploration on audio visual collaboration
S.T. (Choi Sa-ho)
25.7.2009 (Sat) (In Cantonese)
When every music performance using video projection as their backdrop nowadays, what possibilities between audio and visual could be further explored? To trace back from the beginning of the audio-visual collaboration, music video and the first concert applying slide-projection, to the popularity of VJing, and the multi-media audio-visual live performance, the lecture will discuss about the evolvement of the audio and visual in integration and collaboration. S.T. will talk about how he got inspired and introduces his beloved audio-visual works.
Sphere 2
Sonic Alchemy - Releasing unusual sounds from usual objects
Sin:Ned (Wong Chung-fai)
26.7.2009 (Sun) (In Cantonese)
It brings no surprise in hearing sounds from a cell phone, a Gameboy or a radio. However, can you imagine the sound comes from a remote control or an Apple mouse? By hacking on various electronic gears, Sin:Ned revealed new sounds for his music composition. Through re-purposing various daily objects, he will further discuss about how other artists use conventional musical instruments and equipment for alternative music performances.
Sphere 3
More than Music, Not Just Theatre – Finding new possibilities in connection between music and theatre
Kung Chi-shing
1.8.2009 (Sat) (In Cantonese)
Apart from classical operas and Broadway musicals, music has been integrated with theatre in various formats for decades. In the last 30 years, music theatre has emerged as one of the major genres in avant-garde performing arts, with its capacity to integrate music with diverse elements such as dance, poetry and text, video and installation, etc.. By introducing major music theatre works of pioneering artists such as Robert Wilson and Laurie Anderson, he will analyze the development of avant-garde music theatre, and share his own practice and approach of bridging different kinds of music with theatre performances.
Sphere 4
Sonic Fascination - Expanding the canvas for music composition
Yuen Cheuk-wa
2.8.2009 (Sun) (In Cantonese)
Music and recording technology has driven a lot of changes in pop and contemporary music. Unconventional approaches or inventive ways of using the technicality of sound technology have achieved some sonic excitement that influences the history of music evolution.
Sphere 5
Ways of Listening - Environmental sound and our relation to the sonic world
Cedric Maridet
9.8.2009 (Sun) (In English, with Cantonese narration by the host)
From city to nature, we are in a world of no silence. There is always sound that left unnoticed. Field recording can be a means to change our way of listening to the environmental sound, our experience and perception to the world, and even brings exciting discovery to our most familiar surrounding. Cedric Maridet will introduce his practice of field recording as a way to direct his listening and discuss how sonic experience can open up the possibility for art making. He will refer to audio examples from different genres of sound art, oral traditions, etc., as well as his own works.
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