Ryoichi Kurokawa at Multi-Media Theatre, Hong Kong
18 March 2011 (Thu-Fri) 8pm
Multi-Media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity , Hong Kong
Flux, is the state of everything at every moment.
Images are our memories of the reality, yet audiovisual synthesis.
A concert, also a journey for exceptional experience of digital sound and light.
Rheo by Ryoichi Kurokawa (Japan)
Ryoichi Kurokawa tends to eliminate the boundaries of our physical perception
where the essence lurks in the transition,
as in the law of life, nature and beauty
where “everything is evanescent.”
Three dimensional pixel sculptures are the result of Ryoichi Kurokawa’s audiovisual synthesis. Kurokawa destructs and reconstructs architectonic and organic abstractions with precision, coercing a complete surrendering of the senses. Minimal, yet chaotic conflux of visual and auditory perception merges into an experience of memory and ambiguity where virtual and actual images are no longer distinguishable. Kurokawa uses what he calls “audiovisual organ” to compose spatial-time sculptures out of digitally generated material, formed from analogue field recordings. Abstract sound and imageries are precisely synchronized and juxtaposed, asserting a form of glitch minimalism re-assembled into complex and highly rhythmic audio-visual landscapes.
Solstice to Solstice by Nerve (Steve Hui) + npool (Jamsen Law)
Seasons of distinct rhythms,
seasons also with volatile forms,
sounds, scents, tastes and sensations.
Seasons as a cycle, yet there is never the same spring.
Transformation is the evidence of passing time,
but time is invisible. We only discover it at the moment being
reminded by the changes of our surroundings.
Nerve digitally synthesized environmental sound as the four seasons, and modulate the representational sound into music as the three intervals in between. npool turns the theatre into a site for visualizing networks of co-beings, and rejoice with the sound as one. While prompting associations and reconnecting memories of seasons, they also lead audience to another perspective of the reality. This is a journey traveling through the layers of invisibles.
Collaboration between sound and visuals, never aimed at describing the same scenery, nor it was generated from one by another. Only by summoning them up, the whole landscape can finally be seen.
Artists
Born in 1978 in Osaka, Japan.
Kurokawa is an audiovisual artist, and his work takes on multiple forms: projections, recordings, installation and live performance. In recent years, his works are shown at international festivals and museums including Tate Modern [UK], Transmediale [DE], Shanghai eArts [CN], and Sonar Festival [ES]. In 2010, he was awarded the Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category. Produced by Cimatics Agency.
Nerve (Steve Hui)
Nerve is an alias of Steve Hui for presenting music. Graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Master Degree in Composition and Electronic Music, he is a member of experimental electronic music group VSOP. His creative work has been presented at various festivals including: Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Vision Arts Festival and Creative Cities (Hong Kong in London). His first orchestral work Re-Autumn was commissioned by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In 2010, he was commissioned by Zuni Icosahedron to compose his first opera The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci.
npool (Jamsen Law)
npool.net has been a tag following the name of Jamsen for more than a decade. Born and grow up in Hong Kong, Jamsen’s artistic interests and explorations span from video to theatre and installation arts. Jamsen’s screen-based media artworks have been widely exhibited in Asia, Europe and Americas. In recent years, he has started curating media arts related exhibitions, artist-in-residence and collaborative projects. Jamsen is now teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.