23 Nov 2023 | THU | 8PM
This programme is part of NME15.
Prelude: To Listening
Concert version (2023)
Sanxian/sanshin, Ambisonics field recording, video, text, computer
The work invites the audience to embark on an exercise into listening: listening in the present, but to the past and the future, and listening across time. Through audio, video and text, it gradually guides the listener and the viewer to traces of history that may or may not be evident in sound: acoustic resonance caused by material remnants from World War II in Hong Kong; the ringing of the three metal strings of the sanxian morphing into the three nylon strings of its slightly smaller cousin: the sanshin from Okinawa, Japan; echoes of sounds from instruments which are no longer in Hong Kong. A neural network attempts to sift through and make sense of these dislocations in time and space.
Artist: Ryo Ikeshiro
Ryo Ikeshiro is an artist, musician, and researcher who explores the meaning and context of sound and its materiality in relation to digital audio and technologies. His work includes installations and live performances utilising immersive environments, field recordings, and generative works. He is an Assistant Professor and co-director of SoundLab at City University of Hong Kong.
Performers
Stella Chan, sanxian, sanshin
Ho Yi On, Chinese percussion
Thanks to:
Green Mok, video
Longman Luk, audio
Farah Yang, software programming
Gui Ren, translation
Presented by: HKNME
Supported by : City University of Hong Kong, Soundlab
The work presented in this performance by Ryo Ikeshiro was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
NME15 is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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.