Sound is the Measure
Sonic Anchor #9: CLOrk (HKG) + YinYi (Shanghai) January 22 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre CLOrk (HKG) YinYi (Shanghai) CLOrk (City Laptop Orchestra) is an electronic music “orchestra” of 10 laptop musicians. Members of CLOrk have varying musical abilities. CLOrk musicians are truly mobile and unplugged: no wires or… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #8: Edwin Lo (HKG) + Wang Changcun (Shanghai) December 4 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre Edwin Lo (HKG) Wang Changcun (Shanghai) This edition of Sonic Anchor features two sound artists whose outputs are “on the quieter side.” Together they will conjure up a tranquil, meditative sensual audio-visual… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #7: Da Xiao (Shanghai) November 6 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre Da Xiao (Shanghai) Sound artist Da Xiao is one of the key figures from the budding sonic art scene in Shanghai. In 2009, he published his first experimental music album GuuuGoooo with much critical acclaim; and… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #6: Nicolas Collins (US) October 9 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre Nicolas Collins (US) Special Guest: Cheng Xu (Shanghai) Nicolas Collins – the grand master of hardware hacking – is a pioneer in the use of microcomputers in live music performance. He has made extensive use of… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #5: PADA (Taiwan) August 7 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre PADA (Taiwan) 江薦新 Chien-Hsin Chiang 廖芊喬 Chien-Chiao Liao The Taiwanese audio-visual duo PA DA transforms lived sonic experiences of the everyday into moments of dramatic musing. PA DA founders Chien-Hsin Chiang and Chien-Chiao Liao, life partners and long term… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #4: Lam Lai (HKG) July 4 (Wednesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre Lam Lai (Hong Kong) For Sonic Anchor #4 Lam Lai will turn McAulay into an installation theater, to create what she calls a “theatrical-sound-installation.” As audiences move beneath the shades created by various installation object, they… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #3: Yin Yi (Shanghai) + Tse Chun Sing (Hong Kong) May 8 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre Yin Yi (Shanghai) Tse Chun Sing (Hong Kong) Yin Yi – composer, sound artist, phonographer and professor of sound design; one of the most influential figures in the Shanghai sound… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #2: Diode (HKG) + Marco De Mutiis (HKG/Italy) + Wong Chun Hoi (HKG) April 3 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre – Marco De Mutiis (HKG/Italy) – Diode (HKG) – Wong Chun Hoi (HKG) Diode, an army of sound-maker who experiment with the intensity of loop-based sonic structure,… Read More →
Sonic Anchor #1: Evidence (USA) March 14 (Tuesday) 2012, 8pm McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre Sound: Evidence – Stephan Moore & Scott Smallwood (USA) Live Visuals: Jonathan Lee Marcus (USA) Losperus is a performance piece by Evidence (Stephan Moore + Scott Smallwood) that uses small microphones, resonant objects and commonplace motorized devices… Read More →