Keywords in Creation To explore freely one’s style and review one’s own world amidst the torrent, to write down music notes in a space that is beyond time, and to accomplish breakthroughs from existing rules. Lam’s ceaseless experiments of music have nurtured his 20-year-long creative journey. What are the deep-seated elements in his oeuvres? Dream Ordinarily, Lam’s compositions crop up during mid-nights when everything is silent. He describes them as refined, melancholy, and melodic. The endeavour resembles the moment when our mind loses the temporal sense, or rather, the forming of a vague dream and the soft murmuring during sleep.
One of the key words of Lam’s writing is dream, which is naturally adopted as the motif of the current concert. Lam hopes to constitute a hazy world with his dreamy music penned all these years. Under such an unrestricted imaginary space, audience could, according to their instantaneous moods and thoughts, detach themselves from the reality to rest and relax, and eventually immerse themselves into a spiritual journey fabricated with music. Dreamscape, 2014
Dreamscape delivers a sense of eternity and portrays a soft dialogue that transcends time and space. Rendered with sub-octave pipe organ and strings, the completely slow-paced score set up a soundscape that is hushed and packed with nuanced changes. Solo of each of these two instruments appear alternately, contributing to an atmosphere of sensibility.
Dreamscape premiered at St. John's Cathedral in 2014
Slowness
In a city that prioritises speed, “slowness” captures precisely a rebellious spirit. This is the creative space Lam needs most and the “recession” he hopes to manifest through music. anothermountainman deploys his photos for the visualisation of the show. The coherence of stage and visual designs is sustained by the main axis “slowness”. Whether it is the 300 fps slow motion pictures or lighting effect, the setting gives off an air of “slowness” that deserves to be appreciated attentively. All these highlight the distinctiveness of the event.
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