Yet Another Dream

Yet Another Dream

Lam Fung

Music

Programme Video

Appreciation Guide Lam Fung receives the training of classical music and nurturing of contemporary music. His oeuvres are characterised by diversified styles and experimentality. Furthermore, he regularly composes for different other forms of art, covering dance, drama, sound installation and multimedia production. For the past two decades, he has been penning works that are rich in variety.

As a review of his music journey, Yet another dream features repertoires written and selected by Lam himself, who leads, on his piano, the Hong Kong Contemporary Music Group during the live gig. The concert also features theatrical aesthetics and images by anothermountainman as well as the upcycling curtain installation by local fabric designer Toby Crispy. Promoting the interaction of sound and visual elements, Yet another dream manifests a “day dream” of music that feels real and illusionary.

Creative Concept

To Lam, music represents an art form that is vague and intangible but embodies a space for audience to imagine. Combining multi-media application, Lam wishes to reflect concepts and feelings of his music and creates enriched sensory pleasures and experiences for the audience.

Key Learning Areas:

Subjects: Music / Visual Art / Installation Art • Exploring contemporary classical music • Connection between musical and visual presentations • Pursuit of personal styles

Highlighted Sections

1. The contemporary classical music that veers between reality and illusion

Lam’s music style: • Dream – Dreamscape 18:08 P.12-13 • Slowness – Before a Passage 1:21 / 17:28 P.14-15

• Dreamy illusions – Illumination P.16-17

2. How does the show integrate music and multi-media elements?

The theme of “real illusion” and its implication 10:17

Expressing “real illusion” through images 10:48

A sense of “real illusion” illustrated created by recycled fabric installation 9:01

3. Music with “dreamy” as the theme P.20

Extended Discussions

1. Invite students to elaborate on “dreamy” music they have listened to before. What kind of attributes do they have?

2. Conduct the exercise “An Interval of Thought” from the Appreciation Guide ( P.18). Write down views or things from their associations.

3. In the Appreciation Guide, Lam mentioned that style would naturally emerge if one explore their own preferences ( P.5-6). Encourage students to deduce their personal styles based on their own preferences.

Then think of one artwork (in any art form) that best exemplifies the style.