HK Sound Station Leaflet

Filipina Heterotopia. Cedric Maridet

「聲音‧香港‧站」 Vito ACCONCI ∙ John Levack DREVER ∙ Phoebe HUI 許方華 ∙ Steve HUI 許敖山 ∙ Keith LAM 林欣傑 ∙ Chi Wo LEUNG 梁志和 ∙ Edwin LO 羅潤庭 ∙ Anson MAK 麥海珊 ∙ Cedric MARIDET ∙ Kingsley NG 伍韶勁 ∙ Kurt SCHWITTERS

6 FEB - 3 APR 09 二零零九年二月六日至四月三日

Opening 開幕酒會 ∙ 6 FEB (7pm) 二月六日

Para/Site Art Space Para/Site 藝術空間

「聲音‧香港‧站」

6 FEB - 3 APR 09 二零零九年二月六日至 四月三日

Opening 開幕酒會 ∙ 6 FEB (7pm) 二月六日

Para/Site Art Space G/F, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Para/Site 藝術空間 , 香港上環普仁街四號地下

‧ Exhibition Events held by Para/Site Art Space Para/Site 藝術空間舉辦的活動

∙ ∙ 8 Feb (2:30pm) 二月八日 Gallery Talk by Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya (Curator) Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya (策展人 ) 講座

∙ 11 Feb (7:30pm) 二月十一日 Panel Discussion with the Artists 藝術家座談會 Please check website to confirm venue for this event. 活動地點及詳情請參閱網站 ∙ www.para-site.org.hk

∙ 15 March (2:30pm) 三月十五日 Gallery Talk by Dominique Chiu (Program Coordinator) 趙穎璿 (項目統籌 ) 講座

∙ Further information 詳細資料 ∙ www.para-site.org.hk

‧ 3-Class workshop presented by soundpocket in conjunction with HK Sound Station soundpocket 舉辦的工作坊 (共三課 )

∙ ∙ 12 Feb (6:30 – 9:00pm) 二月十二日 Sound of Music – listening to cultures by Mike Cooper

∙ 21 Feb (2:00 – 5:00pm) 二月二十一日 Sound of Music | Music of Sound by Kawai Shiu

∙ 28 Feb (2:00 – 5:00pm) 二月二十八日 Sound, lake, rain by Cedric Maridet

∙ soundpocket, Unit C, 10/F, Gee Chang Industrial Building, Tokwawan, Kowloon ∙ 九龍土瓜灣志昌工廠大廈十樓 C 室 HK$140/class, HK$390/3 classes ∙ 每堂港幣$140, 三堂港幣$390 Email 報名電郵 soundpocket ∙ yangy@soundpocket.org.hk Contact Yeung Yang 致電楊陽 ∙ 9040-3877 Further information 詳細資料 ∙ www.soundpocket.org.hk

‧ Para/Site Art Space, Ground Floor, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Open: Wednesday to Sunday 12-7pm. Closed on public holidays Para/Site 藝術空間 香港上環普仁街 4 號地下 開放時間：正午12 時至晚上7時 , 逢星期一、二及公眾假期休息

Tel +852 25174620 / Fax +852 25176850 / info@para-site.org.hk / http://www.para-site.org.hk Para/Site Art Space is generously supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Curator 策展人

Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya Project consultants 展覽顧問

Linda Lai 黎肖嫻 ∙ Yeung Yang 楊陽 Participating artists 參與藝術家

Vito Acconci ∙ John Levack Drever ∙ Phoebe Hui 許方華 ∙ Steve Hui 許敖山 ∙ Keith Lam 林欣傑 ∙ Leung Chi Wo 梁志和 ∙ Edwin Lo 羅潤庭 ∙ Anson Mak 麥海珊 ∙ Cedric Maridet ∙ Kingsley Ng 伍韶勁 ∙ Kurt Schwitters

HK Sound Station is an exhibition of sound works that surveys the relationship between visual artists and sound in Hong Kong. The project is connected to the development and introduction of sound in association with visual arts. The exhibition is constructed around two singular moments in the History of Art — the avant-garde in the early decades of the 20th century and the development of Conceptual Art in the late 60s and 70s. The former is represented by Dada artist Kurt Schwitters, whereas the latter is spoken for by Vito Acconci’s work. Works by John Levack Drever, Phoebe Hui, Steve Hui, Keith Lam, Leung Chi Wo, Anson Mak, Cedric Maridet, Kingsley Ng and Edwin Lo are also included in the show.

The exhibition also draws on the relation and collision between high and low technologies, and the ideas of the modern in contemporary art. Several strategies have been developed to address these issues, specifically through the deliberate installation of low-tech display in the exhibition. The choice of using CD player, an obsolete technology that was iconic in the 80s and 90s but totally archaic now, contrasts with the technology that artists use today to construct their sound works. The inclusion of CD players, one per artist, aims to highlight the sculptural possibilities of sound. Each work is displayed through a modern plinth made of Chinese fibre, on top of which a CD player sits with two headphones. A total of eleven such units, one per artist, originate an unrestricted itinerary for the audience through the space, into which the enjoyment and contemplation of the work of art is also brought.

Events that come with the exhibition include a Panel Discussion with the Artists and two Gallery Talks held by Para/Site Art Space, as well as a three-class workshop presented by independent organization soundpocket.

「聲音‧香港‧站」是一個探討香港視覺藝術家跟聲音之間的關係，並尋找聲音跟視 覺藝術的關聯及其發展的展覽。本展覽的概念建基於藝術史上兩個重要時刻 ── 二 十世紀初的前衛派及六十至七十年代的概念藝術；分別由達達主義藝術家 Kurt Schwitters 及當代藝術家 Vito Acconci 所代表。John Levack Drever、 許方華、許敖山、林欣傑、梁志和、羅潤庭、麥海珊、Cedric Maridet 和伍韶勁 亦參與是次展覽。 「 聲音‧香港‧站」以高、低科技之間的衝突及當代藝術的現代概念作構想。為展 現這些構思，策展人使用了多項策略，當中麭括以過時的科技來陳列作品。十一件 聲音作品將以八十至九十年代具代表性但時至今日已式微的雷射唱片機播放，跟今 天聲音藝術家創作時所運用的先進技術形成強烈的對比。作品由獨立的雷射唱片 機來播放，強調把聲音看待成雕塑的可能性。每件作品均會放置在個別的基座上， 為觀眾創造了不受限制的遊覽路徑，從而增添欣賞及思考作品的樂趣。 展覽中的活動還麭括由 Para/Site 藝術空間舉辦的講座和藝術家座談會，以及由 獨立組織 soundpocket 舉辦共三課的工作坊。