Sound Forms 2021 Present_Present: Programme 3: Jess Tsang and Stephanie Teng
Variety show
Description
Description
Our memory of a place becomes obscured as time passes. Sound Forms 2021: Present_Present invites artists to ponder on their intangible recollections of a “place”, and the significance of home, roots, distance and location in their works. Featuring 12+ groups of artists, the fourth edition of the festival will open on October 14-16th, at Hong Kong Arts Centre featuring cross-disciplinary audio-visual performances, and continue at Tai Kwun F Hall on October 26-28th surrounded by multi-channel speakers and light installations.
1. quotidian
Video art by Jess Tsang ft. Liz Faure, Amy Garapic and Anna Meadors
Video art by Jess Tsang ft. Liz Faure, Amy Garapic, and Anna Meadors.
Objects expose our truths. They can hold our memories. They connect us to those who came before us and those who will come after us.
Why are we drawn to certain objects? Wandering through antique stores, certain things call out our names, some cry out louder than others. In many ways, these are fragments of our own identity reaching out to us. I dress, I collect, I hoard, I acquire…because otherwise, how else would I know who I am?
2. The Space between Us
Performance by Stephanie Teng and XIAOLIN
Through embodying the dichotomy of darkness and light, this performance will explore the emotional tensions that shape our past, present and future selves. What does it mean to listen to our inner voice? To navigate the discomfort of our deepest fears? How do we understand the narratives we have written, and to find the courage to re-write them over and over again? The present is the constant re-interpretation of the space between our past and future. Between holding on and letting go; action and reaction; we can only touch the edges of the infinite by surrendering our subconscious to the magic of the moment. In the words of William Blake – “To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.” The audience will be immersed in a sonic and visual journey through time. Traversing emotional planes mirrored by abstract visual forms that represent the emotions that led us to the here and now. With the intention of collective healing through self-exploration – this dialogue between two artists reflecting on the arrival of their present selves – will be an act of contemplative discovery, an ode to The Space Between Us.
Info
$100
$100
Indoor
Local,Non-local
