Spearheaded by composer Joyce Tang and art critic/curator John Batten, the NME15 initiative Sonic-Visual Interplay aims to encourage creative exchanges and dialogues between composers, sound artists and visual artists.
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25-29 JUL 2023: Workshops at Tai Po Arts Centre
4 Aug 2023: Paper Boxing
11-21 Jan 2024: Sonic Visual Interplay
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Curators:
John Batten, art critic and curator
Joyce Tang, composer
Commissioned artists:
Brian Bromberg, Kalen Lee Wing Ki, Cong Wei, Mindy Lui, Winston Yeung, Florence Lam, Lam Bun Ching, Rita Yung, Wong Chun Hoi (Hoi9), Eric So Ho-Chi, Katie Siu, Bouie Choi Yuk-Kuen
CoLab programme:
Anthony Au, Chet Pong, Chuan On So, Connie Lo, Dony Cheng, Illuminatius Ng, Jane Wang, Jeff Cheng, Jerry Ng, Jin Jiaqing, Jonathan Frichot, Michael Li, Sampson Li, Suze Chan
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Venue partners:
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Tai Po Arts Centre
shapes songs
Curated by artist Samson Young for NME15, 20 new duets were commissioned this year for young students and their teachers. Celebrating diverse musical approaches, these surprising and fun scores will be published internationally in early 2024, together with original illustrations by local printmakers from Hong Kong.
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1 APR 2023: shapes songs I
6 AUG 2023: shapes songs II
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Curator: Samson Young
Invited composers: Samson Young, James Moore, Seth Cluett, Stephan Moore, Stephen Yip, Viola Yip, Law Yuk-mui, Vanissa Law, Hong Kai-Wang & Bill Dietz
Commissioned composers (Open Call):
Austin Leung, Charlotte Tong, Eagle Wu, Felix Cheung, Kenrick Ho, Larry Shuen, Livia Malossi Bottignole, Matthew Lam, Partiparn Jaikampan, Santa Bušs & Uri Kochavi.
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Venue partners: Hong Kong Fringe Club, West Kowloon Cultural District
Curatorial partner: Hong Kong Open Printshop
Sounding Tomorrow is a brand-new commissioning platform launched for NME15 in response to the rising interest in integrating the arts with new application of technology, with the specific aim of uniting composers, video/sound artists, new media artists and lighting designers from Hong Kong under one roof. -
2-3 Aug 2023: Sounding Tomorrow Workshops
2 Oct 2023: Teatro dei Portali
23 Nov 2023: Prelude: To Listening
26 Nov 2023: Sound Astronauts Teatro dei Portali
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Curators: William Lane & Daniel Lo
Commissioned artists: Amy Chan, Esther Wu, Giovanni Santini, Lawrence Lau, Ryo Ikeshiro, Viola Yip
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Venue partners: School of Creative Media (City University of Hong Kong), Tai Po Arts Centre
nme15
NME15 is a visionary series of interconnected projects that witness the HKNME breaking new grounds in areas of education, outreach, research, publication and performances for the ensemble’s 15 anniversary in 2023.
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NME15 is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
