Water, the First Body is an hour-long piece commissioned by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble in 2020, featuring prominent composer, megaphone and extended voice performer Ken Ueno, Thai filmmaker Arnont Nongyao, The Up:Strike Project, and members of HKNME. It was world premiered at Osage gallery on 28 August 2021.
Programme
Ken Ueno: Water, the First Body (2021)
for flute, viola, 2 cellos, 2 double bass, 4 percussion and 8-channel tape
Commissioned by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Performers
Ken Ueno, composer, extended voice, megaphone
Arnont Nongyao, video artist
Amy Chan, light artist
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Angus Lee, flute & megaphone
William Lane, viola & megaphone
Pun Chak Yin, cello & megaphone
Eric Yip, cello & megaphone
Simon Hui, double bass & megaphone
Kelvin Ng, double bass & megaphone
Vicky Shin, rehearsal conductor
The Up:Strike Project
Matthew Lau, percussion
Karen Yu, percussion
Vonald Chow, percussion
Samuel Chan, percussion
Production
Jason Chow & Natalie Cheung, lighting assistants
Lai Ching Kong & Kelvin Au, sound engineers
Tim Chan, video assistant
Kenneth Tsang, stage assistant
Osage technical team
Credits
Music & Moving Image is part of practice-led research platform Caravanserais, presented and produced by Hong Kong New Music Limited.
Caravanserais 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.
Partners
Osage Gallery
SIGMA