［Press Release］
voices / landscapes (for the eye and ear)
26.9 – 2.10.2014
an ongoing research on the relation and interaction between sound and image
curated by Carlo Fossati (Italy)
Location : Kwun Tong Ferry Pier & Connecting Space, Hong Kong
Artists
Michael Graeve (Australia)
Paolo Piscitelli (Italy/ USA)
Tetsuya Umeda (JP)
Carlos Casas (Spain)
Phill Niblock (USA)
Alessandro Quaranta (Italy)
Around sound art festival 2014 – Japan & Hong Kong Around is an invitation to listening. The festival gathers international and Hong Kong artists for making installations, live performances, and open dialogues. Site-specific works are presented at places that are not conventionally used for art exhibitions. All the works aim at bringing the audience’s attention to listening itself.
Special Features:
Around 2014 is the fourth edition of the festival since it inaugurated in 2009. This is the first time that we bring Around out of Hong Kong. Being There – Artist Residency and Retreat Camp to be held in Amino, Kyoto, is curated by Alice Wong, Wong Chun-hoi, Hiromi Miyakita and Akio Suzuki. Hong Kong based artists Edwin Lo, Fiona Lee, Chan Kiu-hong Joe, Wong Fuk-kuen, Chan Man-yee Abby and Xing Liang are invited to travel to Amino, Kyoto for a 2-week residency, in which they will explore sound and space in Amino. Together with Japanese artists evala & sonihouse, Akinori Yamasaki and Ayumi Adachi, the artists will present workshops, soundwalks, and performances during the 3-day Retreat Camp. The artists will also engage with the public in dialogues while wandering around this small city on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
Around 2014 continues after the camp in Hong Kong. Italian curator Carlo Fossati works with Michael Graeve and Tetsuya Umeda to present site-specific installation and performances at Kwun Tong Ferry Pier. An installation by Paolo Piscitelli will also be exhibited at the Pier. Piscitelli’s video work will be presented along with those by artists Phill Niblock, Carlos Casas and Alessandro Quaranta at Connecting Space, Hong Kong.
