09 Nov 2015

Around sound art festival 2015

Around sound art festival 2015
presented by soundpocket

18.11 - 18.12.2015

@ Osage Gallery, Karin Weber Gallery, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong & McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Curators:
Aki Onda (JP/ US) and Helen Homan Wu (US/ HK)

Participating Artists:
Feng Hao (PRC) | Chelpa Ferro (Brazil) | Phoebe Hui (HK) | Eli Keszler (US) |
Jacob Kirkegaard (Denmark/ Germany) | Rie Nakajima (JP/UK) |
Sergei Tcherepnin (US) | Dennis Wong (HK)

'The exhibitions in Around 2015 feature artists Chelpa Ferro, Eli Keszler, Feng Hao, Jacob Kirkegaard, Rie Nakajima, Phoebe Hui, and Sergei Tcherepnin. Experimental interventions are at the core of these artists' practices. One can see influences from movements such as Dada, Fluxus, Post-Modern and Relational Art, where individual expression is informed by conceptual strategies. Media and technology merely act as a palette of tools and materials that directly reflects or dissects our culture, identities, social and domestic concerns. Labour, craft, and form come after concept. While maintaining active relationships between disciplines, these artists focus on sound as concept and medium, as well as manifesting materiality through the sonic presence. The works are a snapshot of exploratory ideas, which we hope will bring a sensitivity to our relationship with each other, our identities, the environment, or simply overlooked moments of our everyday life.' – Aki Onda & Helen Homan Wu

About Around sound art festival 2015:

Examining the contemporary phenomena of sound art, the fifth edition of the Around sound art festival, Around sound art festival 2015 seeks to uncover the multi-layered range of perspectives by showcasing the artistic process behind concepts dealing with sound. The exhibitions bring together local and international artists, each with a very distinct set of language, tools and techniques used in resonating their ideas. Aside from the exhibition, through performances, workshops and talks, we attempt to break down assumptions that audiences might have on the definition of sound art.

:: Exhibitions :: [ Free and open to the public ]

18.11 – 27.11.2015
@ Karin Weber Gallery
11am-7pm (MON to SAT) | 2-7pm (SUN)
Exhibition by Rie Nakajima

19.11 – 18.12.2015
@ Osage Gallery
10:30am-6:30pm (MON to SAT) | 2:30-6:30pm (SUN)
Exhibition by Feng Hao, Chelpa Ferro, Phoebe Hui, Eli Keszler, Jacob Kirkegaard, Sergei Tcherepnin


:: Performances ::

19.11.2015 (THU) | 8pm
Performance [Free and open to the public]
Feng Hao , Rie Nakajima, Sergei Tcherepnin
@ Multimedia Theatre, School of Creative Media

24.11.2015 (TUE) | 8pm
Sonic Anchor#25 [Ticketed programme HKD$50*]
Eli Keszler, Dennis Wong (Sin:Ned), Eric Wong
@ Sonic Anchor, McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre

* For ticketing information, please view our programme details.

> Programme Details
www.soundpocket.org.hk/v2/media/Around_2015_Programme-at-a-glance.pdf
> About Around sound art festival 2015
www.soundpocket.org.hk/v2/uncategorized/around-sound-art-festival-2015/

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Venue Information:

=Osage Gallery
4/F, Union Hing Yip Factory Building, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
www.osagegallery.com

=Karin Weber Gallery
G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
www.karinwebergallery.com

=School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
www.scm.cityu.edu.hk

=Sonic Anchor by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong
McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
www.cmhk.org

More about Around 15: www.soundpocket.org.hk/around15/
Enquiry: (852) 2356 2226 / listen@soundpocket.org.hk

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Venue Sponsors:
Osage Art Foundation
Karin Weber Gallery

Sponsor:
Consulate General of the United States of America

Supported by:
Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Partners:
City University of Hong Kong
Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong

Beer Sponsor:
San Miguel


soundpocket is financially supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council