RESONANCE
Exhibition/Performance/Talks

Samson Young, Yao Chung-Han
16th July - 19th September, 2010(EXTENDED)

EXHIBITION
The transformation of music into sound, of sound into pressure, and of the sonic into concept.

PERFORMANCE
Together with the opening performance from Taiwanese artist, Yao Chung-Han, I/O presents a series of ’Window Performances’ for the current show. Audiences will be asked to watch, listen, and sometimes actually participate outside, while musicians perform in the windows of the gallery.

TALKS
There will be talks and discussions highlighting some of the themes that are raised during this exhibition.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS:
Friday 16th July: Opening Reception, 7-9pm
Opening performance by Yao Chung-Han (IO Lab, Taiwan), 8pm

Wednesday 28th July: Artist Talk, 7pm - POSTPONED until Aug 11th (FREE)
Samson Young will talk about his new work, Beethoven Piano Sonata, nr.1 - nr.14 (Senza Misura) (2010), and how sound, composition and technology play their parts within the piece and the exhibition Resonance.

Friday 6th to 7th August: Window Performance 1, 9.30pm-4.30pm (FREE)
A 19 hour non-stop performance of French composer Erik Satie’s Vexations.
Come to watch or sign up to play!
A joint presentation between Unmeasured Music and Hell Hot! Music Festival 2010.

Join us at I/O for the first in our series of Window Performances, and the start of ‘Hot Sounz! in the Galleries’ weekend.
Window Performances are where the audience will be asked to watch, listen, and sometimes actually participate outside, while musicians perform in the windows of the gallery.

Come to watch this revolutionary piece involving 840 repetitions of a single page of score. Vexations is apparently conceived for keyboard (though the manuscript does not specify any instrument). The theme and its accompanying chords are written using strikingly eccentric and impractical enharmonic notation. The piece is undated, but scholars usually assign a date around 1893. John Cage and his friends performed this work in 1963 for 19 hours on any instrument except the piano.

For this performance marathon in Hong Kong, we will be using any instrument, from toy piano, violin and laptop. Multiple interpretations appreciated!

We hope that you can join us for a drink to celebrate the launch of Hot Sounz! in the Galleriesat 9.30pm on Friday night, and then visit anytime after until 4.30pm Saturday afternoon.
To sign up to play please email your details to: satie@hellhotfestival.org with your available times, and you will receive the score and confirmation of times.

For more information on Hot Sounz! in the Galleries please visit: http://hellhotfestival.org/hot_sounz.html

Tickets are available at I/O and other participating galleries for the weekend of gallery events at Gallery Exit and Osage-$120 (valid Saturday and Sunday).

Tuesday 17th August: PUBLIC TALK: Sound and Practice, Asia Art Archive, 7pm
To compliment the current exhibition, Resonance, at I/O (Input/Output) you are invited to a public debate on sound and practice. Four prominent speakers, all known for their contributions in this field, have been invited to discuss their particular concerns within this growing genre.

The guest speakers are:

Cedric Maridet - Artist whose practise focuses on field recordings, audio vision, the construction of altered sonorous spaces, and aural architecture. Also founder of the Hong Kong based platform moneme

Yao Dajuin - Sound artist and curator, founder of China Sound Unit, and also producer of the record label Post-Concrete. (Yao Dajuin’s participation in this I/O panel discussion is made possible by, ‘Around sound art festival and retreat’, 2010).

Yeung Yang - Founder and Executive Director of soundpocket

Samson Young - Artist known for his varied contributions to everything from game art to new classical performance. (http://www.samsonyoung.com)

Places are limited and on a first come first served basis.
For more info please contact jessica@inputoutput.tv or call 3105 1127

Asia Art Archive is located at:
11/F Hollywood Centre
233, Hollywood Road
Sheung Wan (On the junction of Possession Street and Hollywood Road)

Friday 3rd September: Window Performance 2 (Handover Party), 7.30pm FREE
Greg Wildes, Hong Kong Handover
Presented by Unmeasured Music HK

An event to celebrate I/O’s 2nd year; a chance to say goodbye to Rachel Connelly who has been leading I/O’s programme for the last year, and to welcome I/O’s newest member, Curator Joel Kwong, who will lead the gallery into new ventures; she will also be Artistic Director of I/O Off-Site.

To mark this occasion we present the second of our Window Performances. Greg Wildes (USA, based in HK) performs a fitting piece entitled, Hong Kong Handover. Since moving to Hong Kong last year Wildes has been seeking to understand Hong Kong identity and has developed this piece as an interactive means to engage others in this quest. By literally holding hands and bridging a gap across Hong Kong to China, participants complete circuits which modulate an audio mix of Hong Kong, English, and Chinese elements.

Greg Wildes work ranges from multi-instrumental free improvisation to digital sample library production. He is the founder of legendary DIY electro-acoustic bands the Ski-A-Delics and Gas Tank Orchestra. While majoring in contemporary music at Wesleyan University with composers Alvin Lucier and Ron Kuivila he also studied with masters of African, Indian, and Javanese music. Previous exhibition/performances include: Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA; Waiting Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY.

For more information for all coming events, please contact: info@inputoutput.tv+852 3105 1127

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