ReImagined Project

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Abstract / About the project

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In his book, The Shape of Time published in 1962, George Kubler asks such questions as the nature of time, the nature of change, and the meaning of invention. In a study of formal and symbolic durations, Kubler presents a radically new approach to the problem of historical change. He proposes to replace the notion of style as the basis for histories of art with the concept of historical sequence and continuous change across time. Kubler’s notion still adumbrates the critical and theoretical concerns of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. To date, Kubler’s concept has never been employed in the larger context of the performing arts where different fields of art are assembled for the investigation of how contrasting forms of performing arts co-exist within the flow of time and space and the place of art objects within a larger continuum. Kubler’s view of historical sequence aligned on continuous change forms the basis for this research. It aims to test the limits of Kubler’s concepts and demonstrate the result of an assemblage of art created for artistic interface of music, dance, theatre, visual media, videography and technology in a cross-cultural context through processes of reinvention, replication, and mutation – through which form and style are in continuous conversation through time. The media production presented here captures the live performance of five contemporary works juxtaposed with movements from a 17th century instrumental piece framed by the harpsichord concerto in a sequence of dialogues that moves back and forth in time (1673 – 2017) and across cultures (east and west) and cities (Barcelona, New York, Toronto, Austin, Madrid, Katowice, Hong Kong). This research produces a novel performance practice combining previously disparate styles, media, genres, and periods within a single body of work.

Mixed Media Performance

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24, 25 March 2017 / Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
Collegium Musicum Hong Kong / Johnny M Poon

00 Vanissa Law: Hum - Bach edition (2017)

01 Henryk GÓRECKI : Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra, Op. 40 (1980) I. Allegro Molto

02 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673) Presto I

03 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673): Allegro

04 Eduardo SOUTULLO: Noh Quartet (2013)24-25 March 2017 Hong Kong City Hall Theatre

05 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673), Presto II

06 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673), Der Mars

07 Ivan TREVINO: Catching Shadows (2013) for mallet and percussion sextet

08 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673), Presto III

09 Roydon TSE: Down the Rabbit Hole (2013)

10 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673), Aria

11 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673), Der Schlacht

12 Tomàs PEIRE: Collapse (2012)

13 Heinrich BIBER: Battalia à 9 (Sonata di Marche) (1673), Lamento der Verwundeten Musquetirer

14 Henryk GÓRECKI : Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra, Op. 40 (1980) II. Vivace

House Program

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