HKACT! Act 10 Daedalus Drones | HKACT! Act 10 代達羅斯之無人機
Invention: To dream ourselves out of a dark place
Daedalus: inventor and architect in Greek mythology who broke through barriers.
Apart from baths to dance floors, masts and sails, Daedalus also built a labyrinth for King Minos of Crete to entrap the Minotaur. When Daedalus found himself imprisoned in his own labyrinth, he used feathers and wax to craft a pair of wings and took flight.
In today’s technologically advanced world, flying is no longer a pipe dream.
The Asia Society Hong Kong Center is transformed into a labyrinth, as maverick composer Ken Ueno recasts physical gestures into sounds, inventing his own vocal technique amplified through a megaphone, with drones and movable speakers in the role of a dance corps along with a chorus of sound artists and percussionists creating a unique “Sounding Architecture”. Together they comment on our complex, labyrinthine relationship with technology.
發明：讓我們在夢中逃離黑暗
代達羅斯，畢生試圖衝破極限的古希臘發明家和建築工匠。
他首創了浴池及舞池、船帆及船桅。為克里特島的國王米諾斯建造了一座迷宮，用於關押半牛半人的怪物彌諾陶洛斯。到後來代達羅斯想離開時，卻遭到米諾斯的拒絕，使他被困在迷宮裡。想要突破陸地和海洋限制的代達羅斯，用羽毛和蜜蠟製造了一對翅膀，並像神一樣翱翔天際。
而在科技發達的今天，飛行已經不是妙想天開的事了。
亞洲協會香港中心幻化為迷宮；逆流作曲家上野健把身體變成實驗室，用「大聲公」演繹別具章法的自家製語言，讓無人機和四處游移的揚聲器充當舞者；一眾聲音藝術家及敲擊樂手合力搭建會發聲的建築物（Sounding Architecture）──窺探着人類與科技相生相剋、活像迷宮的複雜關係。
Credits 團隊
Composer / Performer 作曲 / 演出
Ken Ueno 上野健
Curator / Architect 策劃 / 建築師
Thomas Tsang 曾慶豪
Director, HKU Percussion Ensemble 總監
Deborah Waugh
Performers 演出
The Up:Strike Project
HKU Percussion Ensemble
Producer 監製
Osage Art Foundation 奧沙藝術基金
Venue Sponsor 場地贊助
Supported by 支持機構
Ken Ueno
Composer / Performer
Rome Prize and Berlin Prize winner Ken Ueno is a composer, vocalist, and sound artist. His music has been performed at venues and festivals around the world. As a vocalist, Ueno invents bespoke techniques and performed as soloist in his vocal concerto with orchestras in Boston, New York, Warsaw, Vilnius, Bangkok, Sacramento, Stony Brook, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina. His installations have been featured at MUAC (Mexico City), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Urbanism\Architecture Bi-City Biennale (Shenzhen), Telfair Museums, and Art Basel. Ueno holds a PhD from Harvard University and his bio appears in The Grove Dictionary of American Music.
上野健
作曲 / 演出
作曲家、歌唱家和聲音藝術家上野健曾獲羅馬大獎和柏林獎。他研發獨特的創作技巧，為自創的聲樂協奏曲擔任獨唱，並與波士頓、紐約、華沙、維爾紐斯、曼谷、薩克拉門托、石溪、匹茲堡和北卡羅來納州各大管弦樂團合作。裝置作品曾在墨西哥國立自治大學當代藝術館、台北美術館、深港城市＼建築雙年展、特爾費爾博物館和巴塞爾藝術展展出。上野健擁有哈佛大學博士學位，其簡歷收錄在《格羅夫美國音樂辭典》中。
Exhibition Period
November 21 - 28, 2021
Ticket price $350
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Location
Asia Society Hong Kong Center
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine
9 Justice Drive Admiralty, Hong Kong
Sessions
21/11 (Sun) 5pm
21/11 (Sun) 6:30pm
21/11 (Sun) 8pm
27/11 (Sat) 5pm
27/11 (Sat) 6:30pm
27/11 (Sat) 8pm
28/11 (Sun) 5pm
28/11 (Sun) 6:30pm
28/11 (Sun) 8pm
No Seating
The performance runtime is approx 50 mins with no interval. Latecomers may not be admitted
The performance will take place from Joseph Lau & Josephine Lau Roof Garden to inside Chantal Miller Gallery
The performance includes viewing the Gallery installation
展覽日期
2021年11月21日至28日
門票 $350
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展覽場地
亞洲協會香港中心
香港賽馬會復修軍火庫
香港金鐘正義道9號
場次
21/11 (星期日) 下午5時
21/11 (星期日) 下午6時30分
21/11 (星期日) 晚上8時
27/11 (星期六) 下午5時
27/11 (星期六) 下午6時30分
27/11 (星期六) 晚上8時
28/11 (星期日) 下午5時
28/11 (星期日) 下午6時30分
28/11 (星期日) 晚上8時
不設座位
現場演出全長約50分鐘，不設中場休息，遲到者或不獲安排入場
演出將於劉鑾雄・劉秀樺空中花園至麥禮賢夫人藝術館內進行
演出已包括參觀藝術館內的裝置作品
“Daedalus Drones: Enclosed Labyrinth” Installation Exhibition
Date
22/11 (MON) - 26/11 (FRI)
Time
11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm, 5pm, 6:30pm, 8pm
Venue
Chantal Miller Gallery, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Free Admission, limited quota for each session. Click here to register.
Docent tours in English and Cantonese are available at the installation exhibition.
《絕密迷宮》裝置展覽
日期
22/11(一) - 26/11(五)
時間
11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm, 5pm, 6:30pm, 8pm
地點
亞洲協會香港中心麥禮賢夫人藝術館
免費入場，每場名額有限，按此登記網上留座
裝置參觀提供粵語及英語導賞服務
“Flying Against the Colonising Universal” Symposium
On the occasion of Ken Ueno’s installation performances of Daedalus Drones at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, a panel of experts is assembled to reflect on how contemporary developments in technology and culture are reshaping the context for art in Asia.
Date
26/11 (FRI)
Time
7pm - 9pm
Venue
Miller Theater, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
In English; free admission, limited quota for each session. Click here to register
《與殖民全球化逆風飛行》研討會
上野健的《代達羅斯之無人機》在亞洲協會香港中心上演之際，多位專家聚首一堂，反思當代科技和文化發展如何重塑亞洲藝術。
日期
26/11 (五)
時間
7pm - 9pm
地點
亞洲協會香港中心麥禮賢劇場
英語主講，免費入場，每場名額有限，按此登記網上留座
Plan Your Visit
9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, Hong Kong
亞洲協會香港中心 香港金鐘正義道九號
+852-2103-9511
