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    監製:Diana Wan

    22/05/2024

    "Möbius in May", Wifredo Lam's "Homecoming" & in the studio: Saxophonist Scott Murphy


    聯絡: wanyt@rthk.hk


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    • Guo Pei@M+. Lain Singh Bangdel@Rossi Rossi & in the studio: singer-songwriter KASA

      Guo Pei@M+. Lain Singh Bangdel@Rossi Rossi & in the studio: singer-songwriter KASA

      The imaginative world of Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei, known for dressing the rich and famous, royalty and the political elite. On show at M+ is a collection of garments designed by her that embody both Chinese and Western influences. You may even recognise some of the iconic dresses on display.

      On show for the first time in Hong Kong at Rossi & Rossi gallery, is an exhibition of works by the Nepali artist Lain Singh Bangdel. He’s often described as the “father of modern art in Nepal”. He was also a novelist, scholar and preservationist.

      KASA is a Japanese-Filipino singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Hong Kong. He’s also a teacher at a local secondary school, and the lead vocalist of local bands “Seasons for Change” and “Soul of Ears”. Late last month, he released his first EP, “My Pocket Dimension”. He’s with us right now.

      09/10/2024
    • Chow Chun-fai

      Chow Chun-fai "Map of Amnesia”, Yeh Shih-chiang@Hanart & in the studio: Hanjin's Raw Jazz

      Chow Chun-fai is recognised by many for his works that combine movie references and scenes and events from Hong Kong life. His latest exhibition at Tang Contemporary Art draws on a collection of photographic images that he’s collected over the past two decades.

      "Yeh Shih-Chiang in Ink: Constructing Eternity" features around 20 of the artist’s ink paintings. Yeh, who was born in Guangdong in 1926 and died in Taipei in 2012, studied in the last class of students at the Guangzhou Municipal Junior Art College under the ink painter Gao Jianfu. Yeh’s life took an unexpected turn in 1949 when he and a few classmates planned an art expedition to Dunhuang that was diverted to Taiwan due to the ongoing civil war. He spent the rest of his life there.

      Hanjin Tan previously appeared on The Works in 2009 when he released his own jazz album, Raw Jaz. On that occasion he sang Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “Wave” for us.
      Since then, in addition to being a singer and songwriter, he’s also occupied himself as a record producer, arranger, mixer, actor, and advocate for Web3 and blockchain.
      Fifteen years later, we’re welcoming Hanjin back for a reunion and the chance to chat about his upcoming concert to celebrate the 15th anniversary of “Raw Jazz”.
      And today he’s bringing us another Jobim classic.

      02/10/2024
    • Singer-saxophonist-songwriter-composer & band leader Grace Kelly & Art diary: Santiago Evans Canales

      Singer-saxophonist-songwriter-composer & band leader Grace Kelly & Art diary: Santiago Evans Canales

      At 32, singer-saxophonist-songwriter-composer Grace Kelly has released 15 acclaimed albums, performed at the Hollywood Bowl, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, and had headlined sold-out concerts before reaching her mid-twenties. Two years ago, she became the youngest member of the Berklee College of Music’s Board of Trustees. On Wednesday this week, as part of the “Jazz Signature” concert series in the Xiqu Centre, Grace Kelly appeared with her quartet to play in a one-night only concert. And we’re delighted to have her with us right now.

      After receiving much of his artistic training in the Royal Academy of Antwerp and the Royal College of Art in London, Santiago Evans Canales lives and works mostly in Mexico, the country of his birth, and in Belgium. His latest exhibition “Preciously Profane Possessions” is on show at Double Q Gallery until October 12th.

      25/09/2024
    • Gongbi painter Jacky Tao, A.A.Murakami@M+ & in the studio: pianist Jan Čmejla

      Gongbi painter Jacky Tao, A.A.Murakami@M+ & in the studio: pianist Jan Čmejla

      The realistic and meticulous technique of traditional Chinese gongbi painting dates back about 2,000 years. But the style that’s been with us since the Han dynasty is still practiced by many, including Hong Kong painter, Jacky Tao.

      "Floating World" is an exhibition at M+ of two immersive installations by the London-based duo Alexander Groves and Azusa Murakami, who create their joint works under the name of A.A.Murakami.

      2024’s, year-long celebration of the music of the Czech Republic is focusing on The Magic Four in Czech Music. This is because years ending in the number four have particular significance for Czech music, coinciding, as they often, do with the anniversaries of the birth, death, or creation of major works by some of the nation’s most prominent composers. But events planned for the year are not only a celebration of great classical composers. Other music genres and art events are organised across the country. Some are even taking place in Hong Kong.

      18/09/2024
    • Break Dance in HK, Louis Stettner@Boogie Woogie & in the studio: Didgeridoo player William Barton

      Break Dance in HK, Louis Stettner@Boogie Woogie & in the studio: Didgeridoo player William Barton

      The didgeridoo, a wind instrument used in both ceremonial and informal settings, is an iconic symbol of Aboriginal Australia. Later in the show, didgeridoo performer William Barton, conductor Luke Dollman, sheng player Loo Sze-wang and William Lane of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble will be joining us to talk about their upcoming concert featuring the didgeridoo and other instruments.

      On show at Boogie Woogie Photography are 20 silver gelatin prints by American photographer Louis Stettner, best known for his black and white images of New York City and Paris.

      Originating in hip-hop culture and the block parties of New York’s Bronx district in the 1970s, breakdancing made its first appearance as an Olympic event this year. While its inclusion has been controversial, Hong Kong has its own aspiring breakdancers and athletes who want to elevate the dance form as a sport.

      11/09/2024
    • HKAC public art project,

      HKAC public art project, "Cloud Chamber"@Para Site & in the studio: Concerto da Camera Baroque Ensemble

      With the hosting of the Olympics and the Paralympic Games this year, Paris and France, are very much in the international spotlight right now. To celebrate that, later in the show we’re bringing you some music from the 17th century French Baroque era. First though, Public Art Hong Kong is a non-profit organisation funded by the Y.K.Pao Foundation to make art more accessible to the public. In 2005, the foundation selected the Hong Kong Arts Centre to act as its executive arm. In the ensuing two decades the Arts Centre has continued to take art to the streets and to bring communities together.

      07/09/2024
    • Artist Kingson Chan, Theta Sequencing@Lucie Chang Fine Arts & in the studio: RUMBU

      Artist Kingson Chan, Theta Sequencing@Lucie Chang Fine Arts & in the studio: RUMBU

      A recent global study suggests that the average person spends around six hours and forty minutes staring at computer or TV screens every day. Young people born between the 1990s and the early 2010s, often labelled the Gen Z generation, average around nine hours a day. It’s not always good for our concentration or our mental health. Recently, many avid screen-gazers have been increasingly advised to “Touch grass”, to disconnect from technology, go outside, get some fresh air and be in nature.
      That phrase is the title of the latest exhibition by local artist Kingson Chan.

      “Theta Sequencing” at Lucie Chang Fine Arts is a dual exhibition by two young female artists, Ji Zou and Zhou Binbin.
      While both have Chinese origins, they grew up and studied overseas.
      The exhibition illustrates their two artists’ use of contrast, imageries and cultural symbolism.

      If you’ve seen him on The Works before you’ll probably remember RUMBU’s striking countertenor voice. He was trained in classical music performance, but his true passion is for jazz and pop. He’s a recent graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He’s here now to tell us what he’s been up to since and to introduce his first digital single "Do You Understand?"

      28/08/2024
    • Comic artist Jeffrey Kwong,

      Comic artist Jeffrey Kwong, "HK Emerging Artists"@Jao Tsung-I gallery & in the studio: Pianist Jerold Chu & band

      The “wuxia” genre of Chinese fiction highlights martial arts and chivalry, recounting the stories and adventures of martial artists in ancient China. This form of historical fantasy has become hugely popular worldwide thanks to comics, television, dramas, films and video games. Hong Kong writer Wong Cho-keung better known by his pen name of, Wong Yee, is famous for his wuxia and science fiction novels. Now some of those novels are being adapted and published in comic form.

      The Jao Tsung-I Academy Gallery is currently showing 48 works by six emerging local artists. They are William Ho, Brenda Hui, Cheung Yung-ka, Kenny Ip, Silver Qian and Daisy Dai. The exhibition is organised by the academy, in collaboration with the Sun Museum, to highlight talented young artists and to encourage their ongoing development.

      Since returning from the United Kingdom in in 2020, jazz pianist Jerold Chu has established himself not only as a keyboard player but also as a bandleader and producer.
      A former student of music composition for film and television, jazz vocal performance, and the history and sociology of music, Chu performs in a variety of musical styles, as well as with his band, Jerold and Friends. This Saturday, the band’s performing as part of the annual music festival of the jazz club Chez Trente.
      To tell us more, Jerold’s with us right now.

      21/08/2024
    • Gaylord Chan’s retrospective@ASHK, Tetsumi Kudo@Hauser & Wirth & in the studio: Education University's orchestra

      Gaylord Chan’s retrospective@ASHK, Tetsumi Kudo@Hauser & Wirth & in the studio: Education University's orchestra

      Gaylord Chan, affectionately known as雞粒 by friends and acquaintances in the art world, died in June 2020. He was 95 years old. While working in his first career as a telecommunications engineer, Gaylord took up art in 1968, enrolling in an art and design course in the wake of his first wife being struck down with cancer. In 1973, he held his first solo exhibition. A year later, he co-founded the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society. The Asia Society Hong Kong Centre is currently showing the first major retrospective exhibition of Chan’s work.

      On show at the Hauser & Wirth gallery are works by the Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo, who died in 1990. A multidisciplinary artist whose work included painting, performance, installation and sculpture. In 1965, Kudo began making cages, the objects that later came to define his art. He spent the next 15 years working with this form.
      Through these cages, he examined humanity's relationship with nature and technology and how they interact in what he called the "New Ecology."
      He used found materials to illustrate the idea that humans, like pets, are being “fed”, observed, or controlled by a larger organised system.

      The Department of Cultural and Creative Arts at The Education University of Hong Kong offers a range of courses of different art forms. Later on the show, members of the university’s orchestra are here to tell us more themselves and an annual concert that they recently finished.

      14/08/2024
    • Listen to the Sound of the Earth Spinning@CHAT, The Adorned Body@HKPM & in the studio: Fusicianz

      Listen to the Sound of the Earth Spinning@CHAT, The Adorned Body@HKPM & in the studio: Fusicianz

      "Earth Piece: Listen to the sound of the earth turning” is a conceptual work by multi-media artist, musician and activist Yoko Ono. First published in 1964 in the form of postcards, it’s part of her “Instruction” series, in which a set of instructions provide starting points for the user’s own creativity. “Earth Piece” is also the starting point for a current exhibition at the Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile.

      At the Hong Kong Palace Museum until 14th October, “The Adorned Body” features nearly 400 items of clothing, jewellery and accessories, created in France between the late 18th and the early 20th century. The exhibits, from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, are being displayed in Asia for the first time.

      As its name suggests, the band Fusicianz brings together a mix of cultures, instruments, styles, sounds, and ideas. Formed during the Covid pandemic in 2020, the 16-member band plays traditional Chinese and Western music, and boasts among its members singer-songwriters, music producers, and educators. On 3rd September, Fusicianz is giving a concert at the Hong Kong City Hall. Nine of its members are with us right now.

      08/08/2024