What's the Buzz!
Updated: 2016-09-02 07:02
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Our pick of city events from sept 2 to 11, 2016
Making music together
For the first time Taiwan-born installation artist Lin Chi-wei brings Tape Music - his live, interactive sound performance, involving a 204 meters-long "Tape" from which the audience reads or sings to create a continuous, organic and unpredictable soundscape.
Dates: Sept 2 to Oct 8
Venue: Hanart TZ Gallery, Central
http://www.hanart.com
Clue in to kung fu moves
Hong Kong Culture Festival presents an exhibition on Hakka kung fu, including an archive where stances demonstrated by master teachers were recorded using motion capture devices. Visitors are welcome to test their knack for the martial art through participating in interactive games.
Dates: Sept 2 to 30.
Venue: Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Sha Tin
http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/en_US/web/hm/exhibitions/data/exid238.html
Return of the virtuoso
Internationally acclaimed cello superstar Ma Yo-yo has teamed up with sheng virtuoso Wu Tong. Fans could expect the fusion of Chinese and Western musical traditions in their rendition of Zhao Lin's composition, Duo, a concerto inspired by a Chinese monk's journey in search of Buddhist scriptures.
Date: Sept 9-10
Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Tsim Sha Tsui
http://www.hkphil.org/eng/concerts_and_ticket/concerts/concertdetail.jsp?id=546
Glimpses of DPRK
Not So Loud Theatre Company presents Vinalon, a play set inside one of the largest textile manufacturing units in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the workers prepare for a visit by the "dear successor". The show promises to dispel some of the commonly-held notions about a culture that remains largely inaccessible.
Dates: Sept 7 to 10
Venue: Fringe Upstairs, Central
http://www.hkfringeclub.com/en/whatson/886
(HK Edition 09/02/2016 page10)