2020.09.13
肉身、汗水、聲線在數碼視窗限時放送
在無法聚集的日常和遠距離的表演常態當中，人們更史無前例地消費著各種視覺刺激娛樂，進一步貼近了《人為景觀》中探索的命題。當現場演出無法進行之時，團隊嘗試以議題中的媒介去切入排練與觀看的關係以及繼續創作的可能方式。是次呈現以碎片化的焦點和多重觀看角度在虛擬世界中重建現場的演練過程，塑造另一種網上參與的形式和面向。
李偉能來年新作《回聲二：人為景觀》延續其重演多次的載譽作品《回聲摺疊》對身體語言的叩問，從人像攝影的概念出發，聯同表演者探索解讀多個身體所呈現的姿態，實驗各種看與被看的關係。在《回聲二：人為景觀》正式公演前，創作團隊將透過網上平台帶來《人為景觀（數碼進行式）》，邀請大眾一同藉著科技窺探藝術家在疫情下的創作日常，重新定位人於螢幕中被窺視的慾望角色和位置。表演者將置身並遊走於作為近年熱門的景點 ─ 大館的不同角落，透過空間的分割、表演者與鏡頭的移動進行一場虛擬的觀光之旅。表演者的肉身跟虛擬的影像將實時共存，提供現實中不同距離的凝視和呈現，以日常中習慣與鏡頭之間的關係作長時間以及近乎靜止的演出，從另一面向探索網上放映表演藝術作品的邊界，並在當中透視從熟悉到疏離之間的模糊曖昧。被鏡頭所窺視的動作、靜止，是排練日常，抑或是被觀看下的另類「排練」？
觀眾於登記後，在直播期間於網上聊天室內與演出者直接交流，與創作團體分享想法。
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We Are (digitally becoming) Spectacle(s)
Presented by: Tai Kwun, Jockey Club New Arts Power
Produced by: Joseph Lee
Platform: YouTube
Link: https://youtu.be/83aSj6G-3m4
Synopsis: A timed speculation of bodies and voices through the digital frames
After months of disruption under the pandemic, there is an unprecedented consumption of visual stimulations on the internet, which aligns with the conceptual exploration of We Are Spectacle(s). The creative cast of Unfolding Images: We Are Spectacle(s) will host an open rehearsal using video conferencing tool, and meanwhile it will be broadcasted on social media platforms, to reconstruct the rehearsal process in the virtual world with fragmented focus and multiple viewing angles, creating another form of online participation in performing arts.
Echoing Joseph Lee’s acclaimed solo contemporary dance piece Folding Echoes, this time, rather than embarking on a one-man journey, Lee teams up with five performers to explore and examine the various bodily gestures as a form of experiment in his latest offering Unfolding Images: We Are Spectacle(s). Drawing references from the concept of portrait photography as a starting point, Lee and his performers probe the delicate relations between a performer and a spectator, and the peculiar desire to see and be seen. Before the premiere in 2021, the open rehearsal session We Are (digitally becoming) Spectacle(s) repositions one’s desire to be looked at on a screen, and invites the audience to peep into the creative process. The performers will be placed wandering in different corners of Tai Kwun, together with the cameras, to take viewers on a virtual tour. The physical bodies of the performers and the virtual image will coexist in real time, providing the gaze and representation at different distances in reality, using the relationship between daily gestures and the cameras to perform durational and nearly static movements, to explore another dimension of online screening performance, and look at the ambiguity of familiarity and alienation in it.
Registered audience shared their thoughts with the performers directly at the chat box during live streaming, a post-performance discussion has been conducted for audiences sharing with the creative team.
Scheme/ Festival: On Stage Online
Art Form: Dance
Concept & Choreography: Joseph Lee
Scenography: Samuel Chan
Music Director & Sound Design: Lawrence Lau
Creation & Performance: Leung Tin Chak, Li Ka Man, Chan Wai Lok, Holmes Cheung, Woo Yat Hei
Rehearsal Assistant: Skinny Ng
Artistic Advisor: Suyin Kan
Production Manager: Karen Kwong
Stage Manager: Ho Tak Ching
Co-Producer: Michael Li, Fontane Yiu
