Venue / McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date / 2017.04.02
Featured Artist
Alvin Lucier, Opera with Objects (with audience participation)
Milad Mozari, Study for Santur
Alvin Lucier is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media. Lucier’s influence on younger composers and sound artists had been enormous, yet performances of his music in Hong Kong has been relatively infrequent. In this edition of Sonic Anchor, which marks our return to the McAulay Studio, we will create a room-setting in which to realize – together with the audience - Alvin Lucier’s rarely performed participatory composition Opera with Objects.
We paired Lucier’s conceptual gem with a project by Chicago-based sound artist Milad Mozari. His project, titled Study for Santur, stems from on-going research on the fundamental frequencies of the santur (Persian dulcimer), and its electronic mimicry. Programming for the piece involves Karplus-Strong and additive synthesis that interact with the immediate environment and networks. The current state of the project explores the method that the instrument is passed down and mediated from an instructor to the student, and the tuning context that relationship creates. With electronics as a sonic bed and potential gestures of playing the instrument digitally, this iteration of the project will explore an improvisation based on the Radif.
About the artists
Milad Mozari
Milad Mozari is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work in video, sculpture and performance move through the complex role of mobile sites and their associated norms and behavior. While studying for his BS in International Studies at the University of Utah, he began to make and exhibit work about language and place. He continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received an MFA in the Department of Sound. He has presented works and lectures in the United States, Ireland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. His research based practice often start with sound experimentations, which then grow into larger transitory performances dealing with issues of socio-economic status, labor and personal histories. He currently lives in Chicago where he teaches at SAIC in the Department of AIADO and Sculpture.
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier was born in 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was educated in Nashua public and parochial schools, the Portsmouth Abbey School, Yale, and Brandeis and spent two years in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. From 1962 to 1970 he taught at Brandeis, where he conducted the Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, which devoted much of its time to the performance of new music. In 1966, along with Robert Ashley, David Behrman and Gordon Mumma, he co-founded the Sonic Arts Union. From 1968 to 2011 he taught at Wesleyan University where he was John Spencer Camp Professor of Music. Lucier lectures and performs extensively in Asia, Europe and The United States. He has collaborated with John Ashbury (Theme) and Robert Wilson (Skin, Meat, Bone).
Alvin Lucier 是美國實驗音樂作曲家及聲音裝置藝術家。作品主要探索聲音及聲學現象和聽覺感知兩個範疇。他大部份的研究都受科學方法影響並剖釋聲音本身的物理特質﹕例如是空間的回響及共鳴、音程相近的音波之間的干擾、聲音透過物質媒介傳播的變化等等。Lucier對後輩作曲家及聲音藝術家的影響非常巨大，但在香港演繹他的作品的演出相對地十分少。今次的聲音下寨，我們重返麥哥利小劇場，並在這個室內場地中與觀眾一同重現及演出在香港甚少演出的Alvin Lucier作品 － 物件歌劇團。
配合Lucier 的概念瑰寶同場演出的是活躍於芝加哥的聲音藝術家Milad Mozari。他的作品桑圖爾實驗，發展自一個進行中的對桑圖爾（波斯德西馬琴） 的研究。研究內容針對桑圖爾的基本頻率及其電子模擬音樂 。作品將會利用到Karplus-Strong合成效果器及與現場環境互動的附加效果器演出。桑圖爾的傳承及電子樂器模仿桑圖爾的聲音時慢慢建立起音調上的微妙關係。在電子音樂及樂器的配合下，能探索加更多演奏的可能。並以傳統桑圖爾及電子模仿的桑圖爾即興演出波斯傳統的拉笛夫音樂。
Milad Mozari為跨界別藝術家和學者，主要創作雕塑、影像和行為藝術作品，探討流動場域及其相關的規範和行為。Milad Mozari於猶他大學攻讀國際研究學士課程時，已開始創作和展覽關於語言及空間的作品。繼而於芝加哥藝術學院聲音學系修讀，取得碩士學位。他曾於美國、愛爾蘭、香港、台灣及韓國展出作品及主持講者。他的研究為本的實踐多以聲音實驗開始，然後進展成較大型而短暫的表演，題材包括社會經濟狀況、勞工和性別。他現於芝加哥生活，任教於芝加哥藝術學院建築學系。
Alvin Lucier於1931年生於美國新罕布夏州納舒厄。他先後就讀於納舒厄的公立及教會學校以及樸茨茅斯教會中學，其後於耶魯及布蘭迪斯大學畢業，並獲得富爾布萊特獎學金而旅居羅馬創作兩年。1962至1970年間於布蘭迪斯大學任教並指揮校內室樂合唱團，致力演出新音樂。1966年，他與Robert Ashley, David Behrman及Gordon Mumma共同創辦了聲音藝術聯會。1968年至2011年間，他於衛斯理大學任教音樂。他在亞洲、歐洲及美國各地作多場演講及演出，並曾與 John Ashbury及Robert Wilson合作。Alvin Lucier 獲Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States頒發終身成就獎並獲英國普利茅斯大學獲授榮譽音樂博士學位。2011年11月，衛斯理大學為慶祝Lucier榮休舉辦了為其三天的慶典，展演Lcuier的作品。
Venue / McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date / 2017.04.02
Featured Artist
Alvin Lucier, Opera with Objects (with audience participation)
Milad Mozari, Study for Santur
Alvin Lucier is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media. Lucier’s influence on younger composers and sound artists had been enormous, yet performances of his music in Hong Kong has been relatively infrequent. In this edition of Sonic Anchor, which marks our return to the McAulay Studio, we will create a room-setting in which to realize – together with the audience - Alvin Lucier’s rarely performed participatory composition Opera with Objects.
We paired Lucier’s conceptual gem with a project by Chicago-based sound artist Milad Mozari. His project, titled Study for Santur, stems from on-going research on the fundamental frequencies of the santur (Persian dulcimer), and its electronic mimicry. Programming for the piece involves Karplus-Strong and additive synthesis that interact with the immediate environment and networks. The current state of the project explores the method that the instrument is passed down and mediated from an instructor to the student, and the tuning context that relationship creates. With electronics as a sonic bed and potential gestures of playing the instrument digitally, this iteration of the project will explore an improvisation based on the Radif.
About the artists
Milad Mozari
Milad Mozari is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work in video, sculpture and performance move through the complex role of mobile sites and their associated norms and behavior. While studying for his BS in International Studies at the University of Utah, he began to make and exhibit work about language and place. He continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received an MFA in the Department of Sound. He has presented works and lectures in the United States, Ireland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. His research based practice often start with sound experimentations, which then grow into larger transitory performances dealing with issues of socio-economic status, labor and personal histories. He currently lives in Chicago where he teaches at SAIC in the Department of AIADO and Sculpture.
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier was born in 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was educated in Nashua public and parochial schools, the Portsmouth Abbey School, Yale, and Brandeis and spent two years in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. From 1962 to 1970 he taught at Brandeis, where he conducted the Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, which devoted much of its time to the performance of new music. In 1966, along with Robert Ashley, David Behrman and Gordon Mumma, he co-founded the Sonic Arts Union. From 1968 to 2011 he taught at Wesleyan University where he was John Spencer Camp Professor of Music. Lucier lectures and performs extensively in Asia, Europe and The United States. He has collaborated with John Ashbury (Theme) and Robert Wilson (Skin, Meat, Bone).
Alvin Lucier 是美國實驗音樂作曲家及聲音裝置藝術家。作品主要探索聲音及聲學現象和聽覺感知兩個範疇。他大部份的研究都受科學方法影響並剖釋聲音本身的物理特質﹕例如是空間的回響及共鳴、音程相近的音波之間的干擾、聲音透過物質媒介傳播的變化等等。Lucier對後輩作曲家及聲音藝術家的影響非常巨大，但在香港演繹他的作品的演出相對地十分少。今次的聲音下寨，我們重返麥哥利小劇場，並在這個室內場地中與觀眾一同重現及演出在香港甚少演出的Alvin Lucier作品 － 物件歌劇團。
配合Lucier 的概念瑰寶同場演出的是活躍於芝加哥的聲音藝術家Milad Mozari。他的作品桑圖爾實驗，發展自一個進行中的對桑圖爾（波斯德西馬琴） 的研究。研究內容針對桑圖爾的基本頻率及其電子模擬音樂 。作品將會利用到Karplus-Strong合成效果器及與現場環境互動的附加效果器演出。桑圖爾的傳承及電子樂器模仿桑圖爾的聲音時慢慢建立起音調上的微妙關係。在電子音樂及樂器的配合下，能探索加更多演奏的可能。並以傳統桑圖爾及電子模仿的桑圖爾即興演出波斯傳統的拉笛夫音樂。
Milad Mozari為跨界別藝術家和學者，主要創作雕塑、影像和行為藝術作品，探討流動場域及其相關的規範和行為。Milad Mozari於猶他大學攻讀國際研究學士課程時，已開始創作和展覽關於語言及空間的作品。繼而於芝加哥藝術學院聲音學系修讀，取得碩士學位。他曾於美國、愛爾蘭、香港、台灣及韓國展出作品及主持講者。他的研究為本的實踐多以聲音實驗開始，然後進展成較大型而短暫的表演，題材包括社會經濟狀況、勞工和性別。他現於芝加哥生活，任教於芝加哥藝術學院建築學系。
Alvin Lucier於1931年生於美國新罕布夏州納舒厄。他先後就讀於納舒厄的公立及教會學校以及樸茨茅斯教會中學，其後於耶魯及布蘭迪斯大學畢業，並獲得富爾布萊特獎學金而旅居羅馬創作兩年。1962至1970年間於布蘭迪斯大學任教並指揮校內室樂合唱團，致力演出新音樂。1966年，他與Robert Ashley, David Behrman及Gordon Mumma共同創辦了聲音藝術聯會。1968年至2011年間，他於衛斯理大學任教音樂。他在亞洲、歐洲及美國各地作多場演講及演出，並曾與 John Ashbury及Robert Wilson合作。Alvin Lucier 獲Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States頒發終身成就獎並獲英國普利茅斯大學獲授榮譽音樂博士學位。2011年11月，衛斯理大學為慶祝Lucier榮休舉辦了為其三天的慶典，展演Lcuier的作品。