A Double Listen Arena (2022)
Toolbox Percussion is delighted to present a sound-based exhibition “A Double Listen Arena”. The exhibition and its nominative performances will open to the public on 12 August 2022 at ArtisTree, Taikoo Place, running through to 22 August 2022. “A Double Listen Arena”, serving as a community hub, features many of the past and new creative attempts of Toolbox Percussion. The exhibition is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Swire Properties, and Tom Lee Music. Directed by Louis Siu, Artistic Director of Toolbox Percussion, the exhibition transforms musical and creative experiences into interactive percussive sound and installation, multi-channel soundscape composition, and a variety of programs to reimagine contemporary music and creativity.
The Interactive Exhibition is Toolbox Percussion’s undertaking into the practices of community arts, highlighted by Set Designer Kay Chan’s new playful installations where different play sculptures resemble public play space, allowing the audience to participate to compose a new listening experience. Pairing with a Newly commissioned Soundscape by composer Fung Lam, experimenting with a fresh way to recreate a surrounding aural experience. The soundscape will have elements interconnecting with the site’s installations to allow audience to take part of the creative process.
Message by Artist/Installation Designer - Kay
Think of the last time when you were inside a playground. Besides focusing on the game, did you hear how the basketball rubbed on the wooden floor? Did you notice the crispy sound of ping pong hitting on the table?
A few months ago, I had the chance to look into the origin of playgrounds because of work needs. It has been said that the concept of playgrounds existed 200 years ago, along with the invention of the Outdoor Gymnasium in 19th century Germany. The playground was first designed as a space to train up the public's physique as a practical tool, so when children's playground emerged, body training and sense experiencing interconnected as nowadays’ play experience.
When Louis approached me to design for A Double Listen Arena, I immediately recalled our past potential collaboration, about how we could have recreated a space for bigger kids and adults to explore the gymnasium with a child’s perspective, opening all senses with sheer curiosity. This time, I would like to truly bring this playground back to its origin, presenting a playspace where sense and play are equivalently important. At A Double Listen Arena, while Toolbox Percussion brings a new music experience to enlarge your imagination at one level, the playground setting will bring back the long-forgotten sensory combination to stimulate creativity at another level. A Double Listen Arena would be a space for all people to recall the pure joy as a child and experience the multisensory complexity of the moment.
A Double Listen Arena
Presented by Toolbox Percussion
Think of the last time when you were inside a playground. Besides focusing on the game, did you hear how the basketball rubbed on the wooden floor? Did you notice the crispy sound of ping pong hitting on the table?
A few months ago, I had the chance to look into the origin of playgrounds because of work needs. It has been said that the concept of playgrounds existed 200 years ago, along with the invention of the Outdoor Gymnasium in 19th century Germany. The playground was first designed as a space to train up the public's physique as a practical tool, so when children's playground emerged, body training and sense experiencing interconnected as nowadays’ play experience.
When Louis approached me to design for A Double Listen Arena, I immediately recalled our past potential collaboration, about how we could have recreated a space for bigger kids and adults to explore the gymnasium with a child’s perspective, opening all senses with sheer curiosity. This time, I would like to truly bring this playground back to its origin, presenting a playspace where sense and play are equivalently important. At A Double Listen Arena, while Toolbox Percussion brings a new music experience to enlarge your imagination at one level, the playground setting will bring back the long-forgotten sensory combination to stimulate creativity at another level. A Double Listen Arena would be a space for all people to recall the pure joy as a child and experience the multisensory complexity of the moment.
A Double Listen Arena
Presented by Toolbox Percussion
襄音操場
2022
敲擊襄主辦的聲音展覽「襄音操場」及聲景演出假2022年8月12日至22日在太古坊ArtisTree向公眾開放。是次展覽整合了藝團多年來的擊樂藝術嘗試，以展覽視覺，溯洄過往，注目現在。是次展覽及演出由香港藝術發展局、太古地產及通利琴行贊助。是次展覽由敲擊襄藝術總監邵俊傑策劃，展覽把音樂和創意體驗轉化成互動擊樂聲音裝置、多媒體聲境作品等，重新呈現當代音樂及其創意性。展覽包含不少互動元素，推廣社區藝術為其目標之一。亮點包括由場景設計師陳韻淇全新創作的遊戲裝置，除了描繪着不同的公共遊樂場空間，亦會配合現場的聲境作品，將為參加者帶來全新的音樂體驗。此外，作曲家林丰獲委約創作全新聲境作品，作品將以嶄新的形式為觀眾帶來新穎的聽覺體驗。聲境作品包含與場內裝置互動的元素，讓參加者能親身體驗聲音創作。
場景設計師Kay的話
回想你上次駐足操場（Playground）的時光。除了專注於比賽之中，你有沒有聽見籃球摩擦木地板的聲音？你有沒有留意乒乓球與桌面的清脆碰撞？
幾個月前，我因工作關係翻查了遊樂場的起源。原來遊樂場的概念早在兩百年前已經存在，與十九世紀德國的「戶外體操場」（Outdoor Gymnasium）概念同期發跡。遊樂場的設計原意是作為訓練公眾體能的實用工具，因此，後來兒童遊樂場的出現便讓體能訓練和感官體驗連結成為如今的玩樂體驗。
當Louis邀請我參與製作《襄音操場》時，我立即想起我們曾經有機會合作的計劃——重現一個讓大童和成年人以幼童角度去探索、並用好奇心打開所有感官的操場。這一次，我希望真正地將讓遊樂場回歸最初，呈現一個感官和遊樂體驗並重的玩樂空間。在《襄音操場》裡，《敲擊襄》會在一個層面為大家帶來嶄新的音樂體驗、擴闊想象；而遊樂場佈置則讓玩樂與感官體驗交互結合，更上一層樓。讓《襄音操場》帶領大家重新享受孩提時代的純粹的快樂，體驗當下多重感官的刺激。
襄音操場
敲擊襄主辦