Nerve (Steve Hui 許敖山)
We are delighted to announce a guest talk/performance with Steve Hui 許敖山 / Nerve – “Performance practice of Nerve” – at 15:00–18:00 on Friday 26th March 2021.
The session is part of SM2287 Special Topics in Sonic and Audio Arts. If you are not currently studying on this course but would like to attend, please contact us as places may be limited.
Steve Hui is a Hong Kong based multidisciplinary artist whose practice mines the boundaries between contemporary music, sound art, multimedia theatre and underground subcultures. Experimenting with tradition and remixing art forms, Hui’s music has been presented at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Microwave International Media Art Festival and New Vision Arts Festival. He has received numerous commissions, from the City Contemporary Dance Company, City University of Hong Kong, Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Unlock Dancing Plaza, Wuju Ensemble and Zuni Icosahedron. Recent theatre works include the documentary opera Songs of Portrait, cinematic opera 1984, digital opera The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, live soundtracks for the 1950s films Family, Spring, Autumn, and the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre opening performance Four Infinities. Collaborative works include Zurich x HK Mirror Factory, Tokyo x HK Absolute Airplane, installation/performance Zoo as Metaphor, experimental Naamyam A Wanderer’s Autumn Anthology, dance performance Almost 55 and never-never land. Hui is active in the local and international underground scene, performing and djing at 15 Grams, HKCR, CTM (Berlin), LUFF (Lausanne), as well as numerous DIY outdoor parties. He is the founder and artistic director of the experimental music group Decade Ensemble. Hui holds a masters degree in composition and electronic music from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he is currently a part-time lecturer. He has also held teaching posts at HKICC School of Creativity and Hong Kong International Institute of Music. In 2017 he was an Asian Cultural Council fellow in New York.
許敖山以香港為基地，專注混合藝術形式、跨越界別及實驗傳統，經常以多重身份穿梭現代音樂、聲音藝術、多媒體劇場及地下文化之間。其作品曾於香港藝術節、深圳香港城市建築雙城雙年展、新視野藝術節、微波國際媒體藝術節等演出，並獲香港小交響樂團、香港城市大學、香港創樂團、進念‧二十面體、現在音樂、無極樂團、城市當代舞蹈團、不加鎖舞踊館等委約創作。主要作品包括與卓翔合作《肖像曲》紀錄歌劇、《1984》電影歌劇、與龔志成合作《家‧春‧秋》現場電影配樂、邵逸夫創意媒體中心開幕節目《四象萬相》及多媒體歌劇《利瑪竇的記憶宮殿》；集體創作包括蘇黎世交流計劃《製鏡廠》、日本交流計劃《絕對飛行機》、裝置表演《像是動物園》、實驗南音《客途選集》、舞蹈表演《Almost 55》及《無用》。作為表演家及唱片騎士活躍於 15 Grams、HKCR 及 DIY 戶外派對地下場域，並於柏林 CTM 及瑞士洛桑地下電影音樂節（LUFF）演出。創立及擔任香港實驗樂團 Decade Ensemble 總監。香港演藝學院作曲及電子音樂碩士，曾任教香港兆基創意書院及香港國際音樂學校，現為香港演藝學院兼職講師。2017年獲亞洲文化協會獎助於紐約考察研究。