Living, Rehearsing… (Perfromance)

Living, Rehearsing… is conceived as a collaborative framework to test the possibilities of what YDP can be home to and how we might collectively reflect on the concept of rehearsal as a strategy for organising, reconfiguring and reimagining our lives as we venture into the unknown each day. Over the course of three months, the programme will invite an ensemble of artists from the fields of visual art, performance art, stand-up comedy, dance and sound to convene across four day-to-night events, where improvisation meets choreography. Each participant will offer an interpretation on the concept of ‘rehearsal’ and what it may mean to them, drawing on experiences of migration, contingency, navigating thresholds and channelling collective energies. The gatherings will also test a range of prompts and constraints set to explore different ways for audiences to explore the spaces around each performance, from simultaneous actions across multiple rooms, to moving through the building and experiencing collective resonances.

After the performances, elements of their gestures, sound and images will be remixed into installations and spatial interventions that will remain on view in YDP’s space until 21 March.

The first six-hour performance event in the series will feature Kelvin Atmadibrata, Liang-Jung Chen in collaboration with Kai Chareunsy, Hanako Hayakawa, Okkyung Lee, Jin Hao Li and Swilipino.

Guest-curated by Zhuo Mengting, in collaboration with YDP curators Erin Li and Billy Tang

Header image: Zhuo Mengting (guest curator), performance at Tai Kwun Contemporary, as part of ‘Sound Forms’, 2023. Photography by Kris Yeung & CMHK. Image courtesy of Zhuo Mengting.

Upcoming

Chatper 1: Sound on 17 January

Chapter 2: Crossings on 7 February

Chapter 3: Reverberance on 28 February

Line-ups to be announced soon.

Find out more info at YDP