2014
Instructions for a performance, single channel video with sound, 7 min 21 sec
Performed by the Kowloon Technical School Lion Dancing troupe; videotography Jimmy Leung Tin Chun, Leung Ho Sing; photo Dennis Man Wing Leung.
MUTED SITUATION #2: MUTED LION DANCE - ‘Stage a Lion Dance involving four or more dancers, without the accompanying percussive music. This must be done without a diminution of the energy that is normally exerted in a Lion Dance. The choreography, the costume, the scattering of lettuce and all other factors pertaining to the performative intent of the work should remain intact for as far as possible. As a result other sounds will be revealed, including not limited to the intense breathing of the performers, the verbal communication and cues between the Lions Dancers, sounds of the lion’s head rattling, and the stomping of the feet.’”