2017
Installation: Video on designated TV unit, 40 mins 16 seconds, 8-channel sound installation, photographic c-print on paper, digital collage c-print on paper, carpet, movable curtain system, 3 custom stools, 1 vintage leather armchair, acoustic baffle with window, music score stand, music scores, wind machine, leather saddle, custom foley table, cereal box, duct taped cereal box, audio cable, plastic flower bouquet, compressed air, mini xylophone, tam tam mallet, Victorian lamp, melodica tubes, printed radio scripts, 5 Thomas the Tank Engine wooden train whistles, rotary dial phone, 2 coconut shell halves, portable record player, thunder drum, ocean drum; radio composition: for 6 voice actors, 3 foley artists, ensemble (viola, clarinet doubling bass clarinet, trumpet doubling bugle, double bass, percussion doubling piano); in 5 movements, 2 hours 30 mins
Radio Composition
Vee Leong & Nicholas Wong, Text
Samson Young, Music & additional text
Liz Wong & Samson Young, Translation
Polly Thomas, Radio Producer & Director
Eloise Whitmore, Foley Artist
Karen Lauke, Foley Artist No.2
Jamie Birkett, Studio Engineer
Lee Aston, Front of House Engineer
Dan Parrott, Video
Cast
Alex Chang, David Crellin, Jenny Gregson, Carla Henry, David Tse, Gabby Wong
Ensemble
Alex Robinson, Conductor
Beth Fuller-Tee, Violin & Viola
Ria Nolan, Double Bass
Emily Wilson, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Stephen Murphy, Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Delia Stevens, Drums & Percussion
Simon Bray (Jerwood Creative Fellow), Drums
Broadcast
Jon Green & the team at Unity Radio 92.8 FM
Installation
Wilson Siu Hin Chau, Horn
Jimmy Leung, Videotography
Simon Bray (Jerwood Creative Fellow), Photography
For Manchester International Festival
John McGrath, Artistic Director & CEO
Tracey Low, Executive Producer
Tom Higham, Producer
Jack Thompson, Technical Director
Siân Roberts, Project Officer
Leila Cogdell, Artist Liaison
For the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art
Nicola Hood, Director (Maternity Cover)
Zoe Dunbar, Director
Ying Tan, Curator
Geoff Tabbron, IT Coordinator
Thanks
Dan, Brendan and the team at Low Four Studio; Nadia Molinari at BBC Radio Drama; David Klein at Klein Imaging; Rebecca Parnell at the Royal Northern College of Music; John Shaw and Quest the horse from John Shaw Equestrian; Richard Rock at the University of Salford Music Department; Richard Dudley-Smith at Ground to Air; John, Oli and Alan at J&C Joel; Jamie Byron at HOME; Lindsay Taylor at the University of Salford Art Collection; Jennifer Ellis and Edouard Malingue at Edouard Malingue Gallery; Kee Hong Low and Bobo Lee at West Kowloon Cultural District
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Edouard Malingue Gallery, University of Salford Art Collection and West Kowloon Cultural District. Supported by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London as part of its programme of events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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