“Musical notation marks the unique contribution of music to the gestural humanity of the universe. Hidden beneath abstract signs that dot a score is a world of beauty that may be universally accessed. Musical notation is also a system of codes as ideologies. It includes and excludes, sets boundaries, and makes judgements.

Notating Beauty that Moves presents musical scores in the classical and contemporary hands of composers from the past and present. They are placed among works-on-paper, drawings, moving images, texts, photography, paintings, by artists who may or may not have been trained in music. In juxtaposing them alongside each other, we propose that in each work there are many moves to follow and follow through. One might even say, we owe art and life to motion.

A series of concerts, featuring members of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the acclaimed Australian group Ensemble Offspring, will put a spotlight on the process through which musical signs are translated into physical motions.”

Curators

Samson Young（HKS Artist Associate 2008-2009）

• Artist and composer. He is the Winner of the inaugural BMW Art Journey Award, Art Basel Hong Kong 2015 (“For Whom the Bell Tolls: A Journey Into the Sonic History of Conflicts”)
• His works have been featured around the world at the most prestigious festivals and spaces including the Venice Biennale, documenta 14, Art Basel, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Manchester International Festival and Japan Media Art Festival

Yang Yeung

• A writer of art, independent curator, and university lecturer. She founded the non-profit soundpocket and is currently its Artistic Director

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Exhibition title: Notating Beauty That Moves – Music at an Exhibition
Exhibition date/time:
Tuesday to Sunday
6pm – 8pm (3.3.2018)
12pm – 8pm (4-22.3.2018)
12pm – 9pm (23-29.3.2018)
Free admission

Exhibits by (in alphabetical order)
Mark Applebaum
Cathy Berberian
Luciano Berio
Pierre Boulez
Earle Brown
John Cage
Cornelius Cardew
Jo Ganter and Raymond Macdonald
G. Henle Publishers & Felix Mendelssohn
Alfred Ko
Thitiphorn Kotham
Doming Lam
Summer Mei Ling Lee
Franz Liszt
Anestis Logothetis
Thierry de Mey
Hiromi Miyakita
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Morgan O’Hara
Steve Roden
Igor Stravinsky
Tsang Chui Mei
Samson Young

Upcoming Concerts
Good Music This Lunch @ ArtisTree (22.3.2018)
Upclose Encounters with Hong Kong Sinfonietta: The Strings Aligned (24.3.2018)
Upclose Encounters with Hong Kong Sinfonietta: The Wind Rises (25.3.2018)
Song and Dance I (28.3.2018)
Song and Dance II (29.3.2018)

Past Concerts
Connecting the Dots (3.3.2018)
Tessera by Ensemble Offspring (4.3.2018)
Good Music This Lunch @ ArtisTree (6.3.2018)
Gesturing Motion (10-11.3.2018)
Good Music This Lunch @ ArtisTree with James C. (14.3.2018)
Vocalizing Motion (17-18.3.2018)

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