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The Diplomat Project: Ritual for the Ghosts

Date
Aug 25, 2007

Venue

Para/Site Art Space, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan

Alok, Wilson Tsang, Zenlu, Nerve, Sin:Ned, Anytone, No One Pulse, Sherman, Edwin and ahshun aka bjornho, Adrian Wong, Samantha Culp, domting, sleepatwork, nookei, VJ Forivermann, Mr. O

 

Sound: Alok, Wilson Tsang, Zenlu, Nerve, Sin:Ned, Anytone, No One Pulse, Sherman, Edwin, ahshun aka bjornho

Visuals and Installation: Adrian Wong, Samantha Culp, domting, sleepatwork, nookei, VJ Forivermann, Mr. O

 

As a follow-up project for Dialogue with The Ghosts, a group of local experimental artists, on the eve of the Chinese Ghost Festival, continue to re-establish an on-going dialogue with the deceased. Through a series of multi-media art performance aiming to re-interpret and re-activate various local spiritual beliefs and rituals, we dive into the world of the unknown and attempt to make contact with those from the other side. The ultimate aim, is to confront and acknowledge, those who had been forgotten, but still exist on the other side (or somewhere deep inside). Art, for us, is the ritual, through which, liberation can be attained.

Audience is invited to bring with them objects or personal belongings that represent their “ghost” (unfinished business), or to write down what is haunting them. These objects and writings (ghosts) will be placed at our main installation (altar) during the performance (ritual), and be burned the the end of the performance (letting go).

All audience receive a handmade charm and a copy of limited edition CD (locd36r) released by Lona Records, containing re-interpretation mix by Alok, Sin:Ned and KWC , on the sound materials of Dialogue with the Ghosts, as recorded on July 7, 2007.

 

Presented by Lona Records and Sonicity

Supported by Para Site Art Space

 

More materials are available to view on site at Para Site. 

Click here to see a full inventory of all archive materials and contact us at archive@para-site.art for enquiries, to request an appointment to view materials, and for archival materials donations.

 

The Archive Project is financially supported by the Project Grant of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.