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Exhibition Archive APR-JUN 2023

Music for 9 九重奏

GayBird 梁基爵 

Truth is never complete. History may rhyme, but it never repeats itself. In this digital age, facts can be destroyed, amplified, or manipulated by viewpoints and perspectives. Reality can be depicted through fragmented facts, while truth can be reduced to individual cases. As we begin to feel numb towards the distortion of reality, can the fragmented present shape an alternative mode of completeness?

 

Hong Kong Composer and Media Artist GayBird’s Music for 9 Exhibition

Reintegrating the sound of close-to-completeness

While the number ’10’ represents completeness in Chinese culture, ‘9’ may sound incomplete because it is ‘1’ short to be considered whole. However, the deficiency of ‘9’ creates possibilities. Avoiding preset ceilings encourages us not to take things for granted. Complex images could be seen on a monitor without a light source; a robotic dog on a leash might still be able to go wherever it could; ‘Ode to Joy’ with no tones might evoke another kind of delight.

事實從來都不完整,歷史也從來不是千篇一律,尤其在這個數碼年代。零碎的事實可以是全部,完整的片段也可以是個別例子。當我們都習慣了這種化腐朽為神奇的日常,零碎的當下又是否能塑造另一種圓滿?

 

《九重奏》展覽‧重新整合那差一點點的完整樂章……

「九」好像是一種不圓滿,加了「一」才算十全十美,但「九」充滿可能性,缺陷造就了新的感觀;原本理所當然的雖然不再理所當然,但沒有前設的過程反而更發人深省。沒有光源的螢光幕也可看得更複雜的影像,不太自由的機械狗或者可行得更遠,好像沒有音調的貝多芬第九交響樂「快樂頌」,可能有另一種快樂。