2017台灣月活動新聞發佈會敬請發佈
2017台灣月- 艷 台灣
Wonderful World, Colorful Taiwan
因為豐色，所以艷！
光華新聞文化中心舉辦第十二屆「台灣月」 (Taiwan Culture Festival)，「2017台灣月」以「艷台灣」為主題，用《豐＋色》呈現出繽紛、多元和彩虹的特色，整體活動如台灣廟會般多樣紛炫的氣氛，活動將於10月12日至11月24日舉行。
光華新聞文化中心主任胡晴舫表示，瑰麗奔放是外界對台灣文化的印像。因為豐色，所以艷！今年台灣月節目帶有獨特雜揉的華麗美感，就像來自世界八方的外來混生種，在台灣落地生長綻放，展現出台灣創作在傳統與創新的跨界共融，以及美麗與善變的新面貌。
綺麗 /東方京劇闖越現代主義、西方交響樂演繹台灣作曲大師作品
吳興國與當代傳奇劇場是次帶來他改編自西方經典《等待果陀》的現代京劇演出，演出陣容由吳興國和盛鑑，攜手打破京劇框架，融合黑色幽默，以戲曲的唱念作打和丑角特殊的功夫身段表現，劇中還有當代傳奇劇場的創始藝術家，國光劇團導演級的人物─ 馬寶山老師在戲中飾演暴發戶，有錢有勢的壞人演得氣勢十足，拉著奴隸死命折磨，一會兒要他思考、一會兒要他跳舞，整場演出以疏離現實、荒謬搞笑行為，將舞台劇的形式與節奏表現得淋漓盡致；讓全場在笑聲之中，揭示其中隱藏的東方禪學及生命哲學。記者會上，吳興國更和盛鑑即席示範了一小段京劇來解說。此外台灣月活動與香港進念．二十面體合作，劇場技術實驗室《追憶似水年華》邀請到台灣著名京劇女演員魏海敏，以京劇唱腔詮釋西方文學經典。
《樂見台灣- 作曲大師之夜》由國際著名指揮簡文彬與高雄市交響樂團演出，獲得香港大學 Cultural Management Office協力支持。高雄市交響團來港演奏四位當代重要台灣作曲家的原創及在地作品，該團執行長朱宏昌先生率先於發佈會上解說本次『樂見台灣- 作曲大師之夜』的四首曲目，盼引領香港觀眾們遊歷台灣獨特風味與人文記憶。
金粉美感 / 台灣人生活態度、獨特雜揉之美感
備受注目的台灣中生代最重要的女性編舞家何曉玫，帶來其經典現代舞作品《默島新樂園》。三座傀儡高台裝置，反映台洋雜處的金光浮世繪，邀請觀眾一同遊走在舞台空間，以女性特有的細膩情感，呈現現代台灣絢爛多元的文化觀點。編舞家何曉玫談到這次在香港打造《默島新樂園》時說：「創作取材台灣主流現象或次文化，而台灣之美，美在衝突」。
《STAGE》攝影展為攝影家沈昭良經典系列作，敘述台灣鄉間特有的綜藝團與舞台車，在夜幕降臨時，從其貌不揚的卡車，像變形金剛一樣，伸展成絢麗無比的舞台。沈昭良長期關注這個台灣庶民文化獨特新穎的表演形式，「STAGE」（舞台）作品細膩寫實又超現實的樣貌，獨創台式美感。
多元聲音/來自土地的音樂、唱出大海的旋律
新世代的台灣音樂創作是超越語言及語種，回歸音樂的本質核心；在自由的音樂內容裡，傳達及記錄當代台灣人的情感。「台灣月」企圖呈現台灣多元音樂魅力，以台灣在地元素為基調的生祥樂隊、原住民歌手Sangpuy桑布伊與ABAO阿爆(阿仍仍) ，他們以母語搭配不同曲風及流行旋律，創新也沿襲文化精神。
獲得2017年金曲獎評審團大獎的生祥樂隊，向來關注農工、環境議題，音樂上以台灣傳統音樂元素為基底，並協調西方當代音樂，成為台灣獨樹一格的新民謠樂種。樂隊主唱林生祥先生更伴以一支特製的六弦月琴，配唱了《圍庄》作品「出，不走」，寓意深長。 這次的演唱會更邀請了知名香港獨立音樂經典人物、傳奇地下樂隊「黑鳥」主唱郭達年擔任特別嘉賓; 兩位同為土地發聲的音樂人將同台破天荒合作演出！
台灣月首度與西九文化區「自由約」合作，邀到金曲獎得主Sangpuy桑布伊、ABAO阿爆(阿仍仍)。Sangpuy桑布伊的歌聲傳遞了一個現代部落青年與古老靈魂之間的對話，知名樂評馬世芳曾讚「他的歌，是吹散滿山芒花的風」，足以成為新一代台灣土地的聲音。而美聲排灣族歌手－ABAO阿爆(阿仍仍)，以母語搭配不同曲風及流行旋律，創新之餘沿襲文化，演繹出新世代古調精神。即使聽眾不懂歌詞，在他們聲音豐沛地情感牽引下，仍受感動與驚艷！
特選單元/ 台港互動 精彩作品
恰逢誠品書店在香港落戶五週年，正如當年24小時不打烊的精神，「台灣月」要讓大家來一場迷幻藝術夜遊，整晚不願睡。今年台灣月與誠品書店攜手舉辦《黑眼圈之夜》透過音樂、講座、電影、裝置等精彩節目，藝文講堂將以愛為名，邀來台灣新生代詩人崔舜華、創作者李明璁及作家葉珊、香港作家鄧小樺、香港詩人劉芷韻，與觀眾分享。夜間電影院將放映愛情經典《藍色大門》、《海角七號》、《當愛來的時候》，以及魏德聖導演最新浪漫作品《52赫茲我愛你》等活動，好看、好聽、好味！
台南團隊與香港劇場空間跨海共同創作的戲劇《雙城紀失》，繼2016年台南藝術節首演後，今年在香港演出。作品由電影《盛夏光年》走紅的台南編劇許正平、知名香港舞台及電視編劇張飛帆，以香港及台南兩座城市為題合力譜寫，導演余振球將舞台一分為二，觀眾入場時由中華航空的空勤人員引導，選擇觀賞台南或是香港，讓觀眾以不同角度和觀點體驗「從香港看台南」或「從台南看香港」的感受。看演出還有各項機票優惠。
而活動末尾將舉辦《看見台灣 空拍香港》紀念齊柏林放映會，向故人致敬，播放金馬獎最佳紀錄片、屢受海內外激讚感嘆的電影《看見台灣》，並邀請該片的製片曾瓊瑤和台北電影節總監沈可尚導演來港作映後座談。讓大家從齊導演的心與眼中看見台灣之美，盼喚起民眾對環境生態的關懷。
Wonderful World, Colorful Taiwan
Abundance of colors leads to the dazzling beauty!
The 12th Taiwan Culture Festival will be brought to the stage by Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Centre, starting from 12th Oct. to 24th Nov. "Wonderful World, Colorful Taiwan” is the theme of the 2017 Taiwan Culture Festival, a Dazzlingly Beautiful Taiwan with Abundant Charms, showcasing as multicultural colorful rainbow coloring the event with the picturesque atmosphere of Taiwanese temple festivals.
According to Hu Ching-Fang, Director of Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center, Taiwan culture is famed for its glam and expressiveness, which leads the abundance of colors to a dazzling beauty! This year's various events highlights the unique charm of intertwined glamour. These are like blossoms growing from foreign hybrids settling in the land of Taiwan, revealing how Taiwanese creative arts emerged when traditions and innovations embracing each other, and its constantly evolving beauty.
Glamorous: Peking Opera Crossing Over to Modernism
A Western Interpretation of Taiwanese Musical Classics
Wu Hsing-Kuo and Contemporary Legend Theatre will perform a modern Peking opera adaptation of Waiting for Godot, a western classic, for the Festival. Led by Wu Hsing-Kuo and Chien Sheng, the performance breaks the structure of a traditional Peking opera with a dash of dark humor, featuring the traditional techniques of singing, reciting, acting and martial arts performing. Ma Pao-Shan, the founding artist of Contemporary Legend Theatre, a director of the GuoGuang Opera Company, will play as Pozzo, a tyrannical plutocrat who tortures his slave, Lucky, by whimsical commands such as thinking or dancing. This interpretation of Waiting for Godot shows the full glory of theatrical form and rhythm, fueled by detachment and ridiculousness but is nevertheless funny. It unveils the hidden Zen and philosophy to the audience through laughter. Wu Hsing-Kuo and Chien Sheng, two leading actors of the play, improvised a few lines of Peking opera during the press conference to demonstrate their adaptation. Moreover, Taiwan Culture Festival will cooperate with Zuni Icosahedron to present you In Search of Lost Time, a Freespace play, in which the brilliant Taiwanese Peking opera actress, Wei Haimin, will reinterpret a western masterpiece through Peking opera singing.
Wen-Pin Chien & Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra will perform Taiwan Acoustic: A Night of Master Composers, assisted by the musical department of Hong Kong University. The performance will include the original works of three major contemporary Taiwanese composers and Taiwan folksongs. The CEO of Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Chu Hung-Chang, has explained the details of the four songs in the performance during the press conference. We hope Taiwan Acoustic can be a visionary tour like of Taiwanese culture for Hong Kong audiences..
Rose-gold Aesthetics: The Multicultural Elegance of Taiwanese Life Style
New Paradise of Silent Island by the most prominent post-80s Taiwanese choreographist Ho Hsiao-Mei is our specially recommended programme this year. With three tall mobile stage of puppet pageants, it invites the audience touring the stage to experience this glittering Ukiyo-e of Taiwanese meeting the West. With exquisite subtle feminine emotions, Ho presented the splendid multicultural contemporary Taiwan. When speaking of rebuilding New Paradise of Silent Island in Hong Kong, Ho said ‘I draw my inspiration from Taiwanese mainstream phenomena and sub-cultures. The beauty of Taiwan lies in its inner cultural contradictions.'
STAGE, the photo exhibition, is a classic series of Shen Chao-Liang's works telling stories of vaudeville troupes and their truck theaters. When night falls, these ordinary trucks will transform themselves into sparkling theaters. Through time and efforts, Shen have captured the very unique rural Taiwan through the photographer's lens, a refined combination of the real and surreal creating the unique Taiwanese beauty.
Multicultural Voices: Home-bound Music with Oceanic Melodies
New generation Taiwanese music goes beyond words and languages, getting back to the core musical essence. These young musicians expressed and recorded the feelings of contemporary Taiwanese in their unchained music content. To bring to you the charisma of multicultural Taiwanese music, the Festival has invited the Sheng-Xiang & Band whom is famed for their brilliance in creating music based on local Taiwanese concerns; aboriginal singers Sangpuy and ABAO (Aljenljeng) passing on their traditional culture through creating music with their month tongue across genres and pop rhythms.
Awarded with the Jury Award of the 2017 Golden Melody Award, Sheng-Xiang & Band, who have a long history with social movements, base their music with a touch of modern western tunes, forming a new genre for Taiwanese folk music. Sheng-Xiang, the leading vocal of the band, plays with his tailor made six-string yueqin banjo, which deepens the depth of Going Away, Not Leaving, a song from their latest album, Village Besieged. We are honored to invite an icon of Hong Kong indie-band scene, the leading vocal of the legendary Black Bird, Lenny Kuo; these two home-bound musicians will perform together for the very first time!
It is the first time that Taiwan Culture Festival works with Freespace Happening, an event conducted by West Kowloon Cultural District, and in Sangpuy and ABAO will play for Hong Kong audience. Sangpuy's voice is a dialogue between a modern tribal young man and an ancient soul, as Ma Shih-Fang put it, ‘His songs are the gentle wind blowing throw a mountain blossomed with cogon grass', which defines him as the voice for the generation of Taiwanese music. ABAO (Aljenljeng) is a singer from the Payuan tribe; with his blissful voice, ABAO combines different genres music with pop tunes, singing them in his mother tongue, passing on their traditional culture through innovation, adding a new spirit into the ancient tunes. Even if the audience don't know the Payuan language, they are still astounded and moved by ABAO's emotion-conveying songs!
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the eslite bookstore in Hong Kong, the Festival brings you to a sleepless illusive journey of arts and culture, holding on to the never asleep spirit pioneered by eslite. In honor of this spirit, the Festival conducts The Night of Dark Circles, which is composed with a series of musical performances, lectures, movies and installation art. In the name of love, lectures will be given by Tsui Shun-Hwa, a talented young Taiwanese poet, Lee Ming-Tsung, author, Yeh Shan, writer; and two Hong Kong artists Tang Siu-Wa, writer, Lau Zi Wan, poet. The night-time cinema will play classic romantic movies such as Blue Gate Crossing, Cape No. 7, When Love Comes as well as Wei Te-Sheng's latest work 52Hz I Love You. We believe this event will prove to be a feast for the eyes, the ears and the tongue.
Twin Cities Chronicle, a play conducted by a group from Tainan and a Hong Kong Theatre Space, will be performed in Hong Kong after its first success in 2016 Tainan Arts Festival. The play is the joined effort of Hsu Chen-Ping, a director form Tainan, whose most well know work is Eternal Summer, Cheung Fei Fan, a prominent Hong Kong playwright, who is well-loved by theatrical and TV audiences; more importantly, it is the tale of two cities. The director, Yu Chun Kau, divides the stage into two, and flight attendances of China Airlines will guide them to their seats, allowing them to choose between Hong Kong and Tainan, enabling different angles and experiences based on the two cities. China Airline offers a special discount to the audience of this play.
Concluding the Festival this year we are paying tribute to late Mr. Chi PoLin, director of Beyond Beauty - TAIWAN FROM ABOVE, best documentary of the 2015 Golden Horse Award, a globally loved film,and arranged special screenings of the documentary in memory of the late director. We invite the producer of the film, Tseng Chiung-Yao, and Shen Ko-Shang, a film director and the director of Taipei Film Festival. We wish the film can raise more concerns of the general public on environmental ecology.
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