「2019年台灣月-搭台」
台港文化交流攜手搭起精彩舞台
光華新聞文化中心舉辦第十四屆「台灣月」活動 (Taiwan Arts Festival) ，以「搭台」為主題，揭示台港文化交流跨界連結、共創價值的無限可能，本年台灣月活動展現傳統當代交融、跨界藝術創新、共享社會人文關懷等精神，活動將於10月4日至11月19日舉行。
台北經濟文化辦事處 高銘村代理處長表示，「台灣月」每年透過最貼近生活、也最能觸動人心的文化藝術，帶來無數的驚喜與感動，已經成為香港社會每年興奮期待的藝文盛會。
香港光華新聞文化中心代理主任盧筱萱表示，台灣月積極發揮多元交流平台角色，攜手搭建平台及舞台，向世人展現台港文化合作的豐富成果，也希望透過深入交流為彼此文化創造新機。
2019「台灣月」三大主題—「大師：歲月縮影」、「搭台：互動混生」、「青春：花漾眾聲」，從傳承大師的藝術精粹與智慧、台港文化合作的爆發力到新世代多元發聲的創意，分享台灣豐美的人文藝術及台港文化交流的成果。
大師：歲月縮影
編舞家林麗珍將透過大師對談、《行者》記錄片放映、「緩行中的漫舞」展演工作坊，親自介紹無垢舞蹈劇場沉緩細緻的獨特美學，引領觀眾參與深邃壯美的生命祭典。國際名導蔡明亮，帶來以台港文化為靈感的影像新作，結合時代曲的即興演出，喚起兩地共有的電影記憶。與西九文化區M+聯手呈獻來自台灣的修復電影，將放映胡金銓、陳耀圻等著名導演的經典之作，M+香港電影與媒體策展人李焯桃與電子音樂家黃凱宇分享如何賦予老電影新生命。而與香港藝術中心合作特別呈現台灣新電影的代表作—柯一正實驗影像《藍月》，觀眾將有機會選出心水版本公映。
搭台：互動混生
西九文化區管理局署理表演藝術行政總監及表演藝術總監方美昂親自介紹，光華新聞文化中心與自由空間的三項合作：「非常林奕華──梁祝的繼承者們」展現了台港劇場密切互動；原住民實驗搖滾樂團漂流出口以及台日音樂合創的平安隆與《雲遊び》專輯眾樂手將在自由爵士音樂節綻放跨界激盪的音樂魅力；捌號會所與香港創樂團也將於香港台灣作曲家交流計畫中共同探索當代音樂作曲嶄新可能。
藝術家焦元溥再度與香港大學聯手，從音樂欣賞俄羅斯文豪普希金創造的文學奇幻色彩。詩加音樂會活動策劃人廖秀明、「一物」總監 方太初分享了如何聯合四組港台詩人與音樂人的「噪 / 樂之間 香港x台灣 詩加音樂會」打破詩與歌的界線。而「在香港發聲」特邀五位台灣新媒體聲音藝術家，難得齊聚聯合示範演出多元類型的聲音表現。
青春：花漾眾聲
與香港國際攝影節合作，Lightbox攝影圖書室創辦人曹良賓，追索攝影書的變遷與當代社會的關聯。王榆鈞與香港藝術家深入對話，透過音樂帶領你我邂逅燦爛時光。與微波國際新媒體藝術節合作，帶來台灣藝術家顧廣毅、瞿筱葳及黃邦銓的作品，連結食物、回憶與家，重構回憶開展未來。而纖維藝術家康雅筑則進駐六廠紡織文化藝術館，透過編織講述香港紡織女工的生命故事。以台灣的山海為靈感，「一脈 | 台灣美學設計展」體現台灣迷人的設計與生活美學。以可愛動畫及風趣對白講述歷史反思現今的臺灣吧，特別為台灣月製作首部以台港文化記憶為主題的動畫，發掘兩地的文化共通性。
「2019台灣月」最新活動訊息請瀏覽光華新聞文化中心網站 (http://hk.taiwan.culture.tw)或Facebook專頁查詢。
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2019 Taiwan Arts Festival – Together Taiwan
Taiwan & Hong Kong join hands to build exciting cultural exchange platform
The Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center has announced that the theme of the 14th Taiwan Arts Festival will be “Together Taiwan”, a reflection of the unlimited potential of connecting Taiwan and Hong Kong culture and creativity. This year’s festival, to be held from Oct. 4 to Nov. 19, is highlighted by fusions of the traditional and the contemporary, innovative cross-disciplinary art forms, and a spirit of social concern and humanistic care.
Kao Ming-tsun, acting head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong, said Taiwan Arts Festival has brought countless surprises and moving moments over the years by delivering performances, exhibitions and special events that resonate with people’s lives and touch their hearts, making it an arts and culture celebration that Hongkongers eagerly look forward to every year.
Linda Lu, acting director of the Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center, said Taiwan Arts Festival is actively fulfilling its role as a facilitator of diverse exchanges by working hand-in-hand with its partners to build a platform and stage that can showcase the rich fruits of Taiwan-Hong Kong collaboration. It is also hoped that these deep exchanges can create new opportunities for both cultures, she added.
The 2019 Taiwan Arts Festival has three main sections — The Masters: Refined by Time, The Platform: Interactions of Collaborations, and The New: Voices of Diversity. From inheriting the artistic essence and wisdom of great masters, to explosive Taiwan and Hong Kong cultural collaborations, to the innovative and diverse voices of the new generation, this year’s festival will present Taiwan’s flourishing culture and arts as well as the outstanding results of Taiwan-Hong Kong cultural exchanges.
The Masters: Refined by Time
Through an intimate conversation, the film screening of The Walkers, and the Poetry in Motion Performance and Workshop, dance choreographer Lin Lee-chen personally presents the uniquely slow and meticulous aesthetics of The Legend Lin Dance Theatre, guiding audiences to participate in a profound and magnificent festival of life. International auteur Tsai Ming-liang brings his latest visual work, a short film inspired by Taiwan and Hong Kong culture, combined with an improvised musical performance that will conjure Taiwan and Hong Kong’s shared memories of cinema. In a collaboration with M+, at the West Kowloon Cultural District, we present a special selection of restored Taiwanese films, including classic works by renowned directors such as King Hu and Richard Chen Yao-Chi. Li Cheuk-to, Curator, Hong Kong Film and Media, M+, and electronic musician Huang Kai-Yu discuss how to breathe new life into old movies. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Arts Centre has organised a special Audience’s Choice screening of Ko I-cheng’s Taiwanese experimental film classic Blue Moon, giving audiences the opportunity to vote on their preferred sequential order of the film’s five parts.
The Platform: Interactions of Collaborations
Acting Executive Director, Performing Arts and Artistic Director, Performing Arts of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Alison Friedman presents three collaborations between Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center and Freespace: “Edward Lam Dance Theatre – Art School Musical”, an intimate interaction between Taiwan and Hong Kong theatre; “Taiwan Arts Festival X Freespace Jazz Fest”, a full weekend of indoor and outdoor performances from a line-up that includes the indigenous Taiwanese experiment rock band Outlet Drift and a group of Taiwanese and Japanese musicians of the album “Cloud Wandering” led by sanshin master Takashi Hirayasu; and “Contemporary Classical Music Exchange Programme”, an exploration of new possibilities in contemporary music composition featuring Studio Acht and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
In the other parts of this section, artist Chiao Yuan-pu once again teams up with the University of Hong Kong to present a musical appreciation of Alexander Pushkin’s amazing literary works. Event curator Liu Sau Ming and former “object a” director Fong Tai Chor share how they assembled four groups of Hong Kong and Taiwan poets and musicians for “Noise/Voice”, a crossover concert that transcends the boundaries of poetry and music. And in “Voice in Hong Kong”, five new media Taiwanese sound artists come together for a rare and diverse collaborative demonstration performance.
The New: Voices of Diversity
In collaboration with Hong Kong International Photo Festival, Lightbox Photo Library founder Tsao Liang-pin embarks on an exploration of Taiwanese photobooks over time and their connection to contemporary society. Musician Wang Yu-jun is invited to an in-depth exchange with Hong Kong artists and will guide us on a journey of “A Beautiful Time” through music. Together with the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, we present the works of Taiwanese artist Ku Kuang-yi, Chiu Hsiao-wei (Ipa) and Huang Pang-chuan, blending food, memories and home to reconstruct the past and open up the future. Fiber artist Kang Ya-chu, as artist-in-residence at the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT), will weave her performance based on real-life stories of Hong Kong’s female textile workers. “One Map”, inspired by Taiwan’s mountains and oceans, is an exhibition of Taiwan’s charming design arts and lifestyle aesthetics. And finally, Taiwan Bar, which uses cute animations and humorous dialogue to reflect on Taiwanese history and contemporary society, has produced its first exclusive animation for Taiwan Arts Festival, comparing Taiwan and Hong Kong’s pop culture differences and similarities.
For the latest information on the 2019 Taiwan Arts Festival, please visit the Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center website (http://hk.taiwan.culture.tw) or official Facebook page (@khicc).
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