SIREN

The Osage Art Foundation will be presenting the following on Saturday, 20 October 2007 at Osage Kwun Tong:

20 October 2007 3 PM: Siren Adapted Performance by Koala Yip & Nina Habulan-Gelladuga (free of charge)

An adaptation of the 10 October opening performance of Siren. At the centre of this exhibition is Christopher Lau and Samson Young's installation, “Gong-Tormented Sea”. The multi-disciplinary duo's sombre interpretation of W. B. Yeats' middle period epic poem “Byzantium” provides the thematic focus for Siren - water, reflection, and the ontology of the living and breathing body. New media artists John Wong and Pong Lam and choreographers Nina Hayuma Habulan-Gelladuga, Tomas Belen and Koala Yip weave the gallery space into a tapestry of dark and aqueous multi-media. Recorded music of a Quartet from City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, performed live during opening night, will be integrated to this upcoming performance.

20 October 2007 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Workshop by Donna Miranda (free of charge)

This workshop is ideal for individuals with interest in body, dance and performance. Using release-based techniques, the class begins with floor work moving into movement explorations across space. Contemporary dance is dancing the truth of our bodies; together we shall challenge our instincts, intuition, energy and perception via gestures and authentic physical actions.

20 October 2007 6:30 PM: “Of course not, since this is a bathtub…” Performance (free of charge)

This solo dance piece by Philippine independent dance artist, Donna Miranda, delves into the discourse of the absurd through the symbolic articulation of a world allied by fears and anxiety via melodramatic allusions to love, desire, poverty and sentimental songs that lead to the comic tragedy of our chosen paths.