《往無用錯覺》To Needless Illusion (EXCEPT)

Presented by Project Playaround, the audiovisual installation X lecture performance
《往無用錯覺》（To Needless Illusion) is part of PP’s program 《Showcase: FIRSTAGE》.
Developed by Alain Chiu/ domting/ Nicholas Wong

在講求高度互通聯繫的世界中，我們時常感受到，但卻甚少談及孤獨。這夜曲風格的空間擺放著鋼琴、電腦，等多個日常可見的個人物品，亦透過即時影像混合，反映不同人在面對孤獨時的行為。藝術團隊結合視覺、聽覺和詩歌元素，策劃一場演談及視聽裝置，嘗試拆解及探求孤獨的本質，並營造一個思考空間予觀眾內觀，窺探孤獨怎樣具體而細微地體現在日常生活中。

Loneliness is often felt, but barely deliberated in the culture of hyper-connectivity. With a standing piano, a deserted computer, mundane but personal objects, and moving image manipulation, this nocturne-inspired setting reflects how each of the artists encounters and confronts their own loneliness. The lecture performance and installation not only explore what loneliness means to them through visual images, sounds and poetry, but also create a space for the audience to look inwards, hoping to probe into how loneliness is manifested in everyday life.

#LecturePerformance #Nocturne #Loneliness #Solitude #SoundAndMusic #ImageAltering #Poetry

 Photography: chung photography / Isaac Woo

《往無用錯覺》 TO NEEDLESS ILLUSION

Developed by 
Alain Chiu / domting / Nicholas Wong

Production Manager:
Zeta Chan

Production Crew:
Alex Tsai 
Chan Ka Kit
Zeta Chan

Videography
im5_thankyou

Poster design
KWC

Wardrobe
Wilsonkaki

Special Thanks to 
A Flat Production
Andy Lam
footwork.circle.hk
Nerve
Nicolas Ho

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Context Text Reference

“How is Nocturne dedicated to love? “ An analysis on Chopin’s work, by Hu Gengming
“You Are Not There”  by Sun Tzu-ping
Claire Schwartz, "Lecture on Loneliness*. Granta. 2022.
Erica Fudge, Pets. Acumen. 2008.
Nicholas Temperley, "John Field and the First Nocturne"
Music & Letters 56(3/4): 1975. Sean Redmond, The Loneliness Room. (Manchester University Press. 2024.)
Xi Chuan, Bloom and Other Poems. Lucas Klein (transl.). (New Directions Publishing. 2022.)

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TO NEEDLESS ILLUSION
(A fragmentation)

Videography
im5_thankyou
Isaac Woo

All music by Alain Chiu except:
Bullet by Chevel (Different Circles , 2018) 
The New Industry by Antwood ( Planet Mu, 2017) 

Subtitles
Nicholas Wong

Editor
domting

A Hobbyhub Entertainment production