SLEEPOVER PSYCHEDELIA

Finally, the Sleepover Psychedelia show that Adrian Wong and I have co-curated is almost ready! We're in the final countdown, and feeling a bit crazed but excited.

For people who are in Hong Kong, come by the opening, Saturday April 1, 7pm at Kapok! There will be art, music, and drinks (possibly sponsored by Stella Artois, ooh la laaaa)

SLEEPOVER PSYCHEDELIA
An Exhibition Curated by Samantha Culp and Adrian Wong

Installation by Adrian Wong

Artists: Brian Chippendale, Thomas Galloway, Matt Lock, Devon Varmega, Brent Wadden
April 1- May 5, 2006

Opening Saturday April 1, 7pm

Kapok Gallery Space, 9 Dragon Road, Tin Hau, Hong Kong

www.ka-pok.com

Not so long ago, a new aesthetic began bubbling up through the bedrooms and basements of suburban America. In hand-made fanzines, indie album covers and personal blogs, the same symbols and set of concerns kept appearing-- unicorns and space-ships, pyramids and laser-beams, neon colors and graphing paper.

This April, HK-based artists and curators Samantha Culp and Adrian Wong bring you a show featuring five young American artists whose work taps into this same aesthetic of secret clubhouses and tie-dyed insanity.
Expect eye-popping works on paper, cardboard, stapled-booklets, pieces of wood, plastic masks, t-shirts, Cds, and everything in between— all to be framed by an installation by co-curator and artist Adrian Wong. The interactive “magic castle” will allow viewers to physically enter the “Sleepover Psychedelia” universe, and bring all these wildly unique works into a unified whole.

Truly underground American art is rarely (never?) exhibited in Hong Kong, so this will be a special chance for the HK public to experience some of the innovative style and feverish energy bursting out of this sub-cultural movement. Sleepover Psychedelia lies somewhere beyond punk rock and new age, geek and freak, and serves as a much-needed electro-shock to the mainstream Western art-world. On April 1 at the new Kapok Gallery Space in Tin Hau, come turn on, tune in, and psych yourself out.

FEB (and beyond): It's a brand new VIDEOTAGE!!

A newly-revitalized Videotage is planning lots of stuff for the New Year (and I'm helping with some of it), so check out the upcoming events at the February newsletter

SAT FEB 4: New York DJs at Jewel

Sat Feb 4, 11pm-3am

A friend-of-a-friend named Dan Pak will be DJ-ing with others (including a visiting DJ from Subtonic NYC)

NYCxHK
party @ jewel 11pm - 3am
37-43 Pottinger Street, Central
DJ's
dpak
anton
jon santos (NYC)

SAT FEB 4: Pancakes do Karaoke Cantopop?

Saturday, Feb 4
This looks kind of interesting (or at least unlike anything i've seen in HK before)-- mash-ups of 80s Cantopop at some new "cafe/fashion store"? Dejay Choi of the Pancakes will be DJ-ing/singing?

See their website for the snazzy music.

Replay & Rewind at LOLL
The "Replay and Rewind" series spins new interpretations of classics from the 80s and 90s. The first show pays tribute to the year 1981, with Salty Soggy Sour (formerly Pancake) and Swamp Dog playing Alan Tam and other Cantopop hits at new, funky chic café/fashion store LOLL. An intimate show for Cantopop and experimental music lovers alike. Feb 4, 10pm. Tickets $100, LOLL 2396-2608/the PANIC 2598-6218. 1/F, Junction of Cannon and Lockhart roads, Causeway Bay
http://www.asia-city.com/newsletters/hk-weekend/
http://www.3721productions.com/

SUPERPLEX is back!

After some hibernation over the winter holidays and Lunar New Year, Superplex is back with a bark in the Year of the Dog! This coming week: a meeting at CUHK to discuss future activities of Superplex and ways that students and other participants can get involved, followed by a screening of an as-yet undetermined movie (but it will be good!).

Rejoin the magic:
Thursday February 9, 7:30-9:30, NAH 115 in New Asia College (call 9579 9980 if you need better directions).

SUPERPLEX: Three TImes

This Superplex "field trip" happened this past Tuesday, and it was fun to head out into the real world. Only a few people could make it (perhaps because it's the last week of the university semester), but we still got in some interesting conversation afterwards! Are the characters meant to be the same in each segment? If so, do they actually change in their personalities or stay the same?


Superplex Presents:
"Three Times" by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (newest release by master of the Taiwanese new wave)-- starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen
Venue: Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon (see attached map and link)
Discount Ticket Price: 33.75 HKD, but first person to RSVP by email will get a FREE TICKET!!!
Date: Tuesday, November 29
Time: 7:15-10:00pm (meet at 7:15pm, movie starts at 7:20, will end by 9:30, then we will move to Cinematheque's Kubrick Cafe for coffee and discussion)
This week-- a special Superplex field trip!
Instead of a screening on campus, this Tuesday Superplex will be headed to the multiplex-- Broadway Cinematheque in this case. We thought it would be great to see this well-regarded new movie while it's still in theatres, and experience public film culture at a center of HK indie cinema-- Broadway Cinematheque and Kubrick. If you are interested in coming, please RSVP by email so that we know who will be attending. The first RSVP will receive a FREE TICKET to the screening-- for everyone else, if you want a discount ticket (33.75 HKD), let us know how many to buy and you can pay Samantha back later. If you want to be responsible for your own ticket, it will be 45 HKD.

Please plan to meet at the entrance of Broadway Cinema no later than 7:15, we will watch the movie and then gather for optional coffee and discussion at Kubrick Cafe next door after it ends.
Questions? Comments? Feel free to email (b109368@cuhk.edu.hk), SMS or call (9579 9980) Samantha.
Note: This film deals frankly with sexuality, and though it is only category IIA you must decide if you are comfortable with this subject matter.
Another Note: This will be the last Superplex of the semester, though expect us to come back with a bang in early January! If you have any particular ideas for films to screen or activities to hold, please contact Samantha. We will also announce a meeting for people interested in joining the Superplex Organizing Committee, so let us know in advance if you'd like to be involved.

Three Times (IIA)
133 mins
Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
Cast: Shu Qi, Chang Chen
Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles

THREE TIMES evokes three moments of euphoria lost forever in the folds of time. Three different time periods in Taiwan, with the lead roles played by the same actors. Year 1966: A "billiard gal" and a young soldier meet once and then struggle to find each other again. Finally they share stolen moments together on a beautiful warm evening. Year 1911: During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, a decent man wins the admiration of a courtesan through his kindness, but because of his modern principles he cannot take her as his concubine. He sends a letter from Shanghai that conveys his regret and his unfulfilled love. Year 2005: Under the threat of warfare with China, Taiwan is unsettled. A young bi-sexual woman becomes involved in a mad three-way love affair.

http://www2.cinema.com.hk/revamp/html/cinema_every.php?lang=e&cinema_id=10

Xmas Harbour Records Show

All the HK indies of interest (to me at least) will be at this show... unfortunately I will be in California...
12/25

Nov 20 and 27 Campus Creative Channel Screenings

The information on these Campus Creative Channel screenings is only in Chinese (and my Cantonese reading skills are much worse than my speaking ones), but Steven Pang of HKICC says:

"It's the resulting video works of two successive parts of a media education pilot scheme, with 10 participating schools, around 15 artists and responsible teachers... These schools wish to learn to run their own campus TV and ways to develop content (since they did not know what to do with the equipment the schools own).

There will be some 20-30-minute Campus TV program (from the leadership program). And many 1 minuters from the artist-in-residence section. The artists will show their "responding" video works also. Four programs should be all different. Details will be available on the website later, IN CHINESE again :-p"

Xiang Gang Electronic Music Show

由Love Da Records集合二十多位local 電音人的雙cd專輯正式出街! 想知多d資料, 可以上星期起一連四期睇Milk, 有各單位的訪問. 或者去我的blog : http://www.the-demos.com

By Love Da Records, the collective album of Hong Kong Electronic Musican. For more information, get Milk magazine or go to visit my blog: http://www.the-demos.com



邊度買? / Where to buy?
HMV, HK Records, A&B Sound, Mini Shop, Zoo Records, Parsons Music store, YMCA,
Phonograph (ex-Chemical Suzy), Kubrick, HKDJS
住台灣的可到 誠品 買
住日本的可到 Tower record 買

有咩玩? / Events

Love Da Records & Sense present: Xiang Gang Electric CD Release Party / 19th Nov(Sat)
Live performance : Tszpun, DJ Yin, Rexx, Punchy, Chris Har, The Kita, theDemos + speical guest Alok
DJ: Ko Kimura, John Li
VJ: Alpha
Venue : Grappa's Cellar, B/F, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central
Time : 10pm till late
Price : $230 advance, $260 at door
Ticket available at HMV
Enquiry: 22641020, 28683307

Xiang Gang Electric @ “Farm”/ 27th Nov (Sun)
Venue : Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
Time : 2-4pm

Track list:
CD 1
1 MC Hin & MC Hoi feat. DJ Yin Skool Devil
2 Rexx- Sunshine Trip
3 J-P- Lazy Day
4 Q-tipp- Hip Hop Daway I Know How…(Dope Battle Mix)
5 Tszpun- The Wise Man (Chill Out Mix)
6 The Kita feat. Cyberocker- Away
7 Punchy Lin 連釋- Sorrow Result
8 Butterwings- Although We Know
9 The Demos- The Telephone Call
10 Chris Har- Sea-Girt (Sunshine Mix)
CD 2
1 Stricky- Back To The Dark Place
2 Pisces Tony feat. MC Hoi- Fxxking Bass
3 Ray'iio & Tszpun- Tolerance
4 Ericsson- Psychology 訴說
5 Beat Machine- Frequency High
6 Mike Yung- Angel Flying
7 Thomas C- Wormzz (Tribal Mix)
8 DJ Janno- Influence
9 DJ Yin- Oasis (Chui Siu In Mirage mix)
10 Teoh- Tribal Punk
11 Des Cheung & Frankie Lam- Elements

Para/Site Art Auction, Thur Nov 10 (tomorrow!)

Para/Site Art Space, the first artist-run space in Hong Kong is having an annual art auction tomorrow to raise funds for their 10th year of operation next year.

7pm
1/5
9 Star Street, Wanchai

The auction catalogue is available at www.para-site.org.hk, many pieces by important local and international artists will be auctioned off. Get some drinks and enjoy the bidding!
http://www.para-site.org.hk/

Rockit Festival, 11/12, 11/13, Victoria Park

http://www.rockit-hk.com/
(Disclaimer: Besides Brian Jonestown Massacre, I don't know any of these bands and don't think it will be worth going)

Josh Weller & The Availables, Friday 11/11 White Noise

Josh Weller and the Availables! (UK)
Live in Hong Kong
with Special Guests:
Luke Chow (Hong Kong)

Friday, 11 Nov 2005
start from 8:00 p.m.

Location :
White Noise Records

Address :
one floor, 4 canal road east,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
入場費 : free entrance

First come first serve, pls send an email to whitenoise@netvigator.com or call 25910499 to reserve a place
Website: www.joshwellermusic.com
Website: www.lukechow.com
website : www.whitenoiserecords.org

WHITE NOISE RECORDS
香港銅鑼灣堅拿道東4號1樓 (鄰近鵝頸橋／地下門口是飾物店舖)
1/F., 4 Canal Road East, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (close to Time Square and Canal Road Flyover)
tel. +852 25910499
fax. +852 35204246
email. whitenoise@netvigator.com
URL. www.whitenoiserecords.org
營業時間 / working hours：
Mon-Fri 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sat-Sun 12:00 noon - 10:00 pm

Videotage Media Art Discussion Group, Friday Nov 11

From Cecilia at Videotage:

Dear all,

After the Microwave 2005 events, the Videotage Friday night media art critique group will go back to normal this week. However the excitement of Microwave is not over yet over - this week Linda Lai, the curator of Microwave video screening program this year, join us and share her experience and view regarding Microwave and more. Whether you have attended the screenings, or played the "I See Where You Are In Central" piece in the exhibition, don't miss the chance for critique on the festival!

Date: 11 November 2005 (Fri)
Time: 7:30pm onwards
Venue: Videotage
Admission fee: it is absolutely free, just contribute snacks or wine to
make it a fun incidence

For any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us! See you!

Videotage
For more information, email:
cecilia@videotage.org.hk
www.videotage.org.hk

Habitus Market, Sheung Wan, Sunday

Nov 13, Sunday
10am-6pm
Autumn Market-- Second hand and collectibles, including daily objects, textiles, books, paintings, ceramics, glass, furniture, accessories, plants...
Habitus
A Designed Space
3/F Western Market, Sheung Wan, HK
(852) 2973-0231

1a Space Opening Friday

Art Opening at 1a Space, this coming Friday
Featuring seven female photographers (including CUHK's own Lam Wai Kit!)
7pm Friday Nov 11
1a Space, Cattle Depot, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon
http://www.oneaspace.org.hk/

Superplex Births a Blog

Superplex Presents:
"La Chinoise"
Date: Tuesday, November 15
Time: 7pm-9pm-- film screening, then stay for discussion if you have time
Venue: E-Zone, 3rd Floor, Fung King Hey Building, Chinese University
See Map here:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/en/cumap.htm
(When you get to FKH, take lift to 3 floor, walk down hallway away from Chinese Language/Linguistics Department and towards English Department, E-Zone will be on your right. In case you get lost, please feel free to call 9579 9980)


La Chinoise
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Year: 1967
Runtime: 93 Min.

Review from TimeOut:
Godard's brilliant dialectical farce, distinctly disquieting as well as gratingly funny, in which five Parisian students, members of a Maoist cell, discuss the implications of the Chinese cultural revolution and the chances of using terrorism to effect a similar upheaval in the West. Dazzlingly designed as a collage of slogans and poster images, it was widely attacked at the time for playing with politics. But Godard was well aware what he was doing creating these 'Robinson Crusoes with Marxism as their Man Friday', and his film stands as a prophetic and remarkably acute analysis of the impulse behind the events of May 1968 in all their desperate sincerity and impossible naïveté. TM
http://www.timeout.com/film/69197.html

SUPERPLEX is a new film screening and discussion night at CUHK. It is open to the public, always free, and no commitment is required. We will also hold filmmaking workshops in the future. To join the mailing list or get more information, contact tutor Samantha Culp, b109368@cuhk.edu.hk. To stop receiving mailings, please email me with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line.

Superplex Begins...

The first screening--