Multisensorial Live-Cinema Performance Timepieces by Ho Tzu Nyen

Description

Timepieces, created for the Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival 2025, merges the forty-three channel visual installation by Ho Tzu Nyen projected on a monumental screen with Wong Hin-yan’s live score. The performance synchronises immersive visuals with music and spoken word, including haiku in both English and Cantonese, inviting audiences to reflect on different experiences of time.

Ho Tzu Nyen is a Singaporean contemporary artist whose work blends Eastern and Western influences, combining myth and history to explore Southeast Asia’s diverse identities through film, video, and immersive installations. He is also exhibiting Three Stories: Monsters, Opium, Time at Kiang Malingue until 13 May 2025, a solo exhibition that intertwines Japanese folklore, the opium trade, and the concept of time through a diverse array of visual media. Wong Hin-yan is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter known for his poetic lyrics and sparse guitar style, evoking the city’s collective memories and struggles. His award-winning live score adds depth to Timepieces.

Together, the artists create a unique live-cinema event that merges image, sound, and language, offering a contemplative journey through time’s many forms.