Presented and Organised by Institute of Chinese Martial Studies

Financially supported by Springboard Grant under the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme, HKSAR Government

Sponsored by Jason James Magnus, Julius Group

Supporting Organisations: PaymentAsia, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited, Hong Kong Dance Company

Venue Support: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Online registration for the 3rd Performance (30-Dec, 7:30pm): https://forms.gle/PmVV8yVGouu5imX66

For exhibition open to the public, online registration is required 2 days in advance* (30 Dec 2023 - 14 Jan 2024. Closed on 1 Jan 2024): https://forms.gle/85Eyn77wAWke6gUG7

The hidden-manifest dichotomy is one of the most important dualistic concepts in Chinese martial arts. It encapsulates the totality of tactical combinations of feinting and striking, the opposition of lightness and solidity, which may materialise in space and time as different movement forms, whether as stances and footwork, techniques in attack and defence or, imperceptible to the eye, in how one distributes weight his / her weight or force as you grapple or bind your arms / weapon with those of your opponent’s. This dichotomy is also highly appropriate in the context of the exploration we make between what is real and what is virtual. “Transforming Lingnan Martial Arts as a Movement and Performing Art through Digital Pedagogy, Interpretation and Performance” organised by Institute of Chinese Martial Studies (ICMS), is financially supported by the Springboard Grant under the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. “Lingnan Martial Arts Elite Training Program” (MAETP) is the core of this project, focused on training a group of young instructors, choreographers, and performers, who would integrate Chinese martial arts and performing arts into a new system for training, practice, and artistic creation. The participants will have a final performance “Hidden / Manifest” together with renowned celloist and percussionists to summarise the project by showing the synergies of martial arts, performing art and art tech. The performance also invited accomplished composers, choreographers and new media artists to create this original piece.

Alongside, the movements of Lingnan martial arts have been recorded by motion capture and extensively analysed. A new media installation showcase will be held at Singing Waves Gallery, L3, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre at the same time. We have designed a navigational interface through its interactive feature, the annotated animations generated are adapted to the Linear Navigator and allows the audience to explore the technical structure of the LMA system and its core principles therein. Also, with its four-metre-high and hemispherical design, iDome will showcase an excerpt from Act 2 of the Final Performance “Hidden / Manifest”, providing an immersive and visually stunning experience to the audience.

「虛/實」是中國武術中重要的二元概念，當中包含了武術中一切的攻防組合，包含剛柔、動靜、強弱等概念。這些對立面可以在空間和時間中以不同的形式呈現，無論是作為動態形式、馬步、或攻防之技，或表達相搏之間肉眼所見不到但確實存在的重心和力量轉移。為期兩年的「嶺南武術之數碼藝術及教育試驗計劃」由中華武學會主辦並獲文化體育及旅遊局「藝能發展資助計劃」的躍進資助，於2021-2023年推行。當中「嶺南武術精英培訓計劃」 訓練出一批融會中華嶺南武術及表演藝術的年輕教學者，並以《虛/實》表演作為計劃的總結。完成課程的學員更會聯同知名大提琴演奏家及敲擊樂手參與演出，亦有多位著名作曲家、編舞家、多媒體藝術家一同參與創作，展示武術、表演藝術及藝術科技的完美融合，一同探索現實和虛擬之間的界線。

此外，此計劃亦透過動態捕捉技術所得的嶺南武術數據及影像轉化成新媒體展品。新媒體裝置展覽將於邵逸夫創意媒體中心3樓濤聲藝廊舉行。利用線性導軌 (Linear Navigator) 的互動特性設計一個導航界面，特別製作了一系列兼具解說的動畫，讓觀眾可以在其中探索嶺南武術系統的技術結構和核心原則。另外，四米高、半球體設計的iDome裝置，將展出終期表演《虛/實》第二幕的節錄作品，為觀眾提供個人沉浸式體驗，創造出比實境更豐富體驗的效果。

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