Visual-Music Energies
Asian-Australian intertwined energies of poetic-visual-music
Qiyun in Chinese aesthetics are intertwined energies across human breath, ink splashing and string sonic vibrations. Four extraordinary musicians Ying Liu (erhu), Chuqiao Zhao, Yuyan Tang (guzhengs) and Joshua Hill (percussion) and others perform new musics to short films curated by internationally active filmmaker Vincent Tay and composer Bruce Crossman, based on leading Asian-Australian artists Jin Sha, Louise Zhang, Mai Nguyễn-Long, Lucy Pulvers, Cheolyu Kim and Richard Wu, with poetic responses by Kate Fagan, Kim Pham and Joshua Mostafa. The full weight of the creativity includes a dynamic group of creatives from Western Sydney in this multi-artform project skilled in ancient Asian instruments with cutting-edge contemporary musics and improvisation responding to artists visions, including Cheolyu Kim’s “Journey to Nowhere” (2019).
Presented by International Chinese Art and Culture Association and Western Sydney UniversityProgramConcert
Introduction Saba Bebawi Welcome to Country WSU Indigenous Elder Fisherman’s Song at the Dusk Chinese Traditional Music Blooms Late When Spring is Gone Bruce Crossman The Other Shore Ying Liu & Shenghan Huang Poetry Reading 1: Amplifier Birch Coil: after Cheolyu Kim Kate Fagan Fire-Huǒ-Afi Bruce Crossman Blackbird Clare Maclean Comprovisation 1 Oliver O’Reilly & Yuyan Tang
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Poetry Reading 2: Tran Sends Ants Kim Pham Improvisation 1 Brendan Smyly & John Encarnação Electroacoustic Composition 1 Andrew Milne Poetry Reading 3: A Child Is Born Joshua Mostafa Duet for touch and light: Guzheng Noel Burgess Spin: A Quantum Entanglement Diana BlomArtists/Films
Fisherman’s Song at the Dusk Richard Wu, Behrad Rezaei & Lucy Wang Blooms Late When Spring is Gone Richard Wu & Behrad Rezaei The Other Shore Richard Wu & Behrad Rezaei Fire-Huǒ-Afi Cheolyu Kim & Vincent Tay Blackbird Louise Zhang & Chris Mallas Poetry Reading 1: Amplifier Birch Coil: after Cheolyu Kim Kate Fagan Fire-Huǒ-Afi Bruce Crossman Blackbird Clare Maclean Comprovisation 1 Lucy Pulvers & Billy Moar
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Improvisation 1 Mai Nguyễn-Long & Abubakr Sajid Electroacoustic Composition 1 Jin Sha, Chris Mallas, Billy Moar, Abubakr Sajid Duet for touch and light: Guzheng Jin Sha, Behrad Rezaei & Angelica Teng Spin: A Quantum Entanglement Louise Zhang, Behrad Rezaei & Lucy WangTalk
Chair Jing Han Artist/Psychiatrist Richard Wu Artist Leo Robba Composer Andrew Milne Music Therapist Alison Short Composer Clare Maclean Poet Kate FaganCreditsArtist information
Executive Producer Bruce Crossman Film Director Vincent Tay Music Director/ Erhu Ying Liu Percussion Joshua Hill Guzheng Chuqiao Zhao, Yuyan Tang Saxophone/ Electronics Brendan Smyly Prepared Acoustic Guitar John Encarnação Piano Oliver O’Reilly, Shufang Zhang, Diana Blom Electronics Noel Burgess, Andrew Milne Poetry Reading Kate Fagan, Kim Pham, Joshua Mostafa Film Chris Mallas, Billy Moar, Abubakr Sajid Design Behrad RezaeiTechnical coordination
Technical Director (sound) Alexander Frendo Technical Director (film) Vincent Tay Camera Operator 1 Chris Mallas Camera Operator 2 Billy Moar Camera Operator 3 Abubakr Sajid Program Design Lindsay Liu
Source: https://www.emus.space/archive/2025/9/6/visual-music-energies