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Fiona Lee
Sound Artist

Born in Hong Kong, Fiona Lee’s works of art have their origins in the intersection between installation and performance. Listening creates an important connection between Fiona and the world; this is when she feels the movement of every single moment. She believes that her art represents the progress she is making in exploring and accepting her own and others’ possibilities. Recent research on naturopathic therapy and healing arts inspires her to create and heal by listening to the inner voices of one’s body and mind.

Fiona’s installations have been featured at a number of arts festivals, including ART CAMP TANGO (Japan, 2017), ifva Carnival (Hong Kong, 2016), Around Sound Art Festival (Japan, 2014), and Transi(en)t Manila Project Glocal (Philippines, 2014). She was invited to perform at many festivals and gigs, such as Intersection in MidAir (Hong Kong, 2019), Asian Meeting Festival (Japan, 2016), The Jockey Club Street Music Series: Experimental Music (Hong Kong, 2016), and Kill the Silence Festival (Hong Kong, 2013).

Alex Yiu (aka Alexmalism)
Experimental Music Artist

A Hong Kong-based music producer, sound artist and DJ, Alexmalism draws his inspirations from minimalism, industrialism, sound art, trance, pop and even classical music, while actively exploring the boundaries between the different styles and genres. His approach is minimalist but ends in maximal results. In his debut album TKO, he moves through trance, house, and techno, employing pointillistic synth patterns and industrial rhythms. One gets the sense that beneath Alex’s disaffection towards his hometown there lies a sliver of reverence.

Alexmalism has performed and deejayed at numerous venues and platforms such as XXX, OIL Club, ALL Club, Sónar Hong Kong 2019, CTM Festival 2020, Times Museum, Tai Kwun Contemporary, NTS Radio, Hong Kong Community Radio and Shanghai Community Radio. As a sound artist, he has exhibited at Para Site, A+ Contemporary, Burning Man by UNPOP, and many other venues.

Vanissa Law
Experimental Musician

Born in Hong Kong, Vanissa Law began studying piano at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2004. She then took up vocal studies and composition under Chinese composer Cui Shiguang and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts lecturer Katusha Tsui-Fraser. After graduation in 2007, she furthered her studies of electroacoustic music composition at Ball State University with full scholarship, majoring in voice and music composition under Dr Mei Zhong. She was the regional (Indiana) audition winner of the 2008 National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition (US). She returned to Hong Kong in 2010 and obtained her PhD in 2016 under the supervision of Prof Christopher Keyes.

Vanissa's works have been premiered and exhibited internationally at various events and festivals, including the 13th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (Korea), Zvukové Dobrodružství (Czech), the Society of Composers (SCI) Region VI Conference (Texas, US), University of Central Missouri New Music Festival (US), soundSCAPE festival (Italy), the 2013 International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology (Taipei) and Hong Kong Arts Festival. She was granted the Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award and sponsored to conduct a 10-month research at Louisiana Digital Media Center in 2014-15. Currently a part-time lecturer at the Department of Music, The University of Hong Kong; and the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Jasper Fung
Artist-Researcher

An artist-researcher based in Hong Kong, Jasper Fung studied creative media and media arts cultures in Hong Kong and Europe. His artistic practice ranges from live-electronics, electroacoustic composition and installation with sound.

Performing with everyday objects, his unusual manner of playing explores the relationship between the real and the imagined. He manipulates loudspeaker as a musical instrument to investigate how experience is constructed through listening and musical liveness in the post-digital era.

Jasper has exhibited at multiple international festivals and conferences such as Ars Electronica, and the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). His footprints of sound performance can be found across East Asia and Europe.

Steve Hui (aka Nerve)
Multidisciplinary Artist

Based in Hong Kong, Steve Hui is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice mines the boundaries of contemporary music, sound art, multimedia theatre and underground subcultures. Experimenting with tradition and remixing art forms, his music has been featured at Hong Kong Arts Festival, Microwave International New Media Arts Festival and New Vision Arts Festival. He has received commissions from City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Zuni Icosahedron and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. His recent works include cinematic opera 1984, digital opera The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, installation performance Zoo as Metaphor, and theatrical work The Four Infinities composed for the opening of the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre.

Nerve is the founder and artistic director of the experimental music group DECADE Ensemble. As a performer and DJ, he has participated in CTM Vorspiel, Kill the Silence Festival, Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF) and Outlook Festival Hong Kong, and is active in the underground music scene.

In 2010, Nerve received his master’s degree in composition and electronic music from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and has become its part-time lecturer ever since. He was a 2017 Asian Cultural Council Fellow in New York.