This publication accompanies the exhibition 'Samson Young: Songs for Disaster Relief', 13 May–26 November 2017, co-presented by M+, West Kowloon Cultural District and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council as a collateral event of the 57th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2017.
'Conceived by local artist Samson Young specifically for the exhibition, Songs for Disaster Relief is a new body of work that consists of a series of drawings, objects, videos, spatial sound installations and site-specific pieces. Together the series constitutes a unique audio-visual experience, taking visitors on a journey that attempts to reexamine the popularity of "charity singles" from the 1980s. Through a deliberate repurposing and creative misreading of iconic songs made by popular artists for charitable causes, the work draws on several seemingly unrelated past and current events to explore the social, political, and philosophical implications of "charity singles" in a cross-cultural context.' - from the West Kowloon Cultural District website
Documentation of previous works and artist biography provided at the end of the book.
Onsite
English, 
Chinese - Traditional
perennial exhibition,  solo exhibition,  sound art,  music,  multimedia art,  politics,  popular culture,  history
2017
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catalogue, 
artist monograph
SIDE A
Text / 文字
2. Introduction: Failed Aspiration / 引言——落空的抱負
- Doryun CHONG, 정도련3. The Sound Canon of Samson Young / 楊家輝的迴旋曲
- Seth KIM-COHEN4. Yellow in C Major - Samson Young's Perceptual Cutting / 黃色的C大調——論楊家輝的感知切割
- LEUNG Poshan Anthony, 梁寶山Images / 圖像
SIDE B
Softer Landings: An Introduction
Softer Landings I. (Cultural) Politics
7. Lest I Forget Who I Am to ___.
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝8. Decay, Resonance, Auditory Space: Sonic Materiality and Culture
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝9. The Possibility of Authenticity: Sounding the Socialist China in the Buddha Machine
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝10. Samson Young: Hong Kong's Contemporary Music Scene / Unseen
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝, KUNG Chishing, 龔志成Softer Landings II. Snapshots
11. Phonography: Samson Young's Sonic Art
- Christoph COX12. Transcript of a Presentation at the Asia Art Archive in America
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝, Jane DEBEVOISE, 杜柏貞13. Samson Young's Divided Attention
- YEUNG Yang, 楊陽Softer Landings III. Soundmarks
14. On Drawing Sound
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝15. Front and Voice, Two Sides of History - Samson Young's Field Exploration of the Sound of World War II
- LEUNG Poshan Anthony, 梁寶山18. On Bells and Cigarettes (When I have fears that I may cease to be, what would you give in exchange for your soul)
- Samson YOUNG, 楊嘉輝Songs for Disaster Relief: Hong Kong in Venice - A Mixtape, 楊嘉輝的賑災專輯: 香港在威尼斯 - 新曲加精選

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