Contemporary Chinese Documentary Series: Meet the Director

Listen to Macau (聆聽澳門街)

Asia/Hong_KongListen to Macau (聆聽澳門街)
    Asia/Hong_KongListen to Macau (聆聽澳門街)
      Overview

      Title:

      Listen to Macau (聆聽澳門街)

      Date:

      March 18, 2016

      Venue:

      Lecture Hall, G/F, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map)

      Rundown:

      4:00 pmReception
      4:30 pmFilm screening
      5:30 pmDiscussion with Director Cheng Ding and Professor May Bo Ching

      Language:

      Film screening: Cantonese dialogue, Chinese & English subtitles
      Discussion: Cantonese, Putonghua & English

      Enquiry:

      (Tel) (852) 3917-5772
      (Email) ihss@hku.hk

      About the Film

      This is not a film for you to read about Macau, it’s just for listening. Except for two songs indoors, all the sounds in this video, including talking, singing, radio broadcasting, ambient sound, are all collected on site. In all these voices and silence, Macau residents and people now in Macau tell the moment, as well as the past. The video shows a Macau fading away, yet it is not just about Macau. It reflects Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and an even larger world. To understand a city, you have to talk with her. You don’t need to say too much, just listen.

      這是一部讓你來聽的影片。現場收錄來自澳門的各種聲音,為你展現一個逐漸遠去的澳門。但它不只是在表達澳門,它處處折射著香港和廣州,編織出的是各色人物提到的不同地域連接而成的大世界。所有這些有聲和無聲裡,澳門人和此刻身處澳門的人訴說著現在,實際上也在細數著過去。

      About the director

      丁澄紀錄影像藝術家,紀錄片導演、製作人,廣州中山大學歷史人類學研究中心研究員,研究中心視覺傳播工作室製作人。創作影片《風從何處來》,《地王的誕生》、《鏡頭下的鄉村社會》系列等。其作品多從人文視角出發,以歷史人類學作為創作的學術理論基礎,觀察民間生活,以樸素的日常表達傳遞社會和文化洞見。

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