" The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Road to the Baroque — Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum" Talk Series
This Talk Series is an extension of the exhibition " The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Road to the Baroque — Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum". The HKMoA has invited a total of 6 scholars and artist in the fields of art history, classical music and local art to discuss and share their insights on topics concerning Baroque art.
Date: 2022.9.24 (Saturday), 2022.10.15 (Saturday), 2022.10.22 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 - 4:30pm
Venue: B/F Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Fee: Free admission
Seats allocated for each session*: 127
*The Lecture Hall will be open for admission 20 minutes before the event commences on a first come, first served basis. The number of audience members may vary in accordance with the latest social-distancing measures.
Details:
【2022.9.24 (Saturday)】
In this session, Dr Angelo lo Conte, Assistant Professor of Academy of Visual Arts of the Hong Kong Baptist University, will first talk about the development of the Baroque style and its significance for the city of Naples, the second largest metropolis in Europe at the turn of the 17th century. Local artist Mr Kingsley Ng will then explore the relationship of Baroque art and his installation, providing more insights into his artistic response to the works of the Baroque masters.
Date: 2022.9.24 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 - 4:30pm
Speaker: Dr Angelo lo Conte and Mr Kingsley Ng
Language: English
Links of live online broadcast: https://www.facebook.com/events/491693052474725/?post_id=491693072474723&view=permalink
【2022.10.15 (Saturday)】
In this session, Dr Denise Fan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Hong Kong Baptist University, will speak about the techniques used in Baroque music to move human passions. Professor Johnny Poon, Music Director of this exhibition, Associate Vice-President and Founding Dean of School of Creative Arts at HKBU, will join to discuss the concept of affekt.
Date: 2022.10.15 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 - 4:30pm
Speaker: Prof Johnny Poon and Dr Denise Fan
Language: Cantonese
Links of live online broadcast: https://www.facebook.com/events/474359721381815/?post_id=474359734715147&view=permalink
【2022.10.22 (Saturday)】
Dr Isabelle Frank, Consulting Curator of the Indra and Harry Banga Gallery of The City University of Hong Kong, will start the session by looking into the depiction of the emotions in Italian Baroque, one of the defining characteristics of this period. Dr Sim Hinman Wan, Lecturer of Department of Art History of the University of Hong Kong, will then delve into the theatricality of still-life and landscape paintings, a genre which allowed Baroque masters such as Caravaggio to achieve the best possible representation of reality through technical virtuosity.
Date: 2022.10.22 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 - 4:30pm
Speaker: Dr Isabelle Frank and Dr Sim Hinman Wan
Language: English
Links of live online broadcast: https://www.facebook.com/events/415829960553488/?post_id=415829970553487&view=permalink
Online Programmes
By pairing the paintings with contemporary Baroque music, the Music Director of the exhibition, Professor Johnny M Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research) and Founding Dean of the School of Creative Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University, helps the audience experience the paintings aurally. The audience will better understand the history and background of the Baroque music and paintings through a series of online tour, dialogues and performance.
Walk & Talk
Join Johnny M Poon (Music Director of the exhibition) for a special walking tour to explore and discuss musical works chosen for the pairing of Baroque music and paintings taken from the Capodimonte Museum.
Date: 2022.10.9 (Sunday)
Time: 8:00pm
Link: https://youtu.be/FQgAn2K1_OI
Feel & Talk
Lo Yan-yan, Curator (Learning and International Programmes) of HKMoA and Johnny M Poon, Music Director of the exhibition, will present a cross-disciplinary conversation on the similarities between paintings and music in the Baroque period, in the areas of visual art and music respectively.
Date: 2022.10.16 (Sunday)
Time: 8:00pm
Link: https://youtu.be/LoAzElVr0bc
Listen & Talk
Bringing together artistic and scholarly viewpoints on topics integral to art and music-making inspired by Baroque paintings from the Capodimonte Museum. Chat with musicians, Vivian Yau (Soprano), Roberto Alonso Trillo (Violin), Prof Johnny M Poon, Music Director of the exhibition
Date: 2022.10.23 (Sunday)
Time: 8:00pm
Link: https://youtu.be/vnulGqeTtq0
Think & Talk
New perspectives on art and music are uncovered through guided conversation with Helen So (Lead for Arts & Culture, Our Hong Kong Foundation), facilitated by Johnny M Poon (Music Director of the exhibition). Join them in exploring complex social and historical contexts, themes, and ideas connected to Baroque paintings from the Capodimonte Museum.
Date: 2022.10.30 (Sunday)
Time: 8:00pm
Link: https://youtu.be/nMPhOzs1rZs
Music Videos
The Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Music has produced a series of music videos to augment audience's experience in appreciating the artworks displayed in this exhibition. Not only will viewers enjoy filmed version of the music heard in the gallery, they will also be enchanted by improvised music and dance as well as novel sonic-visual pairing arise out of the curatorial team's deepening perception of the arts. Each video reflects the evolving process of artistic innovation and interpretation.
2022.10.9 (Sunday) 8:00pm
1. Stradella - Sinfonia in D minor
Link: https://youtu.be/4uOdjGdGq_c
2. Vivaldi - Si fulgida per te
Link: https://youtu.be/LMl7IssWG5w
2022.10.16 (Sunday) 8:00pm
1. Terpsichore: Violin & Dance Improvisation
(Roberto Alonso Trillo & Sudhee Liao)
Link: https://youtu.be/jqbzPE-nUJ0
2. Merula - Folle è ben che si crede
Link: https://youtu.be/Diy6ADhJ2f0
2022.10.23 (Sunday) 8:00pm
1. Falconieri - La Suave Melodia
Link: https://youtu.be/8LiC1uzFSJI
2022.10.30 (Sunday) 8:00pm
1. Strozzi - Che si può fare
Link: https://youtu.be/wKgk8dIeNQs
