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

by Samson Young

2017

Status

Available

Call number

MON.YOS2

Publication

M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, 西九文化區M 視覺文化博物館 (Hong Kong)

Description

Young created a new body of work that attempts to reframe the popularization of 'charity singles' - purpose-made recordings for charitable causes, featuring a super-group of artists - as a historic 'event' and a culturally transformative moment. Charity singles were most widespread in the 1980s, and coincided with the rise of neoliberalism and the global popular music industry. In 2014, Bob Geldof and a new group of artists attempted a remake of the iconic song, 'Do They Know It's Christmas' to support West African nations in their fight against Ebola. A perceived 'out-of-timeness' of the contemporary remake left a mark on Young's consciousness, setting him on a course of research that informed this exhibition.

ISBN

9789881624062
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