Nadim ABBAS: APOCALYPSE POSTPONED
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An Absolut Art Bar installation by Nadim Abbas
13 - 17 May 2014 Soundwill Plaza II (Midtown), Midtown POP, 17/F, 1&29 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Set in a post-apocalyptic environment featuring custom sandbag enclosures and a blood bar, Apocalypse Postponed draws inspiration from a range of sources, from cult science fiction films including A Clockwork Orange, Dune and Alien, to 20th century defensive plans and fortifications such as the Swiss National Redoubt, the Atlantic Wall and WWII bunker ruins scattered around Hong Kong. The installation is a continuation of Abbas’s enquiry into the hidden violence that permeates quotidian elements of urban living. Working with an Absolut mixologist, Abbas has developed a series of limited edition cocktails, drawing parallels with technologies that have been developed to provide nutritional supplements in specified conditions such as space travel and wartime rationing. These include the use of effervescent tablets in Ca+, and 2666: A Space Cocktail, a fresh beetroot cocktail served in a blood bag. The installation features a changing nightly program of live music, DJ sets, screenings and choreographed performances, including the legendary psychedelic electronic group Silver Apples, post-punk rockers Re-TROS, avant-garde musician Li Jianhong, experimental turntablist DJ Sniff (Takuro Mizuta) and local talents such as Atomic Bubbles, Meta Fog, Stoic Strangers, Pando’s People and SJOKK PANTER. Bar concept & art direction: Nadim Abbas Spatial concept: Nadim Abbas & Sebastien Saint-Jean Made in: LAAB Animation: Wong Ping Soundscape: Steve Hui Costumes: Moustache Performance program co-curators: Xue Tan & Shane Aspegren Project manager: Jessica Kong Stage manager: Jade Ouk Audio engineer: MISO Lighting engineer: C’est Bon Projects Essay: Philip Tinari Cocktail design: Andres Basile Leon Chief bartender: Axel Tesch Graphic design: Jake Noakes Photographer: Roberto Chamorro Videographer: Stephy Chung Press relations: Sutton PR Event production: Gregg & Bailey Bar operations: Liquid Management / Multisensory Mixology Strategic partner: Chiczando Concept Venue sponsor: Soundwill Plaza II - Midtown Special thanks to Adrian Wong and the Absolut team (Ulrika Lövdahl, Frida Hyseus & Saskia Neuman) For more information, please visit: www.absolut.com/nadim |
唐納天的 Absolut 藝術酒吧裝置
2014年五月13日至17日 香港銅鑼灣登龍街 1-29號金朝陽中心二期 (Midtown) 17樓 《末日延遲》整個裝置設計成末日後的景象，特別製造的沙包和血酒吧是設計特色。作品靈感來源廣泛，包括科幻狂熱電影《發條橙》（A Clockwork Orange）、《星際奇兵》（Dune）及《異形》（Alien），以及瑞士國家堡壘（Swiss National Redoubt）、大西洋壁壘（Atlantic Wall) 及散落在香港各處的防空洞等20世紀的防禦規劃及防禦工程。延續了唐納天對城市生活中滲透於日常元素的隱藏暴力的質詢。 除此以外，唐納天亦與 Absolut 調酒師合作設計出一系列限量版雞尾酒；彷如在太空航行及戰時配給期間，人們會發展特別科技來進行養分補充，例如採用了水溶性藥丸的 Ca+ 及以血包盛載的新鮮紅菜頭製作的雞尾酒 2666: A Space Cocktail。藝術酒吧會每晚上演不同節目，包括現場音樂、駐場 DJ、電影播放及精心排演的表演，如迷幻電子組合 Silver Apples、後龐克搖滾組合 Re-TROS、先锋音乐家李劍鴻的噪音吉他、实验音乐人 DJ Sniff (Takuro Mizuta), 以及本地音樂組合 Atomic Bubbles、Meta Fog、Stoic Strangers、Pando’s People 和 SJOKK PANTER 等。 Bar concept & art direction: Nadim Abbas Spatial concept: Nadim Abbas & Sebastien Saint-Jean Made in: LAAB Animation: Wong Ping Soundscape: Steve Hui Costumes: Moustache Performance program co-curators: Xue Tan & Shane Aspegren Project manager: Jessica Kong Stage manager: Jade Ouk Audio engineer: MISO Lighting engineer: C’est Bon Projects Essay: Philip Tinari Cocktail design: Andres Basile Leon Chief bartender: Axel Tesch Graphic design: Jake Noakes Photographer: Roberto Chamorro Videographer: Stephy Chung Press relations: Sutton PR Event production: Gregg & Bailey Bar operations: Liquid Management / Multisensory Mixology Strategic partner: Chiczando Concept Venue sponsor: Soundwill Plaza II - Midtown Special thanks to Adrian Wong and the Absolut team (Ulrika Lövdahl, Frida Hyseus & Saskia Neuman) 詳情請瀏覽：www.absolut.com/nadim |