TY - CHAP
T1 - Performing the Political
T2 - Reflections on Tatming Meeting George Orwell in 2017
AU - Chow, Yiu Fai
AU - de Kloet, Jeroen
AU - Schmidt, Leonie
PY - 2020/4/17
Y1 - 2020/4/17
N2 - This chapter focuses on Anthony Wong and Tatming Pair, a duo Wong formed with Tats Lau. Tatming Pair released its debut in 1986 and has since built a reputation with its extravagant aesthetics, electronic sounds, and engaged lyrics. Both the 2012 and the 2017 concerts created a great buzz around the city of Hong Kong and were applauded for their political, musical, and aesthetic standards. Hong Kong’s democracy struggle captured world’s attention when crowds of people started occupying different areas of Hong Kong in September 2014, launching the city’s pro-democracy movement to new heights. The chapter investigates how on each level of the production, makers and creative workers negotiate the tension between creating an appealing aesthetic spectacle on the one hand while trying to convey a political message on the other. Amidst contingency, driven by long-term personal connections, the concert came into being.
AB - This chapter focuses on Anthony Wong and Tatming Pair, a duo Wong formed with Tats Lau. Tatming Pair released its debut in 1986 and has since built a reputation with its extravagant aesthetics, electronic sounds, and engaged lyrics. Both the 2012 and the 2017 concerts created a great buzz around the city of Hong Kong and were applauded for their political, musical, and aesthetic standards. Hong Kong’s democracy struggle captured world’s attention when crowds of people started occupying different areas of Hong Kong in September 2014, launching the city’s pro-democracy movement to new heights. The chapter investigates how on each level of the production, makers and creative workers negotiate the tension between creating an appealing aesthetic spectacle on the one hand while trying to convey a political message on the other. Amidst contingency, driven by long-term personal connections, the concert came into being.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Made-in-Hong-Kong-Studies-in-Popular-Music/Fung-Chik/p/book/9780367226985
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107166512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9780429276439-20
DO - 10.4324/9780429276439-20
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85107166512
SN - 9780367226985
SN - 9780367226978
T3 - Routledge Global Popular Music Series
SP - 168
EP - 180
BT - Made in Hong Kong
A2 - Fung, Anthony
A2 - Chik, Alice
PB - Routledge
ER -