Streaming and the Online Hong Kong Underground: Conversations with Two Hong Kong Improvised Music Actors

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Abstract

This essay takes the form of a patchwork of conversations with Hong Kong-based organizers and improvisers Dennis 'Sin:Ned' Wong and Steve ‘Nerve’ Hui to address the differences in conditions and implications of livestreaming for improvising musicians/’noisicians’ in the Hong Kong experimental music scene. Questions that formed the basis for discussion in these conversations include: How does online gigging in the era of the Covid pandemic extend pre-existing activities of the Hong Kong improvised music communities? What are the social, aesthetic, and operational impact of the digital 'platforming' on their musical activities? What is the potential for these online tools to generate deep-rooted and longer-lasting connections either between musicians, and/or musicians and audiences/other scene actors?
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalCritical Studies in Improvisation
Volume14
Issue number2-3
Early online date21 Apr 2021
Publication statusPublished - 12 May 2021

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