Litterati
multimedia performance, with MLuM · 2007
多媒体表演，与 MLuM 合作 · 2007
Litter made onstage and caught in the projectors’ light: a ‘pseudo-synthetic theatre’ of video, dance, voices and laptops.
垃圾在台上被制造，又被投影的光捕捉：一部由影像、舞蹈、人声与笔记本电脑组成的“伪合成剧场”。
| Forces 编制 | video, dancers, vocalists, laptops, prerecorded and live sound and music, paper and paper objects, litter 影像、舞者、歌者、笔记本电脑、预录与现场的声音和音乐、纸与纸制物件、垃圾 |
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| With 合作 | MLuM; Hoh Chung Shih, guqin improviser-performer MLuM；何仲实，古琴即兴演奏 |
| Performance 演出 | 13 March 2007 — The Photon Ballet with Thomas Dolby, SIGGRAPH LA 25th Anniversary Concert, The Music Box Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood, USA 2007年3月13日——与 Thomas Dolby 同台的《The Photon Ballet》，SIGGRAPH LA 25周年音乐会，美国好莱坞 The Music Box Henry Fonda 剧院 |
| Photos 照片 | ▶ 15 photos from the performance ▶ 演出照片 15 张 |
About the work 关于作品
Litterati is neither a condemnation nor a celebration of litter. Described by MLuM as an example of ‘Pseudo-Synthetic Theater’, informed by hara-kirioke (a fusion of karaoke, Noh drama and the Theatre of Cruelty), it uses litter as an artistic medium. Through movement, action and dance, litter is created on stage; through projection, it is aestheticised as it randomly catches the light and images cast by the projectors.
《Litterati》既不谴责垃圾，也不歌颂垃圾。MLuM 称之为“伪合成剧场”的一例，其灵感来自 hara-kirioke（卡拉OK、能剧与“残酷戏剧”的融合），把垃圾当作艺术媒介。通过动作、行为与舞蹈，垃圾在台上被制造出来；通过投影，垃圾随机捕捉投射而来的光与影像，从而被审美化。
Live and prerecorded sound and music underline the concept. Its processes include aleatorisation, automatism, preprogramming and transilience, and its performance practice draws on spontaneous and calculated doubling: the ‘sing-along’ aesthetics of sweetening and of performing to radio, iPod and other pop sources. Hoh Chung Shih took part as guqin improviser-performer.
现场与预录的声音和音乐进一步凸显其概念。作品的过程包括偶然化、自动化、预编程与“跃迁”；演出手法则运用即兴与精心设计的“叠唱”——即跟着电台、iPod 等流行音源一起唱、为之润色的“跟唱”美学。何仲实以古琴即兴演奏者的身份参与。
MLuM’s original note, as written for the work:
MLuM 为作品撰写的原始说明（英文）：
Neither condemnation nor celebration, Litterati, an example of Pseudo-Synthetic Theater, informed by hara-kirioke (a fusion of karaoke, Noh drama and Theater of Cruelty), is a conceptual demonstration of litter employed as artistic medium as well as a nonmimetic display of the energetics of litter as formulated into methodology. By way of movement, action and dance, litter is created onstage; via projection, litter is aestheticized as it randomly captures the space-borne and lucific litter of images cast by projectors. Conceptual points are further underscored by live and prerecorded sound and musical elements. Processes include aleatorization, automatism, preprogramming and transilience, while performance practices feature spontaneous and calculated doubling techniques and iterations (the “sing along” aesthetics of sweetening and performing to radio, iPod and other pop prerecord sources).
Photos 照片
Litterati in The Photon Ballet, The Music Box Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood, 13 March 2007. Tap a photo to enlarge.
《Litterati》于《The Photon Ballet》，好莱坞 The Music Box Henry Fonda 剧院，2007年3月13日。点击照片可放大。
About MLuM 关于 MLuM
MLuM was a Long Beach, California based conceptual mock-pop and performance art ensemble of artists from several countries, featured on National Public Radio programmes across the USA. See also Cargaku.
MLuM 是以美国加州长滩为基地、由多国艺术家组成的概念性“仿流行”与行为艺术团体，曾在全美国家公共电台节目中亮相。另见 《Cargaku》。
For scores, performance materials and other enquiries:
chungshih@chungshih.info
乐谱、演出资料及其他查询：
chungshih@chungshih.info