22-2-19
Pushed and rolling, a giant silver ball explored the different districts of Hong Kong with a human companion Chole Wong on the journey.
The art performance is called Maybe Tomorrow:
The cross-media dance, with the theme of a rolling and floating ball together with the story of a Greek mythology ‘Sisyphus’ , was presented by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and watched by the men in the streets of Sheung Wan, Shatin, Tuen Mun & Central ―for free. It has the elements of dance, new media, art installation and literary work. It says:
“endless chase
day and night
we, pushed and pushing
let all roll
no start
no end
a journey searching for the meaning of its rolling act”
Their Creative Director Moon Yip told me the ‘rolling ball’ idea came from the Greek mythology ‘Sisyphus’: the king of Corinth was punished by having repeatedly to roll a huge stone up a hill only to have it roll down again as soon as he had brought it almost to the summit. This fate is sad―but isn’t such a fate the same one that all of us are experiencing every day in a fast and busy city like Hong Kong? We work, eat, sleep and work. Can we distinguish ourselves from Sisyphus? Instead of a stone, Chole and Moon used a giant silver ball and the dancers carried and pushed it rolling and rolling in different areas of Hong Kong. They wanted the passers-by to be inspired by this art performance so that they might spend a moment questioning the meaning of their boring existence.
Moon graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He is a stage designer, artistic director and music lover. Moon said, “I learned the lesson painfully. When I was a child, I was told to follow a certain pattern of my life. At my age, I started to doubt and un-learn. I would like to be myself. Money matters but does not matter to the extent of forcing me to give up my interest, passion and belief. I am pleased with my modest living to enable me to have time and energy to create a piece of art work that would touch a man’s soul. We all chase dreams but some will defer their realization to a later stage of their life. Sometimes ‘later’ becomes ‘never’. I trust that our Maybe Tomorrow project is able to boost happiness―not only in me but also in everyone.”
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