Visual-Music Energies

Bruce Crossman; Vincent Tay; Kate Fagan; Andrew Milne; Behrad Rezaei; Alexander Frendo; Ying Liu; Chuqiao Zhao; Shufang Zhang; Joshua Hill; Oliver O'Reilly; Yuyan Tang; Kim Pham; Josh Mostafa; Diana Blom; Brendan Smyly; Clare Maclean; Chris Mallas; Billy Moar; Abubakr Sajid; Lucy Wang; Mai Nguyễn-Long; Cheolyu Kim; Louise Zhang; Jin Sha; Lucy Pulvers; Richard Wu

Visual-Music Energies

Bruce Crossman (Producer)
, Vincent Tay (Producer)
, Kate Fagan (Producer)
, Andrew Milne
, Behrad Rezaei (Designer)
, Alexander Frendo (Producer)
, Ying Liu (Producer)
, Chuqiao Zhao (Performer)
, Shufang Zhang (Performer)
, Joshua Hill (Performer)
, Oliver O'Reilly (Performer)
, Yuyan Tang (Performer)
, Kim Pham (Performer)
, Josh Mostafa (Performer)
, Diana Blom (Performer)
, Brendan Smyly (Performer)
, Clare Maclean (Composer)
, Chris Mallas (Designer)
, Billy Moar (Designer)
, Abubakr Sajid (Designer)

Lucy Wang (Designer), Mai Nguyễn-Long (Other), Cheolyu Kim (Other), Louise Zhang (Other), Jin Sha (Other), Lucy Pulvers (Other), Richard Wu (Other)

School of Arts

International Chinese Art and Culture Association (ICACA)

Research output: Creative Works › Performance

Abstract

Qiyun in Chinese aesthetics are intertwined energies across human breath, ink splashing and string sonic vibrations. Four extraordinary musicians Ying Liu (erhu), Chuqiao Zhao, Yuyan Tang (guzhengs) and Joshua Hill (percussion) and others perform new musics to short films curated by internationally active filmmaker Vincent Tay and composer Bruce Crossman, based on leading Asian-Australian artists Jin Sha, Louise Zhang, Mai Nguyễn-Long, Lucy Pulvers, Cheolyu Kim and Richard Wu, with poetic responses by Kate Fagan, Kim Pham and Joshua Mostafa. The full weight of the creativity includes a dynamic group of creatives from Western Sydney in this multi-artform project skilled in ancient Asian instruments with cutting-edge contemporary musics and improvisation responding to artists visions, including Cheolyu Kim’s “Journey to Nowhere” (2019).

Original language	English
Publisher	International Chinese Art and Culture Association & Western Sydney University
Publication status	Published - 6 Sept 2025
Event	Visual-Music Energies - Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia Duration: 6 Sept 2008 → 6 Dec 2025 https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/classical-music/visual-music-energies

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Visual-Music
Energies
Qiyun
Daoism
Asian Australian
contemporary musics
poetry
filmmakers
designers
visual artists
improvisers
performers
China
Korea
Vietnam
Japan
interdisciplinary
multicultural

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Visual-Music Energies

Abstract

UN SDGs

Keywords

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