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In conjunction with the full stage performance of I am Tree, Artocrite Theater is holding a free pre-show book walk to give audiences a glimpse into the creative process behind the play.
Inspired by Han Kang’s The Vegetarian, I am Tree explores the fragile and complex relationships humans have with each other and nature. While working on the production, the artistic team also found parallels in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s deeply moving work The Reveries of the Solitary Walker, which records the Genevan philosopher's thoughts in the last two years of his life, including issues of morality and humans’ relationship with nature.
For this event, participants are invited to freely walk or rest on the Freespace Terrace, where actors will read excerpts from The Reveries of the Solitary Walker. Through the book walk, the artistic team encourages participants to contemplate on Rousseau's thought process and philosophical ideas ahead of the performance in December.
I am Tree is part of the WestK Creators series, with its research and development supported by WestK. This programme is also part of the “Vennaissance” project by Artocrite Theater.
Artistic Team:
Producer: Coco Tam
Director: Birdy Wong Ching-yan
Actors: Birdy Wong Ching-yan, Raymond Wan Wai-ching, Caleb Chan Chun-leong
Dramaturgy: Caleb Chan Chun-leong
Stage Manager: Bignose Ng
Assistant Stage Manager: Jimmy Ng Chun-wai
How to Participate:
The session is free of charge and open to the public. Please fill in this online application form by 19 September 2023 (Tuesday). Successful applicants will receive an email confirmation on or before 21 September 2023 (Thursday).
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About WestK Creators
WestK Creators celebrates contemporary Hong Kong artists working across a variety of performing arts disciplines, contexts and forms. Encouraging exchange and collaboration, the series showcases innovative original productions, and nurtures experimentation and new perspectives for the Hong Kong performing arts scene.
Curated and produced by the Contemporary Performance Team of West Kowloon Performing Arts Division, WestK Creators promotes diverse creative voices and aesthetics, supports new work development, and facilitates the creation process from concept to stage, through residencies, research and development opportunities and work-in-progress presentations.
About Venaissance
“Venaissance”, a portmanteau merging from two words: Vegetation and Renaissance, is the major programme series of Artocrite Theater. Introducing vegetation-inspired stories, the series explores the vulnerability of humans and the dilemmas in everyday life.
Human and vegetation share a co-existence relationship in our daily lives. Numerous literatures and plays have used vegetation as a metaphor for humanity. Drawing inspiration from different plants and their distinct qualities, Artocrite Theater takes vegetation as the theme to question about human nature and our existence.
Presenter:
Hong Kong Arts Development Council fully supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.
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Project Grant
“Venaissance” is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.