節目分類 theater 導演(編舞) /演出團體  Mathias Woo 演出日期 09月05日 (星期五) 19:30  09月06日 (星期六) 14:30  09月06日 (星期六) 19:30  演出長度 About 90 minutes, without intermission in English with Chinese and English subtitles 演出場地 Eslite Xin Yi Store     票　　價 $800
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• Director and Designer 　 Mathias Woo
• Special Appearance　 Kam Kwok Leung
• Music Director and Live Performance  Jason Choi @ People Mountain People Sea
• Digital Images Designer and VJing　 Tobias Gremmler(Berlin)

"Infusing ’architecture’ into the performance by means of multi-media music theatre... A beautiful encounter with Louis Kahn, flowing along the rhythm and melody."
─Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong

The Life and Times of Louis I. Kahn to be staged in Guangfu Hall of Zhongshan Hall, is one of Mathias Woo’s creations in his series of multi-media music theatre. The performance was premiered and rerun in Hong Kong in 2001, and was invited to participate in "The 27th International Alternative Theatre Festival" in Krakow, Poland in 2002. It had its third run in Hong Kong in 2007.

Louis Kahn was one of the most inspiring architects of the 20th Century and a pioneer of minimalism, and The Life and Times of Louis I. Kahn is developed around the life and philosophy of this great architect. His architecture and his theories on architecture altered the aesthetics of international architecture in the 80’s and the 90’s. The reintroduction of classical elements in post-modernism, the strife for breakthroughs in High-Tech architecture and the reinvention and reinterpretation of concrete in modernism exercised a profound influence on architects like Tadao Ando, Norman Foster and Michael Graves. In 2004, his son Nathaniel Kahn made a biographical documentary film, "My Architect" on him. This film is a personal quest of a son in search of his father, and Nathaniel Kahn wished to get to know more about his father through the making of this film.

In this performance, Mathias Woo is experimenting on the relationship of light, space and materials through theatre, with the perspectives and ideology of Louis Kahn.   For this production, he has also invited ’The Father of Hong Kong Television’, Kam Kwok Leung, who is also the mentor of the filmmaker Wong Kar Wai and the dramatist Edward Lam, to participate in this performance, to play the role of Louis Kahn. Kam Kwok Leung has been working in the mass media for over 30 years, and his involvements in the showbiz include television, music, radio and writing.  Many of his works have become classics and household names. He is among one of the very few names worthy of the hall of fame, and he has won himself thousands of loyal followers with his bold and unique style. Kam is so full of fun and dynamic that whenever he is present, he would become the centre of attention, and his participations always turn out to be great successes filled with delightful surprises.

In this performance, Kam excels himself again and gives a most impressive interpretation. The audience would be startled by the similarities between him and Louis Kahn, in appearances, voices and mannerisms. This would be an ultimate performance of professionalism and talent.

Apart from Kam Kwok Leung, the Director has also invited Jason Choi of ’People Mountain People Sea’, the producer of Sammi Cheng, as well as Yu Yat Yiu to participate in the production. They would work on the recordings of Kahn’s lectures as a start, and then experiment on the music of Mozart. The music bi-weekly "mcb" describes Jason Choi’s live performance in this work to be "a beautiful interpretation of post-rock music, and a very powerful rendition of theatre music with great impact."

Zuni Icosahedron is financially support by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administration Region

•    Multi-media Workshop
  August 21-24（Thu-Sun）14:00-17:00 at the Red Playhouse
  Led by Mathias Woo. The works created in this workshop would be used in the performance of The Times and Life of Louis I Kahn.
• Architecture & Theatre Lecture I
  Between Silence and Light─The Architectural Arts of Louis I Kahn
  June 8 (Sun) 14:30-17:00 at the Audio Visual Hall of Eslite Xinyin Store, 6F
  By  Eric Yao (Chief Creative Officer, dx Creative House/ Co-Founder, dx Media Limited)
• Architecture & Theatre Lecture II
  Irresistible Light─The Architectural Arts of Louis I Kahn
  June15 (Sun) 14:30-17:00 at the Audio Visual Hall of Eslite Xinyin Store, 6F
  With Mathias Woo and Ray Chen (Architect, JRV).  Moderated by Eric Yao
• Cultural Observation Lecture
  Passion with Calm Hearts─ Cultural Observation on Hong Kong and Taiwan
  September 1（Mon）19:30-21:00 at the Red Playhouse
  With Mathias Woo and Kam Kwok Leung (Actor of The Life and Times of Louis I Kahn)
• After-performance Talk
  September5（Fri）21:00-21:30 on stage
  With Mathias Woo