Steve Hui, known as Nerve, is a multi-disciplinary artist trained in contemporary classical composition and rooted in the rave scene. He hacks into the existing music system by mixing art forms, crossing boundaries and experimenting with traditions. His practice transcends the boundaries between music, sound, theatre and underground culture. Hui's works have been presented at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Microwave International Media Art Festival and New Vision Arts Festival. He has collaborated with Contemporary Musiking, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, No Discipline Limited, orleanlaiproject, Unlock Dancing Plaza, On & On Theatre Workshop, Wuju Ensemble and Zuni Icosahedron. Recent works include the installation-opera-trance – Somnium, documentary opera Songs of Portrait, cinematic opera 1984, digital opera The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, live soundtracks for the 1950s films Family, Spring, Autumn, and the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre opening performance Four Infinities. Collaborative projects include Zurich x HK Mirror Factory, Tokyo x HK Absolute Airplane, installation/performance Zoo as Metaphor, experimental Naamyam A Wanderer's Autumn Anthology and Shadow of Wind, dance performance Almost 55 and never-never land. He is a co-organizer of experimental art organisation Twenty Alpha, a lecturer of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, a program host at the Hong Kong Community Radio, and a recipient of the Asian Cultural Council New York Grant. He has performed at festivals such as CTM Berlin, LUFF Lausanne, playfreely Singapore and Sónar Hong Kong.
Source: No Discipline Limited
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