Landscape of Ozu combines cinema and theatre
Adrian Yeung Chun-yip, whose video works can be regularly seen at local dance, theatre and concert performances, says he is a big fan of movies. In fact, the multimedia designer and theatre director is so passionate about cinema that he's been trying to blend it into his multimedia theatre productions.
LANDSCAPE OF OZU
Multi-Media-Motion Series
Adrian Yeung Chun-yip, whose video works can be regularly seen at local dance, theatre and concert performances, says he is a big fan of movies. In fact, the multimedia designer and theatre director is so passionate about cinema that he's been trying to blend it into his multimedia theatre productions.
In 2012's Antonioni Conjecture, Yeung paid homage to the Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni by partly transforming the stage into a movie set. He's adopting the same approach on another master filmmaker, Japan's Yasujiro Ozu, in his latest show.
Loosely based on the classic family drama Late Spring (1949), in which a widowed father reluctantly tries to marry off his only daughter, Landscape of Ozu is set around an old-style photo studio that has lost its purpose in present-day Hong Kong.
While it reflects the changes in both technology and society, the setting also provides a platform for Yeung, the director and co-playwright (with Wu King-yeung), to explore the potential of video production in a theatrical setting.