Fung Lam
Round
2016 - 2023
Site-specific sound installation

Created by composer Fung Lam, Round is a playful percussive work inspired by the distinctive sound of mahjong games, putting an ordinary activity on the stage. It comprises three experimental musical works, performed by interacting and making sounds with mahjong tiles in specific ways, with a set of pre-determined compositions. Using daily objects as instruments and mahjong as a performance, Round is combined with a set of prints and installations in the exhibition space that allow us to experience a past event in-situ, re-examining the present through absence.


Artist Biography

Classically trained as a composer, Fung Lam has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a composer, artist and artistic planner. Lam holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Sussex in the UK. His music has been performed at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Proms, and in some of the most prestigious venues in the world, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall and the South Bank Centre in London. He holds the distinction of being the first Hong Kong composer to have been commissioned by the BBC. His prolific and diverse output includes over 10 orchestral works, including three commissions for the BBC and two commissions for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He was awarded the Young Artist Award (Music) from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2011.