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The Works：4th June: Diminishing creative space & in the studio: Wuji Ensemble x Mo-Men-T

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In mainland China even the words “June 4th” are sensitive pretty much all the time. They are even more taboo every year as the date nears, and even more so this year as it’s the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Although the candles can still be lit here in Hong Kong in Victoria Park, the organisers of the vigil, who also run the June 4th museum, say it’s getting harder every year. Last November, the Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao had an exhibition in Hong Kong cancelled after threats from the Chinese authorities. Six months later, he’s set to appear in a documentary about his art in the context of the event’s 30th anniversary. The hour-long film “China’s Artful Dissident” will be broadcast in Australia on June 4th. The film details how he was inspired by Tank Man, the individual who stood in front of the tanks in defiance. Here in Hong Kong, artists and art organisations who do work related to June 4th or indeed any political art, say they are also finding it increasingly hard to find spaces in which to present that work.

What kind of sound would you expect to get if you combined a pipa, a double bass, electric guitar, trumpet, and piano? Well you can soon find out.
The Chinese band, Wuji Ensemble and the jazz band Mo-Men-T are joining forces for the first time in an up-coming concert, “Boundless Groove” in which they mix Chinese and Western instruments to explore new possibilities.
Both groups aim to develop a repertoire that’s experimental, innovative, and collaborative, and they are here to tell us more.
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