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Artist Books & Music – An Inter-penetration

Over the years I have had the opportunities to collaborate with Gunnar Kaldewey in various Artist Book projects, which I enjoyed a great deal. Composers don’t have many chances to get their hands “dirty”, and I really like the physical aspect of making prints.

Artist Books and music have one thing in common – they are both art forms that require time to manifest themselves, to unfold gradually. You need time to listen to music, time to turn the pages of a book. I often conceive my music visually, by drawing pictures, plotting out charts of proportions. Music notation is a graphic representation of music. Therefore, it seems natural to me to participate in book making, even though I am not trained as a visual artist. To combine the visual with the aural aspect in a book is a way to enrich both art forms, as they share the common ground of human expression.

Bun-Ching Lam


CLUSTER OF EXCELLENCE: A CREATIVE COUPLE.
Books of Gunnar A. Kaldewey and Music of Bun-Ching Lam.
Presented by Heidelberg University, Germany
October 26 to November 15, 2009

Exhibition information


 

Exhibition at the Chinese University of Hong Kong:
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching  
 
 

Frederick Hölderlin, Nachtgesänger

  Frederick Hölderlin, Nachtgesänger
 
 

Han Shan - Poems from the Cold Mountain

  Han Shan - Poems from the Cold Mountain Han Shan - Poems from the Cold Mountain Han Shan - Poems from the Cold Mountain Han Shan - Poems from the Cold Mountain
 
 

Li Po - Before Serving the Wine

  Li Po - Before Serving the Wine
 
 

Samuel Beckett - Four Poems

  Samuel Beckett - Four Poems
 
 

Shi-de - Five Poems

  Shi-de - Five Poems Shi-de - Five Poems
 
 

Matsuo Basho - Spring and Autumn

  Matsuo Basho - Spring and Autumn Matsuo Basho - Spring and Autumn Matsuo Basho - Spring and Autumn Matsuo Basho - Spring and Autumn
 
 

Gunnar Kaldewey - In a Global World

  Gunnar Kaldewey - In a Global World Gunnar Kaldewey - In a Global World