Music and Musing Series 1:
“From Dusk Till Dawn – Limits of Perception”
What is reality? What is consciousness? What is liminality?
Initiated by Professor Chow Yiu Fai, in collaboration with film philosopher Professor Patricia Pisters, Hong Kong indie band Wantamnam, and lighting designer Timothy Tsang, the event aims to blend the creative with the academic, into a multimedia performance that leads the audience to upend their senses and thoughts.
In a span of 70 minutes, we journey together, from dusk to night and into dawn, traversing the weary city, threading through empty shells, probing and reaching out, touching everything that exists and does not exist.
A multimedia experiment with music, philosophy and film, musing about the wondrous and sometimes weird worlds of insomnia, waking dreams and other moments when we reach the limits of everyday perception. A unique encounter on three concepts of liminality.
Date: 12 November 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
Venue: Bank of China Lecture Theatre (A-101), Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Guests: Prof. Patricia Pisters (University of Amsterdam), Indie band Wantamnam, Lighting designer Timothy Tsang
Curators: Prof. Chow Yiu Fai, Dr. Wong Lok Yee, Chan Sze Long
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarine
Partners: School of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, European Research Council, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam (ASCA, UvA)
Poster Designer: Chole Chau
Stage Managers: Chan Ho Long, Leung Chun Fung
Patricia Pisters 