World Music: Lim Geong, "View"
(Taiwan) Although Lim Geong's work is pure electronica, and he has said he gets inspiration from Japanese and German experimental music, he remains a very recognizably Asian composer - if not purely Taiwanese - and the motifs have a familiar pentatonic quality. To reflect this, the video presents us with images of tradition and modernity: new facades under construction are juxtaposed with tumble-down storefronts and palatial doorways, and fashion ads with Chinese art. All the while a scroll of caligraphy slides under and over these images, almost signifying the accelerating passage of time.
(Taiwan) Although Lim Geong's work is pure electronica, and he has said he gets inspiration from Japanese and German experimental music, he remains a very recognizably Asian composer - if not purely Taiwanese - and the motifs have a familiar pentatonic quality. To reflect this, the video presents us with images of tradition and modernity: new facades under construction are juxtaposed with tumble-down storefronts and palatial doorways, and fashion ads with Chinese art. All the while a scroll of caligraphy slides under and over these images, almost signifying the accelerating passage of time.
