CDR animation director Ann Xiao ( www.annxiao.com ) and sound designer Tiantian Zhu( www.z-tt.co.uk ) has collaborated for the first time to complete an audio visual film “Between the Lines” about London Kings Cross area. This piece is commissioned by SPNM ( www.spnm.org.uk ), a South bank based New Music organization. The first performance will be given at the opening festival of the new art center King’s Place ( www.kingsplace.co.uk ).

The film has shown the traditional, industrial as well as academical qualities of Kings Cross. Ann has captured all kinds of elements from historical and modern Kings Cross area and mixed the elements into surrealistic scenes in the film. It provokes our memories, emotions, and imagination across time. Tiantian’s sound design brings the audiences into an imaginative environment. The subtle, ambient sound has led the listeners lost in their memories.

To preview this piece, please visit here:
Between the Lines
http://www.vimeo.com/1796768

King’s Cross in sound and on film
Venue: Kings Place, Hall Two
5.15-6pm
5th October, Sunday, 2008

Featuring Steve Reich’s action-packed City Life performed with new film of London by the 18-piece Contemporary Music Group from Trinity College of Music, alongside new pieces about King’s Cross devised for this event by four dynamic young film-makers and composers: Tian Tian Zhu & Ann Xiao and Mark Atkinson & Leslie Deere.

Tickets on sale: £2.50 online, £4.50 offline

Click here for more details.

Click here for a map of the location.

About King’s Place Opening Festival

Running 1-5 October 2008, the Opening Festival at Kings Place offers 100 concerts in five days, with some 30 different ensembles invited to play three or four 45-minute concerts each. These short concerts run in parallel in the two Halls, offering 10 performances each day in each hall (20 concerts in all). The seats for all events at the opening festival are £4.50, or £2.50 if booked online.

Please click HERE to see the OPENING FESTIVAL BROCHURE.

Continue reading…