Volume 1: Choose a Mask
When: 2019年5月17号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟 , Bayandarai巴彦达莱, Nan Guazi南瓜子 ,Nickolai, Emily Wong 黄睿明
The first volume of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday May 17, featuring the music of Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟and Bayandarai巴彦达莱, the Tagtool visuals of Nan Guazi南瓜子and Nickolai, and the dancing of Emily Wong 黄睿明. Meanwhile the theme of the evening was “choose a mask” where the audience were invited to take on alternate identities and step into an alternate dimension for the evening.
5月17号第一次演出开了，音乐部分由鬼鬼祟祟组合以及巴彦达莱呈现，视觉部分由Tagtool visuals南瓜子与Nickolai呈现，舞蹈部分由Emily Wong黄睿明呈现。晚演出的主题是：“choose a mask”，我们请到场的观众扮演不同的角色，参与进当晚的演出，与艺术家一起进入另一个维度。
Volume 2: Make a Sound
When: 2019年5月31号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟 , thruoutin, Nan Guazi南瓜子 , Julia Z, Duna 兮子
The second volume of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday May 31, featuring the music of Guiguisuisui and thruoutin, the Tagtool visuals of Nan Guazi and Julia Z, and the dancing of Duna. Meanwhile the theme of the evening was “make a sound” where the audience were invited to collaborate on the creation of a soundscape use phone based apps, as well as percussion instruments, and their voices.
5月31日是闪灵之维的第二次演出，由鬼鬼祟祟以及Thruoutin带来音乐，南瓜子以及Julia Z带来Tagtool所呈现的视觉，以及兮子将会进行舞蹈演出。与此同时，演出的主题是“声音制造”，届时观众被参与声音景观的创作。
Volume 3: Everybody Paints
When: 2019年6月7号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟 , ADDJ, Nan Guazi南瓜子 ,Dong Ge东哥， Emily Wong 黄睿明
The third edition of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday June 7, featuring the music of Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟 and ADDJ, the Tagtool visuals of Nan Guazi南瓜子a nd live painting of Dong Ge, and the dancing of Emily Wong. Meanwhile the theme of the evening was “everybody paints” where the audience were invited to take up paint brushes and join in filling a giant canvas along the floor of the venue with visual stories.
闪亮的维度的第三版发生在星期五6月7日的音乐为特色Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟, ADDJ Tagtool视觉的南Guazi南瓜的子活画盾通用电气、黄和艾米丽的舞蹈。与此同时，当晚的主题是“每个人都画画”，观众们被邀请拿起画笔，沿着场地的地板，用视觉故事填充一个巨大的画布。
Volume 4: Meet a Stranger
When: 2019年6月14号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Fenni , Meng Qi, Nan Guazi南瓜子, Shui Wong，Emily Wong 黄睿明, Pan Xiaonan潘阿楠
The fourth volume of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday June 14, featuring the music of Meng Qi and Fenni, the Tagtool visuals of Nan Guazi and Shui Wong , and the dancing of Emily Wong and Pan Xiaonan. The theme of the evening was “meet a stranger” where each audience member was paired with someone at random. After each performance these pairs then interviewed each other about their feelings and interpretations of the performances. These interviews were then used to give influence to a final combination performance in terms of music, visuals, and movement.
第四卷闪灵次元于6月14日(星期五)举行，以七巧板和粉妮的音乐、南果兹和Shui Wong 的塔吉特视觉效果、王慧卿和潘小南的舞蹈为特色。当晚的主题是“与陌生人见面”，每位观众都随机与某个人配对。每一场表演结束后，这两对演员就各自的感受和对表演的理解进行采访。然后，这些访谈被用来在音乐、视觉和动作方面对最终的组合表演产生影响。
Volume 5: A Dialogue
When: 2019年6月21号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Nico / Rudi/ Fenni, Layer, Nancy Fowlkes, 南瓜子Nan Guazi ， Yin , 兮子 Duna.
The fifth volume of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday June 21, featuring the music of Nico / Rudi/ Fenni, Layer, the poetry of Nancy Fowlkes, the Tagtool visuals of Nan Guazi and Yin , and the dancing of Duna. Meanwhile the theme of the evening was “create a dialogue” where upon entering the audience will be given a series of cards and pens. The audiences were asked to draw their response to the performances, these in turn were then used to construct a collage that also influenced musical improvisation and a piece of flash fiction for the final performance.
第五卷《闪亮维度》于6月21日(星期五)出版，包括Nico / Rudi/ Fenni的音乐、Layer、Nancy Fowlkes的诗歌、南瓜子和Yin的Tagtool视觉效果以及兮子的舞蹈。与此同时，当晚的主题是“创造对话”，观众一进入会场就会得到一系列的卡片和笔。观众被要求对表演做出反应，这些反应反过来又被用来构建一个拼贴画，这也影响了音乐即兴创作和最后表演的一部flash小说。
Volume 6: Becoming a Photograph
When: 2019年6月28号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Ninjablade , Solent, t Nickolai, Graeme Nicol, Xinrou
The sixth volume of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday June 28, featuring the music of Ninjablade and Solent, the Tagtool visuals of Nickolai, the photography of Graeme Nicol, and the live photography of Xinrou . The theme of the evening was “becoming a photograph” Upon entering the audience were introduced to the concept that they would not only view photography but become part of the photographs. Over the course of two performances by Solent and Ninjablade visual remixes of Graeme Nicol’s photography were be projected onto the back wall, where the audience were invited up to interact with and become part a these new creations and be photographed by Xinrou and Graeme. These new compositions were in turn be projected onto the wall for the final performance and photographed, creating a visual composites of photographs within photographs within photographs.
6月28日(星期五)，闪灵次元的第六卷举行了，包括Ninjablade和Solent的音乐，Nickolai的Tagtool视觉效果，Graeme Nicol的摄影，以及Xinrou的现场摄影。当晚的主题是“成为一张照片”，观众一进入会场就被介绍了这样一个概念，即他们不仅会看到摄影，而且会成为照片的一部分。在Solent和Ninjablade的两场表演中，Graeme Nicol摄影作品的视觉混音被投射到后墙上，观众被邀请与这些新创作的作品进行互动并成为其中的一部分，由Xinrou和Graeme拍摄。这些新的合成物依次被投影到墙上进行最后的表演和拍照，创造了一个照片中的照片的视觉合成照片中的照片。
Volume 7: Writing a Poem
When: 2019年7月5号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Jukka Ahonen & Deng Boyu 邓博宇, and Sosoloid, the live painting of 9Shang九尚, and the movement of Nan Guazi 南瓜子and Xinrou.
The seventh volume of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday July 5, featuring the music of Jukka Ahonen & Deng Boyu, and Sosoloid, the live painting of 9Shang, and the movement of Nan Guazi and Xinrou. The theme of this particular evening was “Creating a Poem”. Upon entering audience members were asked to write down two words they connect with the color blue that were placed in a box. They watched two performances, one by Sosoloid, and one by Jukka Ahonen and Deng Boyu, with live painting by 9Shang, and movement by Nan Guazi and Xin Rou. At the end the interpretations and the chosen words were used to influence a final improvisation.
7月5日(星期五)，第七卷闪灵次元出版，其中有届时由Jukka Ahonen和邓博宇带来音乐表演，九尚将进行现场的作画，南瓜子与Xin Rou进行现场的行为表演。这个特别的夜晚的主题是“创作一首诗”。当观众进入后，他们被要求写下两个与蓝色有关的单词，这些单词被放在一个盒子里。他们观看了两场表演，一场是索索洛德的表演，另一场是朱卡·阿霍宁和邓伯宇的表演，现场有9尚的绘画，还有南瓜兹和新柔的动作。在最后的解释和选择的词是用来影响最后的即兴发挥。
Volume 8: Round Robin
When: 2019年7月19号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Lastboss, Dan Rothwell, 4 Channels Club, thruoutin, Nico & Rudi. James Sserwadda, Chandoso, Shui Wong, Nan Guazi南瓜子, Duna兮子.
The eighth edition of Shining Dimensions took place on Friday July 19 with a round robin show. The premise of a round robin is that the performers set up around the edges of the space and the audience is located in the middle. There is no headliner, no support, and rather than focusing on one performer for a whole set the performance passes from one edge of the room to another, round and round, song by song, piece by piece, the creation shifting around the audience. The round robin concept was pioneered by USA musician Dan Deacon (who’s organized whole tours based around the concept) and was introduced to Asia by Seoul based concert organizers Supercolorsuper.
This was the first time somebody has done a round robin in Beijing (to the best of our knowledge) and in keeping with the vibes and energy of the previous Shining Dimensions shows we added a couple of twists in there; while the room was divided into four sections each containing a different musical artist, each area also contained a visual artist who worked on found objects sourced from the constantly shifting hutongs to create a mini scene that started off the performance in muted colors but slowly came to life with pens and paintbrushes. There was also a dance performance/combination improvsation in the intermission.
For this event we went full on with the line up, including some returning faces and some artists we’d been longing to work with since we started the series. The evening featured music by Lastboss all the way from Zhuhai, Dan Rothwell, 4 Channels Club, thruoutin, and Nico & Rudi. The visual artists included James Sserwadda, Chandoso, Shui Wong, and Nan Guazi, and dancing by Duna.
闪灵次元第八版于7月19日星期五举行了一场循环赛。循环赛的前提是表演者站在场地的边缘，观众则站在中间。这里没有标题，没有支撑，不是把注意力集中在一个演员身上，而是把表演从房间的一边转到另一边，一圈又一圈，一首歌接一首歌，一片接一片，整个作品在观众周围移动。循环赛的概念是由美国音乐家丹·迪肯(Dan Deacon)提出的(他曾组织过基于这一概念的整个巡演)，并由首尔的演唱会组织者Supercolorsuper介绍到亚洲。
这是第一次有人在北京进行轮询(据我们所知)，为了保持之前的氛围和能量，我们在这里添加了一些转折;虽然房间被分成四个部分每个包含一个不同的音乐艺术家,每个区域还包含一个视觉艺术家曾发现对象来自不断变化胡同创建一个小场景,表现低调的颜色,但慢慢地开始用钢笔和画笔来生活。幕间还进行了舞蹈表演/组合即兴表演。
为了这次活动，我们进行了所有的排队，包括一些回归的面孔和一些我们从一开始就渴望合作的艺术家。当晚的特色音乐来自Lastboss, Dan Rothwell, 4 Channels Club, thruoutin, and Nico & Rudi。视觉艺术家包括James Sserwadda、Chandoso、Shui Wong和南瓜子，以及兮子的舞蹈。
Volume 9: International Cassette Store Day
When: 2019年10月13号
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Guiguisuisui鬼鬼祟祟, Wen Liang 杨文亮, Nan Guazi南瓜子, Shui Wong, Emily Wong 黄睿明, Xindi Chen 陈欣頔
After a successful run of weekly Friday night concerts and a summer break Shining Dimension returned for its ninth edition on Sunday October 13. The return show was themed around the legacy of the cassette tape, an outdated yet beloved medium which is celebrated across the world each October. Cassette Store Day sees labels, artists, and fans come together in celebration of the quant medium, which has a lot of history in China (more on that below).
The installation piece and the celebration of dakou打口 culture functioned as common thematic point for both the performers and audience. In terms of sounds there were two artists indebted to the tape medium; audio visual husband and wife duo Guiguisuisui, recently returned from a 20 date European tour, giving their first Beijing performance since the summer; also joining was prolific performer and composer Wen Liang, a seasoned curator of ambient textures and soundscapes. For visuals Chinese Tagtool pioneers Nan Guazi and Shui Wong paired up again, continuing the flowing improvised illustration sessions from previous Shining Dimensions editions, with projecting mapping by audio visual artist ver_1015e. In terms of dance and movement contact improv specialist Emily Wong returned, bringing with her a new comer to the SD fold, Xindi Chen.
Of course it wouldn’t have been a CSD event if they weren’t cassettes for sale, so there were tapes and players on sale courtesy of Beijing’s Nugget Records, Jingweir, Daftpop Sounds (including international collaborations and a new apparel releases) and more.
经过成功的每周周五晚上的音乐会和暑假后，闪灵次元在10月13日周日回归第九版。返回节目主题遗留的盒式磁带,过时的然而心爱的媒介与国际磁带商店节庆祝世界各地每年10月盒式存储天看到标签,艺术家,和球迷一起庆祝定量的媒介,在中国有很多历史(下图)。
装置作品和大口文化的庆祝活动是表演者和观众共同的主题点。在声音方面，有两位艺术家得益于磁带媒介;视听夫妻档鬼鬼祟祟，最近刚结束了在欧洲的20场巡回演出，这是他们自夏季以来的首次北京演出;同样加入的还有多产的表演者和作曲家杨文亮 ，他是一位经验丰富的环境纹理和音景策展人。在视觉效果方面，中国标签工具先驱南瓜子和Shui Wong再次配对，延续了之前闪灵次元版本中流畅的即兴插图，并由音频视觉艺术家ver_1015e投影映射。在舞蹈和动作方面，联系即兴表演专家黄睿明回来了，她带来了一个新的参与者，陈欣頔 。
当然，如果没有盒式磁带出售，CSD就不可能举办这样的活动，因此，北京的乐金块唱片、京味儿唱片、Daftpop脑波谱音乐(等都有磁带和播放器出售。
Volume 10: Inner Visions
When: November 22, 2019 9pm
Where: Aotu Space, Beijing, China 凹凸空间北京中国
Who: Daniel Rothwell , Alphabetes, Guiguisuisui. , Jukka Ahonen, Anthony Tao , Liane Halton, David Moser ,Monique van Zyl , Brendan McCumstie
闪灵之维的第十次演出定于11月22日，主题为与丹尼尔·罗思韦尔合作策划的“内心愿景”。丹尼尔是这么说的:“如果我们把艺术看作是‘时间和空间上的感官刺激的组织’，那么我们就涉及到了第三和第四维度，但我们如何才能进入第五维度呢?”简而言之，第五维度可以被解释为一个更高层次的思想和存在，通过深刻的内省被感知。第五维度本质上是我们的内观。利用双耳搏动、脉轮频率和闭眼视觉化的视听结合，我们希望通过甘兹菲尔德效应来诱导催眠状态，从而形成一个共同的五维叙事。“听起来不错!你可能会想，“但这些到底是什么意思呢?”双耳搏动:当你在两只耳朵里听到不同的频率时产生的听觉错觉。脉轮:人体内精神力量的中心。脉轮频率:七个脉轮的和谐共振。催眠:从清醒到睡眠的过渡状态，又称“阈值意识”。甘斯菲尔德效应:“神经噪声”的放大引起幻觉效应。我们将提供甘兹菲尔德护目镜，或“一对切开的乒乓球”，这并不是强制性的完全沉浸，但一定会很迷幻。”为了帮助你踏上这趟超然的旅程，当晚我们将从Daniel Rothwell和Alphabetes制作的动画和由鬼鬼祟祟制作的音效开始。接下来，丹尼尔·罗思韦尔Daniel Rothwell和朱卡·阿霍宁Jukka Ahonen的节奏、频率和视觉刺激将使旅程更加深入。然后，安东尼陶Anthony Tao和Liane Halton的诗歌/音乐交叉项目将把我们带出这个梦境，爵士钢琴部分将由大卫莫泽David Moser演奏。当晚，莫尼克·凡·泽尔Monique van Zyl和布伦丹·麦库姆斯提Brendan McCums-tie将凹凸空间的另一部分——白盒子中搭建视觉装置，该装置将发挥柏拉图的“阴影洞穴”的概念，它将为任何觉得超时空之旅有点沉重的人提供一个替代选择。打开电视，打开收音机，向一个充满光明和声音的夜晚出发吧!Shining Dimensions is a new event series curated
The tenth volume of Shining Dimensions will take place on Friday November 22, under the theme of “inner visions” curated in collaboration with Daniel Rothwell. This what Daniel had to say about the evening:” If we consider art as the ‘organisation of sensorial stimuli in time and space’ then we’ve got the third and fourth dimensions covered, but how can we tap into the fifth? In short, the fifth dimension can be interpreted as a higher plane of thought and existence, perceived through deep introspection. The fifth dimension is essentially our inner vision.Using an audiovisual combination of binaural beats, chakra frequencies, and closed-eye visualations, we hope to induce a state of hypnagogia through the Ganzfeld effect, resulting in a shared fifth-dimensional narrative. ‘That sounds great!’ You might be thinking, ‘But what does any of that actually mean?’
Binaural Beats: Auditory illusions that occur when you hear different frequencies in each ear.
Chakra: The centres of spiritual power in the human body.
Chakra Frequencies: The harmonic resonance of the seven chakras.
Hypnagogia: The transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, AKA “Threshold Consciousness.
”Ganzfeld Effect: The amplification of “neural noise” causing hallucinatory effects.
Ganzfeld goggles, or ‘Ping-pong-balls-cut-in-half’ will be provided, and full immersion is not compulsory. It’s going to get pretty trippy up in there.”
To help you along on this journey of transcendence the evening with begin with a more in-depth explanation of the origins and process behind this truly experimental experience through a bilingual presentation by Daniel Rothwell and Alphabetes. With accompanying animated visuals and soundscaping by Guiguisuisui. The voyage will then go deeper with beats and frequencies and visual stimuli by Daniel Rothwell and Jukka Ahonen. Then to bring us out of this dream state there will be a poetry/music crossover by Anthony Tao and Liane Halton, with David Moser on jazz piano. Also included in the evening will be an visual installation in a the adjacent galley space by Monique van Zyl and Brendan McCumstie that will play the concept of Plato’s “Cave of Shadows”, which will function as an alternate for anyone who finds the transcendent journey a bit too heavy.