Project Overview

This project is co-producted by Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Ballet and Studio Wayne McGregor, London. It is co-commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia, Danza; Somerset House, London; Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong; and presented in partnership with Somerset House, London.

This pioneering cultural performance leverages the immersive nVis installation developed by Professor Jeffrey Shaw, Chair Professor of the Academy of Visual Arts and Director of the Visualization Research Centre at HKBU, which is funded by the HKSAR Government’s Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) under the HK$35.4 million “Future Cinema Systems: Next-Generation Art Technologies” project. On The Other Earth, the world's first post-cinematic choreographic installation, refracts, evolves and reimagines dance performance in a startlingly original new form of experience set within Professor Jeffrey Shaw and Visiting Professor of the Department of Computer Science at HKBU Professor Sarah Kenderdine's radically immersive panoramic, 360-degree stereoscopic, 12K LED, 26-million-pixel nVis screen, where 3D imagery is experienced within an enveloping, large-scale cylindrical architecture. Combining dance – connecting in close contact with the hyperreal dancers of Company Wayne McGregor and the Hong Kong Ballet, choreography, digital imaging, spatialised sound, and artificial intelligence, Professor Sir Wayne McGregor transports the audiences in a thought-provoking, otherworldly encounter.

This work transforms how we think about movement, the body and performance. Drawing on decades of multi award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor’s experiments with AI, digital technology, and physical intelligence – explored throughout the landmark exhibition Infinite Bodies at Somerset House – this installation brings these ideas together. Through an unforgettable virtual experience, it offers a unique way to engage with movement and human expression, even for those who may not usually be drawn to dance.

第一部分：項目概述

本項目由香港浸會大學、香港芭蕾舞團以及倫敦的 Wayne McGregor 工作室共同製作。並由威尼斯雙年展（舞蹈單元）、倫敦薩默塞特宮、香港大館——古蹟及藝術館共同委約，並與倫敦薩默塞特宮合作呈現。《On The Other Earth》由編舞家 Wayne McGregor 與藝術家 Ravi Deepres、Theresa Baumgartner、Jeffrey Shaw 共同創作。

《異．地》是全球首個後電影舞蹈裝置，這項開創性的作品運用了由浸大視覺藝術院講座教授兼視覺化研究中心總監邵志飛教授開發的沉浸式nVis裝置。邵志飛教授開發的沉浸式nVis裝置獲香港特別行政區政府創新科技署撥款港幣3,540萬元資助，屬於「未來影院系統：下一代藝術科技」研發項目之一。在邵志飛教授與浸大計算機科學系訪問教授Sarah Kenderdine教授打造下，透過革命性沉浸式全景360度立體12K LED（2,600萬像素） nVis屏幕，以一種令人驚艷的原創形式折射、演化和重塑舞蹈表演，讓觀眾沉浸於大型圓柱形建築結構下的立體影像之中。透過近距離沉浸式觀賞Company Wayne McGregor與香港芭蕾舞團舞者的演繹，結合舞蹈創作藝術、數碼影像、空間音效及人工智能，Wayne McGregor教授帶領觀眾展開一段啟迪思維、超脫現實的藝術探索。

此作品改變我們對動作、身體與表演的思考方式。汲取屢獲殊榮的編舞家 Wayne McGregor 數十年來在 AI、數位技術與「身體智慧」上的實驗——這些理念也在薩默塞特宮的里程碑展覽《Infinite Bodies》中深入探索——此裝置將這些想法匯聚一體。透過一次難忘的虛擬體驗，它提供獨特的方式讓觀者與動作及人類表達建立連結，即使是不一定對舞蹈感興趣的人，也能被吸引其中。

一個長達 57 分鐘、在 360° 3D 螢幕中體驗的虛擬編舞裝置

來自 Wayne McGregor 舞團與香港芭蕾舞團的舞者，彷彿近在咫尺地在你四周移動，並伴隨由 Invisible Mountain 打造、極具氛圍的空間音景。《On The Other Earth》為最多 20 人的小型群體而設計，是一種親密而異界般的體驗，模糊了觀眾與表演的界線，也暗示未來我們觀看舞蹈、電影與現場藝術的方式。

《On The Other Earth》打破「第四面牆」，邀請訪客走入舞蹈的核心，在由 Invisible Mountain 設計的「物理化」聲音環境中，與 Wayne McGregor 舞團與香港芭蕾舞團的超寫實舞者近距離連結。每一次邂逅都不會以相同方式重現；最多 20 人的群體將在一系列引人深思的異界相遇與親密互動中，目睹《On The Other Earth》的視覺與聲音景觀於眼前展開，顛覆我們對表演以及娛樂未來的認知。