Exercices de style

這是六月的活動。熟悉這裡的讀者大概仍然記得這個名為「練習場」的概念，也是我在文字創作以外的實驗空間，探索更多文字與語言的變奏可能。

《八月寧靜》出版後，曾做了一個名為「誦讀‧回憶 A Reading of Memory」的劇場練習。那是「練習場1號」

這次則是以音樂為主，幸運可以與我喜歡的音樂人阿p合作。這個跨界的合作很好玩，不管出來的效果如何，過程裡我和阿p都很享受。我們互相從對方那裡學習。

我不知道這個「練習場」系列以後還會否繼續。謝謝大家這幾個月來的支持與打氣，於是我提起精神把「2號」也做出來。

所以，有時間有興趣的朋友，不妨來看看，一起和我們把玩文字與音樂的另一種趣味。I love you all!

http://www.kubrick.com.hk/live/2009/04/june-chan-ning-ah-p.html

「練習場2號」

日期：六月五日(星期五)10pm

地址：油麻地電影中心kubrick書店 kubrick friday live

陳寧 + 阿p  文字音樂 風格練習 Exercise of Still Life

        文字：陳寧 (塵翎)  
        音樂：阿p (my little airport) 
        ***每位入場者將獲贈《風格練習》乙本

        六月下雨七月炎熱，然後，八月寧靜。然後，風格練習。

        香港作家陳寧向法國作家Raymond Queneau致敬之作。法國老先生聽完巴哈的賦格曲後，把音樂變奏的概念移植至文字，一則小故事可以幻化成九十九種不同的敘事風格。陳寧遙借此實驗精神，延續風格的變奏，在方塊文字裡述說一則又一則生活小故事。這次夥同獨立樂隊my little airport成員阿p，還原文字的音樂感，透過介乎旺角與法國之間的詩一般樂曲，映襯出字裡行間的節奏與沉默旋律。文字與音樂結合的實驗，跨媒體的練習，為的是擴闊創的空間與可能性。 
  
        所有的練習，要旨在於練習，每一次都獨一無二，現場感受無可取代。

        It rains in June, it is very hot in July. Then, the quietness of August. And then, the exercises of style.

        Hong Kong writer Chan Ning pays tribute to French writer Raymond Queneau in her latest work " Les Exercices de style". Mr Queneau reflected on the variations of music after a Bach's fugue concert, which he later put into experiment in his own narration of a simple daily life story: one story in 99 different exercises of style. Chan Ning repeats the same sense of experimental spirit in her own writings in which she tries to tell trivial but   significant stories in different possible ways. This time she works with the member of Hong Kong indie band My Little Airport Ah-P to bring forth the "music of writing". With his poetic music, Ah-P exposes the unspoken underlying rhythm and variations within written and spoken words. This is an experimental cross-over between music and literature, a multi-media exercise to expand the space and extent of these two-way expression and creation. Being present at the moment of exercise is the best way to experience the real spirit of "exercise  of style".