To mark the 10th anniversary of the Chop Project, a musical collaboration between artists from China and Poland, a series of live performances and events will be held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Entry is free.

    Founded by Shenzhen experimental musician Zen Lu and Polish artist Grzegorz Bojanek in 2006, the ChoP Project (standing for “China-Poland”) is a unique transnational initiative that includes sound and visual artists from China and Poland. It has provided an opportunity for Chinese and Polish artists to interact and collaborate with each other across two continents.

    In their early days, the artists only collaborated online. The first joint live act was held by Bojanek and Lu in Czestochowa in Poland. Then in 2009, artists from Poland were invited by their Chinese counterparts to spend two weeks visiting Chinese cities such as Shenzhen, Foshan, Changsha, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

    Since 2006, many artists have been invited to join the ChoP Project. They recorded albums and performed live acts both in China and Europe. Some of these events were supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. It has become a platform for artists to brainstorm new ideas, perform gigs and record albums.

    In 2010, some artists of the ChoP Project were invited by the British independent film director Isaac Julien to compose a soundtrack for his nine-screen video installation “Ten Thousand Waves,” starring Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung. Later, Lu and Bojanek were invited by Julien to join him during the 8th Shanghai Biennale and perform improvised music for his one-screen version of the installation called “Better Life.”

    Since 2007, Lu has been organizing events for international artists to perform experimental and electronic music in Shenzhen. Apart from these, he also composes soundtracks for dramas and movies. With his meticulous and minimalist digital music style, Lu has played a major role in bringing a new wave of art activities to Shenzhen.

    Bojanek consequently introduces field recordings and electroacoustic sounds into his compositions that are the combination of the melodic ambient, guitar sounds and sometimes noise. In 2012 he recorded an album with Polish musician Piotr Michalowski entitled “As Far As It Seems” that was published by well-known New York label OHM Resistance.

    Schedule:

    Festival introduction

    Time: 7 p.m., Nov. 6

    Artists: Michal Wolski, Lights Dim, Nmls

    Venue: White Noise Records, Hong Kong

    MTR: Mong Kok Station, Exit A2

    Workshop + live act

    Time: 11 a.m., Nov. 8

    Artists: Lights Dim, Blazej Malinowski

    Venue: SWIS, 29 Baishi Road 3, Nanshan District (南山区白石三道29号深圳外国语学校国际部)

    Metro: Line 2, Hongshuwan Station (红树湾站), Exit A

    New media art exhibition

    Dates: Nov. 9-27

    Artists: Pawel Janicki, Kim_Nasung

    Venue: 33 SPACE, Window of the World, 9037 Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区深南大道9037号世界之窗33空间)

    Metro: Line 1 or 2, Window of the World Station (世界之窗站), Exit I

    Ambient Night

    Dates: 8 p.m., Nov. 10

    Artists: Michal Wolski, Zhang Jianfu, Mulian, Grzegorz Bojanek, Blazej Malinowski, Nmls, Vasen Piparjuuri, Dickson Dee

    Venue: Enclave Independent Bookstore (福田区八卦四路八卦岭工业区423栋6层飞地书局)

    Metro: Line 7, Bagualing Station (八卦岭站), Exit D

    ChoP performance day 1

    Time: 8 p.m., Nov. 11

    Artists: Michal Wolski, Zhang Jianfu, Mulian, Pawel Janicki, Vasen Piparjuuri, Lights Dim, Ye Hui, Kim_Nasung, Shen Piji

    Venue: Mars, 10/F, T-Park, 2001 Binhe Boulevard, Futian District (福田区滨河大道2001号T-Park深港影视创意园10楼Mars火星现场10)

    Metro: Line 9, Ludan Village Station (鹿丹村站), Exit A1

    ChoP performance day 2

    Time: 8 p.m., Nov. 12

    Artists, Warsaw Laptop Orchestra (Michal Wolski, Blazej Malinowski, Grzegorz Bojanek, Nmls, Lights Dim, Kim_Nasung, Vasen Piparjuuri, Guiddo), Ping Melody, Grzegorz Bojanek, Zen Lu, Michal Jacaszek

    Venue: Mars, 10/F, T-Park, 2001 Binhe Boulevard, Futian District (福田区滨河大道2001号T-Park深港影视创意园10楼Mars火星现场10)

    Metro: Line 9, Ludan Village Station (鹿丹村站), Exit A1

    ChoP Festival Club Night

    Time: 10 p.m., Nov. 12

    Artists: Nmls, Michal Wolski, Guiddo

    Venue: Pepper Club, 2/F, Shopping Park, Futian District (福田区购物公园二楼Pepper Club)

    Metro: Line 1 or 3, Shopping Park Station (购物公园站), Exit B

    (Cao Zhen)