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26/10/2024

EoP 001: Sound as a Medium for Participation
Date: Friday, 8 November 2024

Venue: Music Room, Eaton HK, 4/F, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan, Kowloon
Time: 19:30 – 21:00
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=2770501

Ecologies of Participation (EoP) is a new transdisciplinary research initiative between Fine Arts, Architecture and Media and Cultural Studies. Through panel discussions, workshops, artistic projects and symposiums, the initiative aims to bridge research and practice by providing platforms for developing experiments with creative practice, technology, and urban space.

For this panel discussion, on “Sound as a Medium for Participation”, we bring together artists and scholars including Brandon LaBelle (sound artist and theorist, and artistic director of Listening Biennial), Ryo Ikeshiro (sound artist and Assistant Professor, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong) and Dayang Yraola (curator and Associate Professor at the Department of Theory, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines) to explore how sound and artistic practices contribute to new collective understandings of our cities and urban environments.

Speakers:
Brandon LaBelle is an artist, writer and theorist living in Berlin. He is also the founder and artistic director of The Listening Biennial and related Listening Academy. His work focuses on questions of agency, community, pirate culture, and poetics, resulting in a range of collaborative and extra-institutional initiatives, including Communities in Movement (2019-2023), Oficina de Autonomia (2017), The Living School (with South London Gallery, 2014-16), The Imaginary Republic (2014-19), Dirty Ear Forum (2013-21), Surface Tension (2003-2008), and Beyond Music Sound Festival (1998-2002). In 1995 he founded Errant Bodies Press, an independent publishing project supporting work in sound art and studies, performance and poetics, artistic research and contemporary political thought. His publications include: Dreamtime X (2022), The Other Citizen (2020), Sonic Agency (2018), Lexicon of the Mouth (2014), Acoustic Territories (2010, 2019), and Background Noise (2006, 2015). His most recent book on sound studies, Acoustic Justice (2021), argues for an acoustic model by which to engage questions of social equality.

Ryo Ikeshiro is an artist, musician and researcher who explores the possibilities of meaning and context through sound and its materiality in relation to digital audio and technologies. His work includes installations and live performances using immersive audiovisual environments, field recordings and generative works. He has participated in exhibitions at the Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea, and M+ Museum of Visual Culture, Hong Kong, and he is a contributor to Sound Art: Sound as a medium of art, a ZKM Karlsruhe/MIT publication. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. https://ryoikeshiro.com

Dayang Magdalena Nirvana T. Yraola, PhD is a curator and a scholar based in Manila. Her curatorial foci are exhibiting interstitial art and collaborative productions. Her research includes ecology of art practice, archive as method, and listening cultures. Her most recent curatorial project is “For The Record”, an open studio for archiving sound art practice, which also included sound camp with artists and scholars from Manila and Hong Kong. This year, she received the University of the Philippines Chancellor’s Prize for Most Outstanding Teacher, the highest accolade for academic personnel in active service, for her contribution in teaching, creative work, research and extension service within and beyond the University.

About EoP:
Ecologies of Participation (EoP) Research Collective was initiated by Yim Sui Fong (Assistant Professor of Fine Arts), Melody Yiu (Research Assistant Professor of Architecture) and Ashley Lee Wong (Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2024. The research initiative aims to develop practice-based collaborations between the creative arts, architecture and media and cultural studies.

Website: https://substack.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/eop.cuhk/
Enquiry: [email protected]

Supported by The Research Institute for the Humanities and CUHK Faculty of Arts 香港中文大學文學院.

Venue supported by Eaton HK.

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26/08/2024

Artist Support Programme 2024-25 | Call for Application
「藝術家支援計劃」2024-25 | 申請募集

We began offering direct support to artists and their projects in 2010. By direct support, we mean a cash stipend that is distributed to the artist as on a monthly basis. This programme has supported 25 artists so far.

With two principles in mind: enriching the artists’ experience in a different cultural context, and offering a more stretched-out time frame for the personal development of the artists, we invite interested and eligible artists to submit an application for the programme this year. Short-listed applicants will be invited to attend an interview to be held during 25 - 27 September, 2024. 2 artists are to be selected.

Application Closes: 11pm, 22 September 2024
Interviews: 25 - 27 September 2024
Result Announcement: late-September 2024

Application details >> https://bit.ly/3AENOQk

Enquiries: Lianna Wong at (852) 3954-5584 or [email protected]

自2010年起我們支持了個別藝術家及其參與項目，獲選藝術家將定期獲發定額金錢資助以支持他們創作，然而，他們並不須履行參與聲音掏腰包的活動或展覽的義務。過往獲支援藝術家共 25 人。

計劃旨在實踐兩個理念：一方面讓藝術家體驗不同的文化語境，另一方面為藝術家的個人發展提供一個更長遠的計劃時間表。我們現正公開募集申請，候選申請人須於 2024 年 9 月 25 至 27 日期間出席面試，我們將選出兩名藝術家參與本年度的計劃。

截止申請日期：2024 年 9 月 22 日晚上11時正
面試：2024 年 9 月 25 至 27 日
結果公佈：2024年 9 月底

申請詳情 >> https://bit.ly/3AENOQk

查詢：(852) 3954-5584 或 [email protected] (王小姐)。

24/08/2024

Flip the pocket – (re)visiting soundpocket’s repository (IV) Artists’ Picks from the soundpocket Album Collection 💽
翻翻口袋 —（再）訪聲音掏腰包存檔（四）藝術家精選－聲音掏腰包專輯收藏分享 📼

Only a few of our collaborators and followers know that in our tiny office soundpocket has a collection of around 200 albums, which are available for public listening. Thanks to all the artists and like-minded people we have been in touch with over the years, the soundpocket Albums Collection is ready for all to (re)visit and dig out “Easter eggs” from! We are excited to invite artists Chloë Cheuk, Jacklam Ho, Step Ip, Edwin Lo, and Dennis Wong to share their picks from this collection in conversation with guest hosts Susi Law, Edward Sanderson, and Dennis Wong. The podcasts of these conversations will be released every Friday, for five consecutive weeks on The Library by soundpocket website. Stay tuned!

你知道嗎？聲音掏腰包辦公室小小的空間裏其實收藏了約 200 隻專輯讓大家來聽。有幸多年來一直得到藝術家及跟我們有共同想法的朋友支持，聲音掏腰包的專輯收藏現已準備好讓大家（再）到訪，以及尋找「彩蛋」！我們邀請了藝術家卓思穎、何子洋、葉珮君、羅潤庭、黃仲輝，以及嘉賓主持羅偉珊、李藹德、黃仲輝分享他們在聲音掏腰包專輯收藏的精選。這一系列的廣播節目將在接下來的五個星期五連續上載到聲音圖書館網頁。敬請留意！

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From September, soundpocket is open by appointment on the second and fourth Thursday afternoons of each month for all to listen to these artists’ picks and other albums in our collection. Write to us and make your appointment!

九月起，聲音掏腰包在每月的第二、四個星期四下午都開放給大家過來聽聽藝術家精選及其他專輯收藏，聯絡我們約個時間吧！

::: Dennis Wong x Jacklam Ho 黃仲輝 x 何子洋 :::

Starting with albums published in Hong Kong and Japan in the 2010s, Jacklam Ho shared with guest host Dennis Wong events that were sound- and memory-related for him from that period. They also discussed the different artists who inspired Jacklam during his schooling in Japan, and his constant exploration of artistic practice and methods to showcase his works.

何子洋從 2010 年間在香港和日本出版的專輯出發，與嘉賓主持黃仲輝分享聲音與記憶相關的事件。二人亦討論到目前在日本留學的何子洋如何受不同藝術家啟發、持續探索自己的藝術創作方向和作品展示的方法。

LISTEN TO PODCAST 聆聽廣播節目 >>> https://shorturl.at/vhpH2

Albums mentioned in the podcast:
在節目中提及到的聲音掏腰包收藏：

SHIROTAMA – Umeda Tetsuya (2009, DVD & CD)
DAY AFTER 翌日 2014.09.29 – 12.12 – soundpocket (2015, CD)
時間、人物、地點 留聲筒 – S+HRUN (2010, CD)

More about Artists’ Picks from the soundpocket Album Collection
更多關於藝術家精選－聲音掏腰包專輯收藏分享 >>> https://bit.ly/3YUAmSs

16/05/2024

Listen Wide, Listen Far 聽闊尐，聽遠尐
– Explore sound and discover listening with the deaf and visually impaired community 與聾人及視障社群探索聲音、發現聆聽

To listen wide – Is it listening to all sides? Or does it refer to our hearing range?
To listen far – Do you need to stand on higher ground? Or does it mean developing a pair of more sensitive ears?

Everybody has a unique set of listening habits and methods that have been shaped by their everyday lives. We may be unaware of the ways in which sound is connected to memory and emotion, or of the senses that we use most when listening in order to perceive, recall, imagine, and express sound.

This year, soundpocket formed a learning group with artists Grace Choi Tsui-yin, Polly Choi Tsz-kiu, AK Kan Hei-chun, and Wong Fuk-kuen. This group will re-explore The Library by soundpocket, revisit the locations that had previously been visited by sound collectors, and review the listening and sound collecting exercises that were conducted using field recordings, images, and writing on those previous occasions. Additionally, we aim to explore sound and learn about listening with the deaf and visually impaired community. “Listen Wide, Listen Far” is not about ability; rather, it is an attempt to listen beyond our own methods and to see how others in the community listen.

We encounter a lot of questions and imaginative responses in this process. We go back to basics, asking “What is sound?” and “What is listening?”. We will be holding two artist workshops and a DIALOGUE, and we invite you to come and join us in renewing each other’s sound imagination through different ears.

聽闊尐，是指耳聽八方嗎？還是指對於音域的廣度？
聽遠尐，又要站於高處嗎？還是要練成一對順風耳嗎？

我們每人都自有一套聆聽的習慣及方法，那是自日常生活的經驗逐點構成的。我們如何將聲音與記憶、情感連結起來，或是在聆聽的過程中會較著重哪一種感官，來接收、記得、想像及表達聲音，可能連自己也不曾留意。

今年聲音掏腰包與藝術家蔡翠茵、蔡芷荍、簡僖進、黃福權組成學習小組，重新「翻閱」聲音圖書館，重遊一些採聲人到訪過的地方，重溫那些透過田野錄音、圖像及文字創作的聆聽與採聲練習，試著與聾人及視障社群一同探索聲音、發現聆聽。聽闊尐、聽遠尐所指的並非能力的高低，而是嘗試聽聽除了自己的一套方法以外，社群裡的彼此是如何聆聽。

在這過程裡，我們有過很多提問與想像 — 返回基本步，由「什麼是聲音」、「什麼是聆聽」問起。我們將舉行兩節藝術家工作坊及《有偈傾》，誠邀大家前來參與，借不同的耳朵，互相更新對聲音的想像。

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:: “Ears may ‘trick’ you; imagination is the clue” Public Workshop ::
Led by artists Polly Choi Tsz-kiu and AK Kan Hei-chun
::《耳聽三分虛 七分想像推》公眾工作坊 ::
由藝術家蔡芷荍及簡僖進帶領

1.6.2024 (SAT 六)
2 – 4:30 pm
下午 2 時 至 4 時半
@ L6-07, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon 九龍石硤尾白田街30號賽馬會創意藝術中心 (JCCAC) L6-07

* Participants with any visual ability are welcome 歡迎視障與健視參加者
* This workshop will be conducted in Cantonese 活動將以廣東話進行

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:: “Sound Stretching” Public workshop ::
Led by artists Grace Choi Tsui-yin and Wong Fuk-kuen
::《聲音拉筋》公眾工作坊 ::
由藝術家蔡翠茵及黃福權帶領

8.6.2024 (SAT 六)
2 – 4:30pm
下午 2 時 至 4 時半
@ L6-07, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon 九龍石硤尾白田街30號賽馬會創意藝術中心 (JCCAC) L6-07

* Participants with any hearing ability are welcome 歡迎聾人、弱聽與健聽參加者
* This workshop will be conducted in Cantonese, and Hong Kong Sign Language interpretation will be provided 活動將以廣東話進行，並提供香港手語翻譯服務

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:: DIALOGUE — Listen Wide, Listen Far ::
:: 有偈傾 — 聽闊尐，聽遠尐 ::

9.6.2024 (SUN 日)
2 – 4pm
下午 2 時 至 4 時
@ Floating Projects 據點。句點
L3-06D, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon 九龍石硤尾白田街30號 賽馬會創意藝術中心 (JCCAC) L3-06D

* This event will be conducted in Cantonese, and Hong Kong Sign Language interpretation will be provided 活動將以廣東話進行，並提供香港手語翻譯服務

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>> REGISTER NOW 立即報名 > About participating artists 關於參與藝術家

01/05/2024

[ Exhibition “I feel the earth move under my feet” by Colbie Fung Ho-pui starts from 2024.05.08 ]

As part of the Artist Support Programme presented by soundpocket, we are glad to announce the 42nd resident at Art Center Ongoing: Colbie Fung Ho-pui, who is now in Tokyo for a one-month artist residency.

About the exhibition “I feel the earth move under my feet”:

The concept of Geo-magnetic Recordings appears as a myth in the film Dragonfly Eyes by Xu Bing. According to this myth, Geo-magnetic Recordings will cause certain geographical conditions to form, such as by a combination of weather, latitude, and a strong magnetic environment, formations appropriate for the past to replay itself in the form of sounds and visions.

When sounds are produced, can they be captured in any kind of material? The concept of Geo-magnetic Recordings opens up Colbie Fung Ho-pui’s imagination for the ways that sounds are stored. Through her field research at magnetite sites and transmitter stations in Hong Kong and Tokyo, Colbie has investigated how sound is transmitted through listening to stones. In this exhibition, Colbie will explore Geo-magnetic Recordings from two opposite perspectives – myth and science. For these works, Colbie draws her inspiration from the ways she experiences this invisible energy. Colbie will present her findings through moving image and sound installations.

[ 馮可貝展覽《I feel the earth move under my feet》將於2024.05.08 開始 ]

作為聲音掏腰包「藝術家支援計劃」一部分，我們很高興宣佈馮可貝成為 Art Center Ongoing 第四十二位駐留藝術家，她現身處東京作一個月的藝術家駐留。

關於展覽《I feel the earth move under my feet》：

「地磁錄像」是藝術家徐冰的《蜻蜓之眼》中所出現過的傳說 — 傳聞受地磁推動之下，在某一刻，合適的天氣、緯度和強磁場會形成，過去便將以聲音或幻影的形式重現。

當聲音產生後，它可會被記錄於某種物質上？「地磁錄像」展開了馮可貝對聲音是如何被寄存的想像。透過實地考察香港及東京磁礦與發射站的經驗，她嘗試聆聽石頭如何傳導聲音。於此次展覽，她將從傳說及科學兩種截然相反的角度探索「地磁錄像」，並以自身如何感受這不可見的能量為創作方向，透過影像及聲音裝置來呈現當中的發現。

Colbie Fung Ho-pui 馮可貝
I feel the earth move under my feet
2024.05.08 - 2024.05.12
Admission fee 入場費
JPY 400 (with tea)
Opening Hours 開放時間
12:00 - 21:00

Artist Sharing 藝術家分享
2024.05.10 (Fri)
19:00 - 20:00
Admission Fee 入場費
JPY 1000 (with food and 1 drink)

The artist sharing will be conducted in English.
藝術家分享將以英語進行。

This artist residency is supported by the Cultural Exchange Grant by Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
此藝術家駐留為香港藝術發展局的文化交流計劃支持。

07/03/2024

Flip the pocket – (re)visiting soundpocket’s repository (II) Sound Playground

翻翻口袋 —（再）訪聲音掏腰包存檔（二）聲音操場

Imagine you have to put one object that makes or suggests sound in a time capsule – what would that be?

To organize soundpocket’s archival materials, we have dedicated a section to “objects that artists used during their experiments, exhibitions, and performances since 2008”. Aluminium foil, stones, a toy piano, marbles, rainwater, green beans, ping pong balls, window and door slits, etc. – how would you make sounds with them?

In the second phase of “Flip the pocket – (re)visiting soundpocket’s repository”, we invite you to a Sound Playground, where artists present their selected sound objects with user manuals. Come and interact with the objects, and explore new possibilities through playing them!

Participating artists:
Michael Chan, Jeff Cheng Tsz-fung, Samson Cheung Choi-sang, Michele Chu, Mark Chung Ching, Steve Hui (aka Nerve), Step Ip, Audio Lai Chung-man, Fiona Lee Wing-shan, Alvin Lee Siu-hin, Milad H. Mozari, Jantzen Tse Chun-sing, Wong Fuk-kuen

Date: 17 March 2024 (Sunday)
Time: 2–6pm* drop by anytime
Venue: Floating Projects
L3-06D, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), No.30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong

如果要把一件發聲／讓人聯想起聲音的物件封存在時間囊，你會選擇什麼？

在整理聲音掏腰包的存檔時，我們劃出一個「自 2008 年藝術家在實驗、展覽、演出時使用過的物件」的特別部分。錫紙、石頭、玩具琴、波子、雨水、綠豆、乒乓球、窗戶和門縫等等，你會如何利用這些物件發聲？

在第二階段的「翻翻口袋 —（再）訪聲音掏腰包存檔」，我們邀請你來到聲音操場，參與藝術家將展示他們選取的聲音物件，以及特意編寫的操作指南。歡迎大家前來跟物件互動，並發現其他發聲的可能性！

參與藝術家：
陳天進、鄭子峰、張才生、朱凱婷、鍾正、許敖山（代號Nerve）、葉珮君、黎仲民、李肇軒、李穎姍、Milad H. Mozari、謝振聲、黃福權

日期：2024 年 3 月 17 日（日）
時間：下午 2 至 6 時 * 歡迎隨時到訪
地點：據點。句點
九龍石硤尾白田街30號 賽馬會創意藝術中心 (JCCAC) L3-06D

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