Category: Sound

26/05/19 where to hear

Some types of space for (experimental) music in London

I’ve been in staying London for a few months and there have been almost too many chances to go to sound and performances events here – I just checked my photo library and counted that already this year I’ve been to around 62 events (and that’s counting multi-day events as a single event, like artist Xu Shaoyang’s under45db micro-fest that took place in January)! It’s been pretty intense.

Given my ongoing research into the spaces for experimental music in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, I thought now would be a good moment to expand that research geographically, and review the kinds of spaces I’ve been going to in London, as well as think about similarities and differences between spaces used by such artists in the two areas.

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26/05/07 Some notes about nnscya and Wong Winsome Dumalagan (before their performance in London)

We’re really fortunate to have artists nnscya (Annisa Cheung) and Wong Winsome Dumalagan visiting London from Hong Kong this May. nnscya’s and Winsome’s practices are representative of the practical and imaginary responses to their lives in Hong Kong and the wider region. In terms of the media they work with—in Winsome’s case film and installation, and in nnscya’s, sound and music—I’ve always been struck by how meaningful and engaging the directions they take have been, their aesthetics reflecting a reality that allows for dream-like observations and a magical reinterpretation of mundaneness; in terms of the creative scenes of Hong Kong, they have feet in both the official and the underground, which is perhaps a characteristic trait of relatively small communities.

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24-07-16 Archive Display #3:《Exit-Entry 往來》

This is the third in a series of posts recording my efforts to organise and present my research archive of publications related to experimental music and sound art from Mainland China and Hong Kong. Today’s archive display is directly inspired by the next《Exit-Entry 往來》concert, EE04, coming up on Saturday 20 July 2024, and featuring the work of Oishi (Zheng Hao and Ren Shang), Joseph K, K Ying Wong, and 龢wo4 (Brian Chu).

《Exit-Entry 往來》is a series of events which I co-organise with Suze Chan and Brian Chu, bringing together artists from Mainland China and Hong Kong (or with a relation to those places), and inviting them to present their work in (usually) unofficial spaces.

This new display highlights publications by these artists from my archive. The listing below includes links to where they are available to listen to or buy online.

But if you would like to hear them live, then come to《Exit-Entry 往來》on Saturday! NB tickets must be purchased in advance – message our IG account for details.

[24-07-17 UPDATE: added Sun Yizhou/Zheng Hao cassette]

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24-06-06 Archive Display #2: new additions

This is the second in a series of posts recording my efforts to organise and present my research archive of publications related to experimental music and sound art from Mainland China and Hong Kong. Today’s post brings us up to date with the current selection on display. These are the most recent items received for the archive, some old, some new, with a little background to each item.

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