Urban Sound Camp

The ticking of traffic signals, the hawking of street vendors, the commotion in “cha chan tang”...we usually perceive them as "noise". Yet, in the eyes of artists, they represent distinctive notes of the city and a different form of sound art. 

"Field Recording" is an audio capture process conducted in a natural setting or a specific location. In contrast to studio recording, it prioritizes capturing authentic natural and urban sounds in real-life settings, utilizing sound to document current moments and happenings. 

This sound camp employs recording as a creative method to investigate the city’s sounds. Using sound art as a starting point, we will convert the hustle and bustle of the city into unique sound art pieces and discover the hidden beauty of the city.

• To grasp the fundamental concept of listening

• To learn significant events in the history of Sound Art, such as Futurism, musique concrète, John Cage's musical practice, etc.

• To engage in listening exercises that enhance your awareness of sound

• To acquire fundamental recording skills and various environmental considerations for recording

• To utilize recording devices for capturing sound in the city

• To document Hong Kong’s soundscape through field recordings

• To get inspiration from the work of renowned recording engineers and sound artists

• To master the use of a digital audio workstation (using Reaper as the main audio processing software)

• To produce a sound art piece by employing the principles of musique concrète via editing, processing and spatial arrangement

Language: Cantonese
Admission Fee: $880 (non-members) ; $750 (Friends of HKAC)

Link: HERE

*Programme suitable for persons aged 16 or above
**Participants are required to bring a laptop or iPad

About the Artist

Edwin Lo Yun-ting is an artist and researcher working across video, image, installation, sound, and video games. By utilizing sound as the focal point of his practice, his practice concerns the individuation of sound as a medium, as aesthetic source, and as philosophical reflection.

Since 2008, Edwin’s works have been widely presented in various local and overseas exhibitions, festivals, and residencies. In 2014 and 2016, Edwin presented two solo exhibitions: ‘Time spent, lost, and regained…’ at Goethe Institut Hong Kong (2014), and ‘Traces and Scenes’ at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, United States (2016). In 2017, he presented his solo project ‘OBJEKT’ with sound art organization Singuhr in Germany. He was recently the research resident at Tokyo Arts and Space research residency in the summer of 2019, researching the electroacoustic compositions of Jean-Claude Eloy in Tokyo.

Edwin currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Edwin Lo Yun-ting was supported by soundpocket’s Artist Support Programme 2010–11.

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