Abstract
Retro-future soundscapes and sonification are combined in a speculative revisiting of the Voyager Golden Record in an immersive audiovisual installation.
The Golden Record was an understandably anthropocentric endeavour: as a selective archive representing the pinnacle of human achievement in various disciplines, its frequency range and content were also limited to our hearing range. Sonification is the presentation of data by non-speech audio. Different forms of listening to those we are accustomed to may be required to ascertain the significance of the sounds. The other-worldly audio produced may not appear to be intended for human listening, and would perhaps be appropriate for a rethinking of the Golden Record.
Despite being situated at the frontiers of science and technology, space exploration has aged as we mark the 45th anniversary of the Golden Record. Perhaps it mirrors Youth Square and its vicinity in Chai Wan whose glass and metal exterior belies a once modern outlook that now encases aging concrete constructions and an abruptly-ending train line whose dreams of extension appear forgotten. Space exploration represents the ultimate retro-future fantasy that is rather fitting for Y Square.
My work is an immersive installation with 3-channel projections and spatial audio. Sonification and visualisation of processes recalling the geometric designs of Constructivism are juxtaposed with footage from locations in Kitakyushu, Japan, and Västernorrland, Sweden, depicting memories of fading dreams of technological progress.
Assistant: Longman Luk
The Golden Record was an understandably anthropocentric endeavour: as a selective archive representing the pinnacle of human achievement in various disciplines, its frequency range and content were also limited to our hearing range. Sonification is the presentation of data by non-speech audio. Different forms of listening to those we are accustomed to may be required to ascertain the significance of the sounds. The other-worldly audio produced may not appear to be intended for human listening, and would perhaps be appropriate for a rethinking of the Golden Record.
Despite being situated at the frontiers of science and technology, space exploration has aged as we mark the 45th anniversary of the Golden Record. Perhaps it mirrors Youth Square and its vicinity in Chai Wan whose glass and metal exterior belies a once modern outlook that now encases aging concrete constructions and an abruptly-ending train line whose dreams of extension appear forgotten. Space exploration represents the ultimate retro-future fantasy that is rather fitting for Y Square.
My work is an immersive installation with 3-channel projections and spatial audio. Sonification and visualisation of processes recalling the geometric designs of Constructivism are juxtaposed with footage from locations in Kitakyushu, Japan, and Västernorrland, Sweden, depicting memories of fading dreams of technological progress.
Assistant: Longman Luk
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Aug 2022 |
| Event | 「未来唱片企划」: 艺术科技展览 - 青年廣場Y展覽平台, Hong Kong, China Duration: 5 Aug 2022 → 14 Aug 2022 https://www.aaiss.hk/zh-hant/news/activity_update_detail/7146/7161#title1 https://arts-tech.hk/events/sensory-transcode/ |
Bibliographical note
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- Ambisonics
- 3-channel video
- multi-channel video
- immersive installation
- audiovisual art
- sonification
- visualisation
- 360° video
- quadraphonic audio
- spatial audio
- post-industrial
- retro-futurism
- Kitakyushu
- Västernorrland