Creative Team: Donald Chung Siu-hei, Ivan Kwok Wing-hong, Cher Ng Chun-tung with soundpocket.
What we see often dominates perspectives of urban life. What do sounds tell us about ourselves, nature and what lies ahead? Taking “imagining the future” as their theme, soundpocket releases participants from the regular city clamour by sensitising ears to fresh sonic possibilities. Revisit perceptions of your surroundings, listen to artists’ pre-recorded stories and sound clips, and be prepared for a surprise or two along the way.
soundpocket was established in 2008, to serve as a promoter, educator, gatherer and archivist in support of the art and culture of listening.
soundpocket is financially supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
About the Artists
Sound Walk/Sound Scoop
Founded in 2008, soundpocket is a promoter, educator, facilitator, and gatherer. We work in the fields of sound, art and culture. Sound exists in diverse and dynamic relations with many different art forms (visual art, installation art, music, theatre, dance etc.), giving meaning to our lives in a variety of cultural contexts. We would like to work with all those who share this active interest in sound.
soundpocket supports not just an art form, but ideas and possibilities that engage with aesthetically meaningful, culturally grounded and publicly relevant sonic practices, which tell us a lot about how we understand the world and the experiences yet to be valued.
Donald Chung Siu-hei
Donald Chung graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts respectively, with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama majoring in Directing. His directorial credits include Peer Gynt (New Directors Movement) and Les Justes de Camus by Theatre Horizon; Last Death – Hong Kong by Plume Theatre; Midnight Angels, The Isle, A Freak, The Just Assassins and Poor Guy Diary by Poor Guy Diary; A Call for… and Urban Cattle by Prospects Theatre; A Call for… by Hong Kong Arts Centre; If I were you by Chuang Dian Theatre, etc.
Ivan Kwok Wing-hong
Ivan Kwok graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, with a Master of Fine Arts in Drama majoring in Playwriting. He has translated The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Mourning Becomes Electra for Theatre Horizon. His original plays include: Brilliant Fireworks Tonight – The Story of Old Beijing by Theatre Baal, Way Up to the Sky and Principle by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, The True Lies by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Snail & Whale around the World by Jumbo Kids Theatre. His Principle was nominated for Best Script at the 10th Hong Kong Theatre Libre.
Cher Ng Chun-tung
Cher Ng received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Entertainment Arts from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2016, majoring in Sound Design. He is currently a freelancer working mostly on sound, such as field recordings, sound design for theatre, music arrangement, live sound mixing and operation. His recent work includes: steps by 37°C, Watching You…by Cinematic Theatre, and Twelfth Night by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Ng is supported by soundpocket’s Artist Support Programme (2016-17).
Fringe Activities
Sound Scoop - Here, Hear, Hong Kong
The swoosh of chestnuts and sand swirled in a wok, and the delectable memories this triggers. The inexpressible tug at the heart when a busker’s music echoes through an underpass. Such are the reverberations of local life, as recorded by “sound collectors” and stored by soundpocket, a champion of sonic art. The group’s Sound Scoop community project has led to “listening corners” being set up in different parts of the city. Here, Sound Scoop will be set up in the foyer of Kwai Tsing Theatre to share audible stories.
1-14.11 9am - 11pm
Kwai Tsing Theatre Foyer
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