张安定(Zafka),声音艺术家,实验音乐人。青年文化研究者,青年志联合创始人。毕业于复旦大学以及伦敦大学亚非研究学院,获得公共管理以及政治社会学两个硕士学位。
张安定关心在当下社会,声音如何打开秩序重建的想象力空间,打开人的可能性空间。他的创作具体涉及到三个问题,包括观察声音与城市的共生关系演进,推动自我解放与新的地方想象;追踪线上线下混合的新声音文化景观,撬动新技术媒介打开自我与社会的联结;研究日常生活与民间传统和灵性文化的结合,让声音重回身体,重建个体的内在宇宙秩序。
张安定的工作方法,主要涉及线上线下混合的社会学与人类学田野实践,作曲架构式的文本/声音/视觉等多媒介融合使用,以及剧场化表演和行为相关工作坊。他的作品形态涉及到声音装置,声音行为,声响写作文本,声响剧场表演,录像,唱片 (田野录音/具象音乐/电子原音)等。这些作品参加了广州三年展,首尔 City Net Asia双年展,伦敦蛇形画廊China Power Station展,中国声音大展香港站,OCAT声音分裂展等国内外展览。
在声音艺术之外,张安定还活跃在实验音乐领域。他创作实验电子音乐,声音与视觉(audio-visual) 现场表演,当代作曲,以及器乐音景现场表演等。这些作品曾在今日美术馆、民生美术馆、OCAT美术馆以及亚洲数字艺术展等现场演出。
另外,张安定还创办了青年志(Youthology.cn)。扎根社会学与人类学传统,以及深入前瞻的趋势研究体系,青年志目前已经是国内最顶尖的市场研究与营销咨询机构之一,同时也是最为知名的年轻人商业咨询机构。青年志同时设有面向年轻人的媒体和内容团队,关注和回应与中国城市年轻人生活境况与思想情绪息息相关的议题 (微信公众号:青年志Youthology;小宇宙播客:问题青年)。
联系方式:anding.zhang@gmail.com
Zhang Anding (Zafka), sound artist, experimental musician. Youth culture researcher and co-founder of Youthology. He graduated from Fudan University and the School of Asian and African Studies, University of London, with two master degrees in public administration and political sociology.
Zhang Anding is concerned about how sound can open up the imagination space of order reconstruction and the possibility space of people in the current society. His creation specifically involves three issues, including observing the evolution of the symbiotic relationship between sound and the city, and promoting self-liberation and new local imagination. Tracking the new sound cultural landscape of online and offline mixing, leveraging new technology media to open the connection between self and society. Study the combination of daily life, folk traditions and spiritual culture, let the voice return to the body, and rebuild the individual’s inner cosmic order.
Zhang Anding‘s working methods involve field practices of sociology and anthropology that are mixed online and offline, compositional structured text/sound/visual and other multi-media fusion use, as well as theater performances workshops. The form of his work involves sound installations, sound performance, sound writing texts, sound theater, videos, records (field recording/musique concrète/electro-acoustic), etc. His works has participated in the Guangzhou Triennial, Seoul City Net Asia Biennale, London Serpentine Gallery China Power Station Exhibition, RPM Sound Art China Exhibition, OCAT Schizophrenia Exhibition and other domestic and foreign exhibitions.
In addition to sound art, Zhang Anding is also active in the field of experimental music. He creates experimental electronic music, audio-visual live performances, contemporary composition, and instrumental soundscape live performances. These works have been performed at Today Art Museum, Minsheng Art Museum, OCAT Museum and Asian Digital Art Exhibition.
In addition, Zhang Anding also founded Youthology (Youthology.cn). Rooted in sociology and anthropology, as well as the in-depth and forward-looking trend research system, Youthology is currently one of the top domestic market research and marketing consulting company, and it is also the most well-known youth business consulting agency. Youthology also has a media and content team for young people, focusing on and responding to issues closely related to the living conditions and thoughts and emotions of young people in Chinese cities.
Contact: anding.zhang@gmail.com