当紫荆泊寓L城 When HK Harbors London

2006年 基于香港维多利亚港口实地录音的作曲

* 伦敦蛇形画廊 “唤醒巴特西:中国发电站” 展览,2006
* MIT出版的《Computer Music Journal》冬季刊年度DVD项目,2007年 Sound and Video Anthology 2007 (CMJ Vol 31, 2007)

这是一首全长12分11秒,基于香港维多利亚港口实地录音素材作曲的作品。2006年夏天,我去香港旅行看望朋友,又留了两天时间,独自在维多利亚港口区域徒步,进行实地录音。

港口通过出口和进口,构成了强大经济的最重要基础之一。从字面上看,除了“港口”,海港还意味着“避难所、舒适和安全的地方”。 历史上,英国通过香港及其港口敲开清朝大门,加强了其全球经济实力。香港经济通过国际贸易(即通过海港)起飞,伦敦在香港经济发展中发挥了重要作用。从这个意义上说,伦敦曾经是香港的港湾。2006年,香港已经回归中国将近10年。中国已成为一个重要的全球经济强国,进而影响英国经济。

我在香港旅行之时,正是香港回归十周年的前夜。站在港口区域,在海风里聆听。港口集装箱巨大货轮的喘息声,渐次响起永不停息的海浪声和鸟鸣声,交通道过街提示的滴滴声以及车流的轰鸣声,编织在一起,弥漫在空旷的港湾地区。历史的更替与交错,在这个港口显现,如同一幅印象派画作。

离开香港之后,我把脑海里的印象,用声音重新画了下来。

(页面下拉到底部,图片之后,可以听到作品完整的音轨)

This work is produced for “Awakening Battersea”, a sound project commissioned by “China Power Station part I”, an exhibition of Chinese contemporary art and architecture organized by Serpentine Gallery. The exhibition opened in Oct. 2006 at the Battersea Power Station in London.

Most of the sound materials in this work were recorded during my HK trip in June 2006. Especially, they are sounds from HK’s Victoria Harbour area.

Economically, a harbour, by exporting and importing, constitutes one of the most important bases of a strong economy. While literally, aside from ‘port’, harbour also means ‘place of refuge, comfort and security’. HK’s economy took off via international trading (ie. via the harbour), and London(UK) played an essential role in HK’s economical development. In this sense, London used to harbour HK.

Meanwhile, it was through HK and its harbours that UK knocked out the door of Qing Dynasty and strengthened its global economical power in the 19th century. Today (in 2006), HK has been back to China for 9 years. China has emerged as a significant global economy power that in turn influences UK’s economy.

When I was walking around Victoria Harbour area, fascinated by the mixed port and urban sound, I can feel the haunt of the transforming history. Thus, by combining the field recording and synthesize sound, I try to describe a dreamy and blur sound picture,let the feelings walk through the history.