城市像是一個巨大的容器，容納著鳥鳴、狗叫、人語、交通與工程的噪音……交織著自然與人為的活動，無時無刻地發生與發聲。伴隨我們日常生活的這些聲響，統統成了拼湊一個地方現在與過去的小小碎片，在語言無法觸及之處默默累積、形塑了我們對於一座城市的認識。而各種發聲、留聲裝置的發明，用來紀錄、模擬、再現與播放這些資訊，它們本身亦如同一個個的容器，讓人們接收、傳達著這些複雜而瑣碎的秘密訊息。
《我們把它都裝在一個盒子裡》邀請五位居住在不同城市的藝術家宋夏然、紀柏豪、林雨儂、鈴木英倫子、塞繆爾．畢爾比，分享彼此創作中對於聲音的獨到見解，進而交換彼此周遭的田野錄音等聲音資訊。這個計畫實驗著視覺與聽覺兩者的介面轉換、討論聲音如何被捕捉、詮釋與傳達，在聆聽的當下與現場、線上會議的視窗、文字對話框、郵寄紙箱、以及最後的白盒子裡，在五位藝術家層層的接收與轉譯之下，呈現台北、台南、東京、柏斯與赫爾辛基等城市的多重樣貌。
A city is like a vast container, encompassing the chirps of birds, barks of dogs, human chatters, as well as the noises of traffic and construction sites. Activities happening in nature or facilitated by humans never cease to occur and to generate sounds. These sounds, which permeate our daily lives, come together to form delicate fragments of a place’s past and present. They quietly accumulate beyond the bounds of language and shape our understanding of a city. In order to capture, replicate, represent, and play these audio fragments, various devices for sound production and reproduction have been invented. These devices themselves, too, act as containers which facilitate the reception and circulation of intricate, mundane secrets.
Put’em in a Box invites 5 artists residing in different cities―Chi Po Hao, Chloe Lin, Samuel Beilby, Sarah Song, suzueri (Elico Suzuki)―to share their unique perspectives on sounds through their artistic practices, and, furthermore, to exchange materials such as field recordings capturing the sounds of their local environments. This one-year-long project experiments with conversions between visual and audio interfaces, while also exploring how sounds are captured, interpreted, and expressed. Through the artists’ layered reception and interpretation of sounds at the locations where they listen, in video call windows on screens, in chats, in mailed cardboard boxes, and, ultimately, within white cubes, the multifaceted attributes of Taipei, Tainan, Tokyo, Perth, and Helsinki are beautifully illustrated.
我們把它都裝在一個盒子裡｜Put ’em in a Box
Artsits｜Chi Po Hao, Chloe Lin, Samuel Beilby, Sarah Song, suzueri (Elico Suzuki)
Curator｜Shih Ya Tien
Publication｜Scenes in a Box (@notation_archive)
Website｜https://soundboxes.net/
Project Tour 1
Location｜聲化感官實驗室 Sonic Sensory Lab, Taipei Music Center
Duration｜2023.10.14-11.5
Project Tour 2
Location｜Audible Edge Festival, Cool Change Contemporary, Perth
Duration｜2024.04.27-05.05
Project Tour 3
Location｜水谷藝術 Waley Art Gallery, Taipei
Duration｜2024.07.20-8.18
Project Tour 4
Location｜Gift_Lab, Tokyo
Duration｜2025.07.05-07.14
