what is out there will become what is in here
Double channel audio
Nov 2022
Channel_1 00:00:17
Channel_2 00:24:09
I produced an ASMR audio by appropriating the exact same text which was spoken, recorded and played on a loop through megaphone by neighborhood committee to inform residents of covid- testing every a few days during the pandemic lock-down in Spring 2022, Shanghai where I’ve stayed for 85 days. The ASMR audio has looped for 85 times as well.
By taking advantage of sound, technologies and their representation, I changed the proximities and technologies employed on the original content and forced a totally different context over the noise, to transfer the public service of sound into a private experience.
(please wear headphones)
Text originally from the megaphone recording:
“不要贴贴” (don’t be sticky sticky with others),
“保持两米” (keep the distance of two meters away from each other),
“手机屏幕调最亮” (light the screen to the lightest),
“手机平放” (lay the phones horizontally),
“肚脐眼齐平” (level with the belly button),
“扫码确认姓名再向前” (scan the code to confirm your name until step ahead to be tested).