Sound Pocket

Around sound art festival 2009 closed on June 15, 2009.

Our warmest thank you to all participating artists and speakers:
Mike Cooper, Hahn Chu (Friends of the Earth), Phoebe Hui, Jerome Joy, Jaffa Lam, John Lee, Jason Lim, Donna Ong & YC Teo, Beatrix Pang & Siufung, Kacey Wong, Kawai Shiu & Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Patrick Shek, Su Hei, Akio Suzuki, Yan Jun, Anthony Yeung, Miki Yui.

Around sound art festival would not have been possible without the generous support of the following sponsors, co-organizers, and volunteers:
Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Le French May and the Consulate General of France, our sole beverage sponsor San Miguel, our media partner alive not dead,
Hong Kong Electric, Mr Bobby Li, Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, Dawei Charitable Foundation,
Asia One for the excellent printing quality of our programme book,
Osage Gallery for supporting Donna Ong and YC Teo’s collaborative work for Around;
Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics for exchanging web links with soundpocket on the occasion of Around;
Hong Kong Electric volunteers team;
Green Lamma Group;
young docents of HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity;
Para/Site Art Space for lending soundpocket headphones and CD players,
SEE Network, Hong Kong Architecture Centre, The Bookshop by MCCM, aco books, Friends of the Earth, kapok, hulahoop.
Special thanks to Lee Chun Fung and his friends, and Wendy Li, for being around.

Programme highlights, Apr 29 - May 3, 2009
Photos in Lamma-zine by Lamma-Gung

We need your support!
rice, water, beat is soundpocket’s first ever fund-raiser.
Our aim is to raise HK$80,000 which will go into the production of a book that documents Around sound art festival with writings on sound art in Hong Kong, and the presentation of Listening Sensitivity workshops for the rest of 2009.
Date: May 30, 2009
Time: 2-5pm
Place: o-veg, 1/F, 9 Sing Wo Road, Happy Valley
Entry: HK$1,000 (free for children aged 12 or under)
*Limited seats - please reserve yours by emailing Wendy Lee (wendymiow@gmail.com, +852 92764110).

details here soundpocket_fundraiserMay30,2009