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A SOUND Present : Great gift for someone you care about – tell them you are listening
有聲有色的禮物! 給你關心的人﹣ 告訴他們你正在聆聽

Ten artists from various disciplines explore the possibilities of listening through transforming SHURE headphones into new works. Proceeds from the charity sale go into our Artists Support Programme and The Library by soundpocket.

Shop online for this present to better listening cultures in Hong Kong.

十位本地藝術家為聲音掏腰包「耳機再生義賣」以各自的手法去任意發揮、實驗耳機的種種可能,並為我們帶來不一樣的聆聽經驗。「耳機再生義賣」所得收益將用作支持我們的藝術家支援計劃及聲音圖書館項目。

快為你的親友及良好的聆聽文化選購你心儀的耳機!

Contributing Artists 參與藝術家名單:
鄧國騫 Tang Kwok-hin | 陳翹康 Joe Chan Kiu-hong | 楊嘉輝 Samson Young |
劉掬色 Lau Guk-zik | 蛙王 Frog King | 叄語 + 吳澤霖 Trilingua Design + Chak Lam |
Ketchup | Mo-Men-T | KaCaMa | Hehehe

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付款方式 Payment Methods:
﹣匯款 Bank Transfer
戶口號碼:匯豐銀行 813 272671 001
存根請寄香港九龍土瓜灣落山道108號志昌工業大廈10樓C
Account number: HSBC 813 272671 001
and please send deposit slip to Unit 10C, Gee Chang Industrial Building, 108 Lok Shan Road, Tokwawan, Hong Kong

﹣支票 Cheque
抬頭:soundpocket limited
支票請寄香港九龍土瓜灣落山道108號志昌工業大廈10樓C
Payable to: “soundpocket limited”
and please send to Unit 10C, Gee Chang Industrial Building, 108 Lok Shan Road, Tokwawan, Hong Kong

﹣PayPal 網上滙款 internet payment
1. I would like to buy a headphone at HK$2,018 我想購買一個價値港幣2,018 元的耳機


2. I would like to buy a headphone at HK$32,000 我想購買一個價値港幣32,000元的耳機

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作品資料 Artwork Details:

Tang Kwok-hin 鄧國騫

Title 作品名稱
Sing the songs to Vic Beretton and Wang Mingjun
《唱給薇克與明君聽的歌》

Artist Statement 作品簡介
Headphone is a private theatre which isolates people from the outside world. The development of digital technology makes sound portable, allows you to enter into a mood or atmosphere you enjoy at anytime and a scene created by the melodies of the song together with the movie settings.

This recorder carries two songs, they are Reality (1980) and Sound of Silence (1967), one from the French file La Boum, the other one from a local Hong Kong film Unbeatable. In both films, the two leading actresses put on headphones and listen to the songs. The audience also listens to the same song as if they had headphones on. The audience becomes part of the film and recalls the scene where the actresses listen to the songs with the headphones. You close your eyes, and the music loops.

The two songs recorded here are cover versions by the artist.

聽筒是一種隔絕外界的私人劇場,自數碼科技發展至能將聲音帶備身上隨時收聽,一個人就如同可以在任何時候自由選擇進入喜愛的氛圍,那從音樂,以至電影主題曲旋律所營造的場景。

這錄音筆儲存了兩首英文歌,《真實》 (Reality)與1967年的《寂靜之聲》 (Sound of Silence),分別出現於法國電影《初吻》 (La Boum)及香港電影《激戰》 (Unbeatable)內。兩套影片都曾出現當女主角戴著聽筒時便響起歌曲的場景,而每當歌曲響起,就如透過聽筒將觀眾現場與日常的經驗聯繫一樣,成了戲中角色,亦提供往後再戴起聽筒聆聽相同歌曲時重疊的印象,霎眼重新記起情節,偶爾跟著哼著唱。

收錄的兩首歌均由藝術家本人翻唱而成。

Price 售價
HK$32,000-
(Sold 已售)


Joe Chan Kiu-hong 陳翹康

Title 作品名稱
《雙思》
Shuang Si

Artist Statement 作品簡介
We judge the value of a headphone by its price; we seemed to have forgotten that the materials, the room within the headphone and its design also affect the sound qualities.

By looking at its function, Shuang Si looks only like a pair of speakers made from headphones; but if you could listen carefully using Shuang Si, you will notice the amazing changes in sound qualities in different settings. “Let’s think about what sound is through these simple double channels!”

當人們選擇耳機時,總會以包裝盒上的客觀數值作為比較,但我們好像忘了聲音的差異並不在於那些數值。透過物料、物件的空間、形態這些因素亦能令聲音產生不同的變異。

從功能層面上,《雙思》好像是把耳機改造成一對小型的揚聲器。但只要你細心聆聽,你便能發現《雙思》在不同設定下, 聲音的微妙變化。
「透過簡單的雙聲道, 思考一下聲音是甚麼吧。」

Price 售價
HK$32,000-


Samson Young 楊嘉輝

Title 作品名稱
There is very little music that is absolutely absolute (2013)
A private sound performance for one patron, headphones, contract, video and photo documentations; dimension and duration variable.

There is very little music that is absolutely absolute is, at its core, a private sound performance realized for one person only, conceived for and accomplished at the 2013 benefit event of Hong Kong sound art organization soundpocket.

The “work” in its totality is consisted of the following:
(1) A live sound performance of a non-specific duration by the artist, to be listened to through the headphone by the patron, inside of a large reverberant space. This performance is to be attended only by the artist and the patron. The procedures of the performance will be archived, the sonic content of the performance however will not be documented, and the artist is committed to never realizing this performance again in the aftermath of the event;

(2) The patron’s contribution: the patron is obliged to retell in words, from memory, the auditory experience of the performance immediately after the event, at one month after the event, at six months after the event, and on the same day of the year every year until a mutually agreed upon end day (to be decided at the conclusion of the performance), or until either the artist or the patron is deceased. This retelling may take the form of written notes, and/or phone conversation to be recorded and/or transcribed;

(3) A hand-written contract that details the procedures of the performance and the terms of engagement;
(4) Video and photo documentations of the event;
(5) The headphone used during the performance;
(6) The financial transaction between the patron and soundpocket.

Editions: 1 set of unique artifacts + 1 set of not-for-sale artist prototype. Price: Performance fee is set at US$4000, but the patron may contribute more as she/he sees fit.

Price 售價
HK$32,000-

Lau Guk-zik 劉掬色

Title 作品名稱
you are what you see, you are the world you live, love it equals love yourself.
《你自己,就是這個你活在其中的世界,愛這個世界,等於愛你自己。》

作品簡介 Artist Statement
you are what you hear, be a good listener. listen to the world quietly.
all of us are miracles for being able to make sound.

做個好聽眾,靜靜聆聽。
我們居然是製造聲音的神 秘 生 物。

Price 售價
HK$32,000-


Frog King 蛙王

作品名稱 Title
Frog Fun 《蛙玩》

Artist Statement 作品簡介
You are wearing the Frog King headphone while you have the Frog King glasses on. You listen to the music and enter the Frogtopia.
配帶蛙王耳機同時亦帶上了蛙王眼鏡,在聽音樂的同時進入了蛙托邦 (Frogtopia)。

Price 售價
HK$32,000-


Trilingua Design + Chak Lam 叄語 + 吳澤霖

Artist Statement 作品簡介
From listening to the heart, we extend the experience of listening to the subtle sound of everyday life. The stethoscope could pick up and amplify little sounds, thus giving a different experience of listening to little details around us.

這件作品除了讓我們聽到心跳聲外,亦為我們開托日常的聆聽經驗:聽診器將日常生活中微小的聲音放大,讓我們透過聆聽身邊微小的聲音細節而產生而截然不同的聆聽經驗。

Price 售價
HK$2,018-


Ketchup

Title 作品名稱
Fake Art, Real Sound

Artist Statement 作品簡介
This is the result of sound and paint flowing together.
這是聲音和顏料一同流動的結果。

Price 售價
HK$2,018-
(Sold 已售)


Mo-Men-T

Title 作品名稱
Infinite Lines

Artist Statement 作品簡介
Inspired by Mo-Men-T’s album Infinite Lines.
To Mo-Men-T, the relationship and creations among their members are like lines, sometimes crossing and sometimes going parallel, giving each other infinite bombardments and energy.

靈感來自Mo-Men-T出品唱片《Infinite Lines》。
對樂隊來說,團員的關係以及音樂創作就像縱橫交錯的線,時而並行,時而相交,並朝著無限的可能性發生不同的碰撞與能量。

Price 售價
HK$2,018-

KaCaMa

Artist Statement 作品簡介
Brightly painted electronic products often attract our eyes, and make us spend more! We believe we all have had more than one pair of headphones. We made this headphone with recycled plastic. We wish to stimulate your sense of vision and touch while you are enjoying the music, and then to think of buying only things we need in order to reduce waste.

色彩耀目的電子產品每每吸引著我們的眼睛,引誘我們消費!我們相信大家亦曾經試過擁有多個一個耳筒!所以我們用回收回來的電子膠廢料貼於耳筒上,希望大家享感音樂同時亦可給用家視覺和觸覺上的沖擊,反省如何只買所需減少浪費。

Price 售價
HK$2,018-
(Sold 已售)


Hehehe

Title 作品名稱
Eargasm

作品簡介 Artist Statement
The piece is called Eargasm. The design concept came from our love for music. The headphone is a means of bringing music to the ears and thus brings the most beautiful and lively aspect of life to us in our daily lives. With the treatment done to the headphone, we want to express the fact that music is life’s highest orgasm.

這件作品名為”Eargasm”,概念源自我對於音樂的熱愛。 耳機不但給耳朵帶來音樂,也為我們日常生活帶來最美好、最鮮活的生命。 通過對耳機的再塑造,我們很想表達一個事實-音樂就是我們生命的最高潮。

Price 售價
HK$2,018-