A way of staying
Listening, here, sustains the act of being.
A site-specific installation at a guest room of Eaton Hong Kong
for UNHEARD sound & music festival 2025
A hotel room is a space of transience—briefly occupied, quietly emptied. We rarely think of those who came before us: their rest, exhaustion, the lives momentarily unfolding in the stillness of this space.
A way of staying offers a moment to listen, not forward, but inward.
酒店房間是一個暫寄的空間—— 片刻的佔用，然後不留聲色地清空。我們甚少想到那些曾經下塌的過客：他們的休息時光、疲憊，以及在這片靜謐空間中短暫展開的生活。
A way of staying 提供了一個並非向前，而是向內的聆聽時刻。
For eight hours, I performed here. The sound is soft, continuous, deliberate—bells, bowls, gongs, and everyday objects shaped by the language of percussion. My practice often navigates two extremes: the unintentional rhythms of daily life, and the refined precision of virtuosic performance. This work leans toward the former, embracing slowness and subtlety, adjusting itself toward a meditative approach with mindful focus that comes with fragility and erraticness.
於房間內，我進行了八小時演奏。聲音輕柔且綿延—— 鈴、缽、鑼、日常物品，透過縝密的樂思，以敲擊樂語言發聲。藝術家的藝術表現通常游走於兩個極端：日常生活中無意識的節拍和嚴謹精準的高技巧演奏。這項作品傾向於前者，擁抱緩慢與細節，專心專注地引導至一個伴隨著脆弱和不穩定的冥想狀態。
Hotel rooms suggest rest. This performance suggests presence. Through repetition and restraint, sound becomes a form of attention–A way of staying.
酒店房間暗示著休息，而這場表演則暗示著存在。透過重複與克制，聲音成為一種關注的形式——一種逗留的方式。
Transmitted through speakers placed around the room, the room itself now resonates. The surfaces—bed, furniture, walls—gently carry the recording, not to replicate, but to recall. What you hear is not performance, but an imprint. A way of being with what has passed, and with what remains.
透過放在房間各處的喇叭，房間自身正在共鳴著。各種物體的表面—— 床、家具、以至牆壁—— 輕柔地承載著聲音的記錄，並非為了複製，而是為了回憶。你所聽到的不是一場表演，而是一種印刻在房間內的記錄。一種與過去存在的和當下殘留的物事共存的方式。
A way of staying (2025)
Assorted speakers, lamps, ice bucket, diary pages, printed photographs, recorded audio (480 minutes)
July 2025