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Hearing Memories is a sound installation consisting of fifty “fragments of sounds” of Hong Kong from the 70s to 00s. These sounds reflect the progression of the city over the years. Also, they capture social aspects of an era that were fleeting in time. Students are invited to connect their headphones to the “sound portals” and gain historical knowledge of the city from the previous eras. The artist wishes to stimulate students’ imagination, guide them to reconstruct the past and offer an opportunity to connect the students with their parents' childhood. 

「拾聲」是聲音裝置，場地設置了五十個與香港70年代至00年代相關的「聲音碎片」，每塊碎片都是香港數十年如一日的發展所遺下的印記，盛載著當時社會的實況，是不能抹滅的歷史。學生可以向工作人員索取耳筒，走遍各個「聲音站」，蒐集聲音碎片，重新與舊日的時光接軌。憑藉聲音，藝術家希望激發學生對過去時光的無限想像，重構舊社會的面貌，更可連繫父母的童年。

Idea

Sounds play an important role in the understanding of the world around us. By comparing sounds from the decades past to that of the contemporary, it provides a gateway to re-connect to the past, as well as a prism to re-examine the present. 

The goal of Soundbox is to expose participants to the soon-to-be-forgotten sounds that they may not have heard, in order to arouse curiosity, spark imagination, and more importantly, provide an opportunity for them to reimagine history in a new light.