Shanghai eArts (CN)/Visiting Arts (UK) - 1m2 • Shanghai - South Railway Station Workshops

It is the final decision that the current “1 square-mile” will be held within the one square mile area in Shanghai South Railway Station. That is decided after taking the colorfulness and variegation of the civil functions, population distribution and behavior pattern of citizens into consideration as well as the planning for the station’s historical, present and future situation.

In this activity, we put our discussion focus on “sound”, and we start from “the art of sound”. In concrete operations, we will adopt “location recording”. In this way, we hope that in the course of collection, classification, analysis, organization and annotation，all the possibilities in ecology, culture and aesthetics in solid space will be realized and finally understood.

Although this art project is related to ecology, it is not precisely the “ecology” in science. It pays closer attention to people’s living condition within than people’s living environment without. How to achieve this goal by sound is also where the interest of the artists in this project lies in. The project is mainly carried out in the form of workshop.

There are twelve periods in all, lasting three months. The core members consist of the citizens living working and studying within one square mile around Shanghai South Railway Station.  Meanwhile, anyone who is interested in the art of sound, sound recording, ecology, architecture, or urbanism is also welcomed.

After the project, the achievement of it will be displayed in photos, audio, website, books and disk by our core members.

The contents of the workshop:

1. Architecture, Space (lecture)
The building, the city lay-out and living space around South Shanghai.
Lecturer: Wong Qing
Members’ discussion

2. Ecology and us (lecture)
Lecture: Pro. Shen Ji
Members’ discussion

3. The art of sound and sound in cities (lecture)
The dynamic city and the dynamic sound; the variety in city and sound
Artist: Yin Yi
Members’ discussion and sound-recording in confined areas.

4. Field recording and digital audio technique
What is field recording? Why do we need field recording?
How to operate field recording?——start from technique, equipment, and practice.
Basic introduction of digital audio technique
Artist: Yin Yi
Members’ discussion and physical operation

5. Sound in South Shanghai (I)
Artist: Yin Yi
Members are requested to record the sound which is familiar to them around South Shanghai and then edit and keep them in files. Afterwards, members are requested to talk about their “familiarity” and “unfamiliarity” with the “sound” in life.

6. Sound in South Shanghai (II)
Artist: Yin Yi
Go on with the editing and analysis of the quality of the recording by the members.
Members release the “familiar sound”——by audio, written language and photos. Speeches and discussion are needed.

7. Sound on the walk (I)
Artist: Yin Yi
Members are required to make “mobile recording plan” in small groups. They need to take down the route and time with other supplementary forms.

8. Sound on the walk (II)
Artist: Yin Yi
Go on with the editing and analysis of the quality of the recording by the members.
Members release the “familiar sound”——by audio, written language and photos. Speeches and discussion are needed.

9. 1m2 South Shanghai
Artist: Yin Yi
Members hand in their plans, explain them and discuss them.

10. 1m2 South Shanghai
Artist: Yin Yi
Members practice field recording.

11. 1m2 South Shanghai
Artist: Yin Yi
Edit and reorganize their record.

12. 1m2 South Shanghai
Artist: Yin Yi
Exhibition

If you are interested in the project, enthusiastic and have sense of responsibility, you are welcomed to join us in the project. Please contact us:

Guo Haobing
M: 86 13918117770
Email: s28@msn.com

Yu Yujiao
M: 86 15821187479
E-mail: jiaojiaoxihuansmile@hotmail.com