I signed up for a collaborative project with students from hong kong called sound envelope. In our first session to discuss the idea of what sound envelope is, lead by Ryo Ikeshiro (SoundLab, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong).
The idea of sound envelope was inspired by chinese culture. When it’s someones birthday or they’ve achieved something you offer them an envelope. Which usually has money inside. Ryo wanted to continue this gift sharing idea but for soundscapes and field recordings. London and Hong Hong which are two cities that have had a lot of history together culturally.
Our task was to record field recordings around our city of things we found were our sonic landscapes. and then create a piece to reflect/contrast the Hong Kong recordings to our own or perhaps not.