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If You Strain Your Ears/側耳傾聽


Single channel video
11'04"
2024

During the day, sitting on either side of the bus can see trees limited by their surroundings, unable to grow further. Plants are often viewed as ornamental beings, their rustling leaves merging into the ambient soundscape. The video captures sounds usually unheard in daily life even when coming closer. With limited space, the trees’ movements and the buildings’ structures create interactive sounds, offering another observation at the relationship between the street, its surroundings, the plants, and their users.。

白天坐在巴士兩側時,總能看到不同的樹木因不同功能需求的環境,被進一步剝去了向上生長的空間。植物總容易被視爲一種觀賞的存在,風吹樹葉的聲音總匯成一個整體並潛入各式各樣的聲音環境内,影片紀錄了平日無法側身聽到的。在生長空間有限下,樹作爲個體時的運動和建築物碰撞之間雙方發出的聲音,以此重新觀察街道與四周範圍、植物、及其使用者之間的關係。

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