Stutterer, 2013

结巴

site-specific sound installation

stethoscope, tin cans, fishing lines, wood boards, chimneys, ventilating pipes, balloons, pills, drug powder, pins, wine bottles, bell, smashed glass, wood sticks (found), smashed tiles (found), bricks (found) etc.
dimensions variable

---

This work transforms a dark passage in the ruins into some pieces of “instruments” that can make sounds. Ruins are here compared to “stutterers”, since both are physically between wholeness and nothingness, and embody malfunction, yet both might utter sound voices under certain circumstances. This “stutterer” is expected to be able to sing, but the result will depend on the interveners – the winds, and the spectators’ eyes, hands, ears, and minds.
​
将废墟一处黑暗过道改造成一些能发出声响的“乐器”。废墟在此被喻作“结巴”，因为二者都在物理上介于完整和无之间，体现了功能的不健全，但某些情境下二者又都可能顺畅发声。这“结巴”被寄予唱歌的希望，但结果如何要取决于介入者——风，以及观众的眼、手、耳、心。

---

"Not There", SRP #6
01 Dec 2013 - when the building was demolished
Hei Qiao, Beijing