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33 Listening Pairs in the Field

 Public Forum
Guangzhou, China
Completed 2025

 Our ears are not just organs for receiving sound, but a way of comprehending the world through auditory perception. The walls and the ground absorb vibrations, enhancing our awareness of the body’s capacity to listen to our reactions and the messages we receive from it. These interactions, known as ‘sounding,’ provide a wealth of knowledge about the world before we take action. Drawing inspiration from the concept of the exquisite corpse game, which evolved into six prompts: leveling, sounding, shearing, turning, sweeping, and echoing, to merge diverse and incongruent ideas into a cohesive tableau. This tableau will manifest as a chimera—a fantastical amalgamation of creatures and furniture, drawing in all individuals and elements, ready to adapt and evolve at any moment.

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workshop, exhibition, public space, installation, furniture, built, guangzhou, 2025 Services Provided:

Curatorial & Workshop Coordination
Participatory Design Facilitation
Sonic Interactive Installation Design
On-site Fabrication Guidance
Cross-institutional Collaboration
Project Info:

Curators: Thomas TSANG, Tianying LI, You WU
Assistants: Noah Junwen DENG, Zoe Mo CHEN, Xiwen DENG
Collaborator: FEI ARTS
Special Thanks: MichelleI YIP

Speakers 
Thomas TSANG
Tianying LI
You WU

Respondents
Ping SU, Associate Dean, SoA, SCUT,
Hui PING, Associate Professor, SoA, SCUT
Kang SHEN, Dean, SoAAD, GAFA
Yiding YANG, Director of Landscape Architecture, SoAAD, GAFA
Jianxiang HE, Co-Founder, O-office Architects
Yimin ZHU, Founder, Tuan Office
Quick Stats:

 Research focus 
Animated history of isolated objects through sound and spatial practice

Key output 
A sound-producing joint table/creature installation
Collective carnival performance engaging public audience
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