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Gesture, Listening, Memory — Sound Research Sessions — Taiwan 2026

TAIWAN — KAOHSIUNG — PIER-2 Art Residency

Session 1 & 2 — Dates TBA

動作・聆聽・記憶 — 聲音研究場次
高雄・駁二藝術特區駐村計畫
第一場與第二場 — 日期待公布

PAIR Residency Sessions — Kaohsiung 2026.04
PAIR駐村專場 — 高雄 2026.04


Led by Andrea Valvini / Sound Artist & Researcher
由 Andrea Valvini 帶領 / 聲音藝術家與研究者


關於帶領者

I am a sound artist and researcher working with listening, gesture, and memory through sound practice.

Drawing from decades of Chinese and Japanese martial arts (Shaolin, Xingyiquan, Judo, Iaido) and musical education (piano, classical percussion, jazz drums, machines, computer-assisted music), my work explores how sound reveals what analysis alone cannot reach.

I don’t produce sounds to hear — I produce situations to perceive.

These research-creation sessions are based on long-term practice across working ports internationally (Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Naples, Thessaloniki) and ongoing residency at PAIR Residency, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2026). Using analog instruments and dedicated software (Ableton Live, IRCAM tools), the sessions create conditions where listening becomes active inquiry, not passive reception.


我是一位聲音藝術家與研究者，透過聲音實踐探索聆聽、動作與記憶。

數十年中日武術實踐（少林、形意拳、柔道、居合道）與音樂教育（鋼琴、古典打擊樂、爵士鼓、機器、電腦輔助音樂），我的創作探索聲音如何揭示分析alone無法觸及之事。

我不是製作供聆聽的聲音——我創造供感知的情境。

這些研究創作場次基於長期實踐：國際工作港口（台灣、日本、馬來西亞、那不勒斯、塞薩洛尼基）及駁二藝術特區PAIR駐村（高雄，2026）。運用類比樂器與專業軟體（Ableton Live、IRCAM工具），場次創造條件，讓聆聽成為主動探問而非被動接收。


SESSION I — Listening or Hearing?

The session begins with sound already present — no imposed silence, no preparation needed. Participants enter the space as it is: voices, movements, ambient noise flowing naturally.

Before framing the work together, a few questions open the terrain:

  • Listening or hearing — is there a difference?
  • Gesture and machine — how does the body attend to sound differently than an algorithm?
  • The encounter — what happens when we choose to inhabit sound rather than decode it?
  • Humanity and AI — is a machine better than us, and why not?

These questions aren’t answered here. They become the ground we’ll explore together over both sessions. What emerges from this first contact: observations on how attention shifts when we pause the habit of analyzing and simply inhabit sound as it unfolds.

There is no performance expected, no correct response to find, no technical skill required. This session doesn’t produce sounds to hear — it creates situations to perceive. The focus rests on perception, bodily attention, and how sound becomes experience before meaning.

After inhabiting these questions through direct experience, a brief conceptual framework will be offered — not as theory imposed from above, but as language to articulate what has already been lived. Theory here functions as a tool for naming, not a prerequisite for participating.

Moments of collective exchange punctuate the session. Participants are invited to share sensations and impressions as they arise, without need for justification or analysis. What is felt matters more than what can be explained.

This is an exploratory process, not an evaluation. Session I establishes the ground; Session II will deepen the inquiry through transformation, gesture, and creative engagement with listening practice.


第 ⼀ 場 — 聆聽或聽見？

第一場從聲音已然存在的狀態開始——無需刻意靜默，無需事先準備。參與者進入空間時，一切如其所是：聲音、動作、環境噪音自然流動。

在共同展開工作之前，幾個問題打開探索的場域：

  • 聆聽或聽見——兩者有何不同？
  • 姿態與機器——身體對聲音的關注與演算法有何差異？
  • 相遇——當我們選擇棲居於聲音而非解碼它時，會發生什麼？
  • 人性與人工智慧——機器是否比我們更擅長聆聽，為何不可能？

這些問題在此不會被解答。它們成為我們在兩場中共同探索的基礎。從這第一次接觸中浮現的：當我們暫停分析的習慣，單純棲居於聲音的展開時，專注力如何轉變的觀察。

這裡不期待表演，不尋找正確答案，不要求技術能力。**本場次不是製作供聆聽的聲音——而是創造供感知的情境。**焦點在於感知、身體的專注，以及聲音如何在意義之前成為經驗。

在透過直接經驗棲居於這些問題之後，會提供一個簡短的概念框架——不是自上而下強加的理論，而是用以表述已然經歷之事的語言。理論在此作為命名的工具，而非參與的前提。

集體交流的時刻點綴其間。參與者受邀分享自然生起的感受與印象，無需證明或分析。感受到的，比能夠解釋的更重要。

這是一場探索過程，而非評量。第一場奠定基礎；第二場將透過轉化、姿態，以及對聆聽實踐的創造性參與，深化探問。

SESSION 2 – Evolution: Transformation – Gesture, Repetition, Trace


Session 2 builds directly on Session 1 and is open only to those who participated in the first session.

This session focuses on the shift from listening to engaging with the materials participants have gathered. Drawing from my practice as a sound artist and researcher, the session explores gesture, repetition, and transformation as core elements of sound work.

Participants will work with the sound materials collected. These materials were already composition when gathered — the decision to record, the presence at that moment, the choice of what to capture. Now we return to them, not as fixed objects, but as living material that continues to transform.

The focus is on listening together to these materials, observing what has changed, and articulating transformations through collective inquiry and shared observation.

There is no performance requirement and no technical skill expected. What matters is attention to what the materials reveal when revisited.

At the close of Session 2, I will present a brief 10-minute performance — the continuation of what we’ve explored together. Not something created from the materials, but with them, as they continue to unfold. This is followed by a sharing about my creative practice and what sound and listening mean to me. This is my way of thanking you for your presence, which allows me to receive and be transformed.

Session 2 emphasizes repetition as a living process — sound changes through practice and sustained attention. The session opens toward autonomous creative practice, not toward finished results or evaluation.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

This is for anyone curious about sound and listening — whether you’re an artist, a student, someone who loves music, or simply someone who wonders what it means to truly listen.

These sessions don’t teach sound — they create conditions where perception opens. If you’re willing to experience before understanding, to feel before explaining, you’re ready.

You don’t need experience, technical skills, or a background in music. What matters is genuine curiosity and willingness to explore together.

Questions and attention — that’s enough.

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第二場 – 演化：轉化 – 姿態、重複、痕跡

第二場直接延續第一場的經驗，僅開放給參加過第一場的參與者。

本場聚焦於從聆聽到參與處理參與者已收集之素材的轉變。借鑑我作為聲音藝術家與研究者的實踐，場次探索姿態、重複與轉化作為聲音工作的核心元素。

參與者將處理收集到的聲音素材。這些素材在被收集時已是創作——記錄的決定、當下的在場、捕捉內容的選擇。現在我們重訪它們，不是作為固定對象，而是持續轉化的活素材。

焦點在於共同聆聽這些素材、觀察發生了什麼變化，並透過集體探問與共同觀察來表述轉化。

這裡不要求表演，也不需要技術能力。重要的是關注素材在被重訪時所揭示的內容。

在第二場結束時，我將呈現一段約10分鐘的演出——這是我們共同探索的延續。不是從素材中創作，而是與它們一起，讓它們繼續展開。隨後我會分享我的創作實踐以及聲音與聆聽對我而言的意義。這是我對各位在場參與、讓我得以獲得啟發與轉化的一種感謝方式。

第二場強調「重複」作為一種活的過程——聲音在實踐與持續專注中改變。場次指向自主創作實踐的可能性，而非最終成果或評量。

誰可以參與？

這是為任何對聲音與聆聽感到好奇的人而設——無論你是藝術家、學生、熱愛音樂的人，或只是好奇什麼是真正的聆聽。

**本場次不是教授聲音——而是創造讓感知開啟的條件。**如果你願意先經驗後理解、先感受後解釋，你就準備好了。

你不需要經驗、技術能力或音樂背景。重要的是真誠的好奇心以及願意共同探索。

問題與專注——這就足夠。。


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