Musical Instruments around Us

How do we “hear”? And why it’s done in this way?
How do the instruments “make sounds”? And why they do that in this way?
So which of those daily life stuff can be used to make sounds or even to make musical instruments?
How can we make those ordinary stuff make sounds by themselves? In their new “voices”?

By practicing while you are thinking, you may get your answer at the “Musical Instruments around Us” studio.

【TIPS】
Age: around 10 years
Admission: Free of charge, RSVP required

Date Jun 2, 2013 14:00 – 15:30
Language Chinese
Moderator Yin Yi
Venue chi K11 art space (Shanghai K11 Art Mall, B3, 300 Huaihai Zhong Lu）

Moderator – Yin Yi
A Shanghai based composer, sound artist and sound recorder. Founder of BM Space, initiator of Free Music Collective of Shanghai.

As an independent composer, his range of work includes live music performance, contemporary dance and physical theatre. His music isfrequently used by modern dance company and dance artist like ZuheNiao(Shanghai), Tanzcompagnie(Berlin), Contemporary Dance Company of Guangdong, etc.

As a sound artist, Yin Yi focuses on the sound from city and daily life and researches by his location recording project ‘City Sound Travel’.

YinYi also make sound installations and video to define his own ‘sound art’