九月十五日：在永和小小書房的第三堂聲音工作坊

本週由許雁婷介紹關於嘉義聲音計畫，可以在這個計畫的部落格上找到更多資訊和聆聽其他聲音：http://chiayisound.blogspot.com/

在討論結束後，忘了為各位解答，一開始播放的聲音。那是阿里山鄒族在一年中最重要的小米收穫祭 homeyaya 開始時，長老們聚集在頭目家的祭屋中，由頭目領唱的吟念歌謠 tu-e，歌詞內容敘述著過去戰爭中走過的路徑。收穫祭於焉開始。

還有其中播放的榻榻米機器聲音，還有另一個版本，是從另個角度錄音的，請聽：
http://chiayisound.blogspot.com/2009/09/100909-last-song-of-old-machine-of.html

也別錯過雁婷在Arte Radio上的創作“排灣族的歌”：http://www.arteradio.com/son/615907/Songs_from_the_Paiwan

另外我們討論到各位和永和相關的個人計畫。希望本週每位參與者都能多少有些更清楚的想法。請別忘了在這篇文章留下關於計畫敘述的留言喔！

關於價格合理的可攜式錄音設備：建議盡量避免便宜的錄音筆，那會浪費時間和金錢；並建議購買品質良好的耳機（為了聆聽田野錄音的內容，這是絕對必需的）。

我們時常推薦的是，Sony PCM0D50錄音機、Sony MDR-7506耳機，以及AD-PCM1防風罩（一樣絕對需要！）。這些在台灣都很容易找到，對於非專業的個人使用者來說也不會太昂貴，品質也好。此外以下幾個機器，也有不錯的評價：Olympus LS-11, Zoom H2, Zoom H4n, Tascam DR-100, Tascam DR2D …等等。要去比較這些品牌型號相當耗時，所以建議找一家都有販售的專業店面，直接試用！別忘了耳機和防風罩。

請記得唯有在真實環境中聆聽的專注力，能夠讓你錄到有趣的聲音。先在家使用你的新器材試著錄下許多不同的聲音，例如冰箱的嗡嗡聲、廚具的碰撞聲、鄰居吵架的聲音，或者貓咪晚上的叫聲…。然後非常仔細的聆聽這些錄音。直到完全熟悉這個新玩意，就出門試試吧！祝好運！

(thank you Yen-Ting for the translations !

15/09/2011 : Third session of the workshop at Small Idea Bookshop, in Yonghe, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

This session was held by Yen-Ting Hsu, about the Chiayi Sound Project. You can  find more informations and other sounds of this archive project on the following blog : http://chiayisound.blogspot.com/
Don’t miss the creation by Yen-Ting for Arte-Radio, “the Songs from the Paiwan” : http://www.arteradio.com/son/615907/Songs_from_the_Paiwan

We also discussed a bit about the personal projects related to Yonghe. Let’s hope that this week, everyone will have a more or less precise idea about it. Please don’t forget to add a comment to this article with a short description of your project.

We were asked several times about “affordable” and portable sound recording equipment. We can at least recommend for those interested into buying something : to get a reasonable equipment (avoid these cheap stylus recorders, they’re just a waste of time and money) and get an excellent pair of headphones (that’s mandatory for listening what you’re recording in the field).

One small system that we often recommend is SONY PCM-D50 and SONY MDR-7506 with the wind protection AD-PCM1 (also a mandatory buy !). Those are easy to find in Taiwan, not too much expensive for a non-professional individual and can allow very nice work.
We also heard good feedback about the following machines : Olympus LS-11, Zoom H2, Zoom H4n, Tascam DR-100, Tascam DR2D and many others. To make a comparison between all these models would be highly time-consuming, so we recommend to find a shop who has different models and try them ! Don’t forget the headphones and windshield. Please remember that only the attention you pay to listening in the field can allow to get interesting recordings. Make many experiences at home with your new equipment (for example you can record the humming of your fridge, all the sounds of ustensils in your kitchen, your neighboorhood’s fighting or the cats screaming during the night, then listen to all of these recordings very carefully) until your totally familiar with it, then go out ! Good luck.

台北好居城市未來觀

以「好居城市」作為想像的起點,思考台北未來城市的樣貌,結合網路論壇、真實 的體驗、座談及工作坊,探究以人為本的都會生活居住價值。
台北未來城市生活的想像與實踐需要市民與管理者的共同參與,特別邀請各界人士 分別提出6個想法, 以2030年為時間標的, 為網路論壇打開「好居台北」的各個面向 ,透過各種思考激盪探索未來。
由都市酵母策劃執行(http://www.cityyeast.com), 台北都更處主辦。

所有議題網頁:

http://www.cityyeast.com/passion_list.php?newstype_id2=52

Living-Tomorrow.pdf

Atelier Hui-Kan participated to a kind of “think tank”…

“Living Tomorrow, Taipei 2011 forum” was organized by City Yeast.
We were asked to propose a few ideas for the future of Taipei.

Here are our propositions (in Chinese) : Living-Tomorrow.pdf

Here is the website of the project : http://www.cityyeast.com

“Treasure” by Shijingren 拾景人 is a book continaining a CD, published in May 2011 in Taiwan.
Texts, images and sounds are the traces of wanderings in the surrounding of Treasure Hill (寶藏巖), a formally illegal settlement in Taipei city.

This publication was realized during a stay at Treasure Hill Artist Village and is a part of our collaboration to public art project.

We want to say a huge thank you to Phil Di Palm, Matt Marble and Lisa Chen. (we should have included this thanks into the book but we forgot, sorry !)

Text (in English and Chinese), Photography, Sound, Editing by Wan-Shuen Tsai and Yannick Dauby.
Published in Taipei, Taiwan, 04.2011. Commissioned by Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Available on www.kalerne.net

Wan-Shuen and Yannick (拾景人) are starting a project in a very very complicated place, 寶藏嚴 (Treasure Hill in Taipei). Last Saturday was our first day and we participated to a very very strange event. Our proposal was to ask two questions to the numerous visitors :
- what is your first impression when arriving in Treasure Hill ?
- in the city where you live, what is the place you would really miss if it disappears ?
We got many answers, some were interesting, and the visitors were invited to stick it on the wall of our studio.
We still don’t know how will evolve our residency. We are deeply thinking about it…
Edit: forgot to mention that visitors who let they answer could chose a gift amongst a photo from an exhibition of Shejingren about ruins of Peng-Hu, a selection of short sound creations by Yannick or a poem written by Wan-Shuen.

Dear Readers, Dear Robots, Dear Waterbirds,

We were absolutly and absurdly busy during since our last post, half a year ago. Amongst our projects : recording and archiving the sounds of Chiayi County, thinking with the inhabitants of Zhubei about their urban environment, playing with Hakka villagers Nanwai, teaching with the Atayal kids in Taoshan (those last three places are in Xinzhu County).
So now, we need to dig into our image collection and write some sparse reports about these last works. Keep in touch for revisiting Atelier Hui-Kan.