Every day, our ears are drawn to the hustle of footsteps, vehicles, traffic signals,
public announcements, hawkers calls, drones of air conditioners, birds calls, leafs in the wind…
Sounds of countless frequencies and textures compound the sonic environment of our city.
Vanishing in time, sounds are evanescent;
but they also register the trajectories of the city’s beings.

Are you an active listener?
Are you ready to share your listening experience with others?
Can we borrow your ears?

Become a Sound Collector of The Library by soundpocket. Learn about the art of recording from professional sound designers and artists. Share your ideas of listening and make them part of the permanent collection of the public library of sounds.

How to become a Sound Collector of The Library?
If you love exploring, and you listen well, we would like to meet you!
NO professional background in working with sound is required.
All Sound Collectors will attend 3 sessions of Sound Collecting Workshop for free. The workshops cover such topics as the culture of listening in contemporary society, theories and practices of listening with microphones and headphones, and the art of recording by artists. Upon completion of the workshop, Sound Collectors will become members of The Library community and start collecting sounds and stories together.

About the Sound Collecting Workshops
Venue : Unit 10C, Gee Chang Industrial Building,
1 08 Lok Shan Road, Tokwawan, Kowloon,
Hong Kong (next to Hoi Sham Park)
Language : Cantonese
Quota : 20
Application Deadline : July 22, 2012

FREE ADDMISSION

< Distracting Ears > August 10 (Friday), 8-10:30PM
Facilitator: Dr. FONG Ho Yin Ian (Instructor, School of Continuing & Professional Studies, CUHK)

<How sound recordings become an impression of our surroundings >August 11 (Saturday), 5-7PM
Facilitator: Anthony Yeung (Theatre Sound Designer, CD mastering and classical music mixing engineer)

<When Field Recording meets Art – Artists’ Sharing> August 11 (Saturday), 8-10PM
Facilitator: Dr. Yeung Yang (Founder, soundpocket)

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每天我們的耳朵被各種聲音充滿。
腳步聲、汽車聲、交通燈響個不停、公共廣播重覆又重覆、小販叫賣、冷氣機的摩打聲、
小鳥吱吱叫、微風拍打葉子、盂蘭勝會的鬼哭神號、還有……
不同的頻率振動交匯成城市獨特的聲境和節奏，卻隨時間漸漸消逝。
聲音，是轉瞬即逝的、彌足珍貴的時代印記。

你喜歡聆聽嗎？願意分享自己所聽？那不要猶豫，把你的耳朵借給我們。

成為聲音圖書館的「採聲人」，可免費參與由專業人士主持的《喚你隻耳》工作坊；而你所收集的聲音，將有機會成為這個平等、自由的網上館藏，以述說你和這個城市的段段故事。

如何成為聲音圖書館的「採聲人」？
無須擁有藝術或聲音專業背景，只要喜歡聆聽、愛探索，我們都歡迎你加入！所有「採聲人」均可免費參與3節《喚你隻耳》工作坊，當中包括專題講座、錄音技巧研習和藝術家分享會。 完成所有工作坊後，「採聲人」將正式成為聲音圖書館的採聲團隊，並跟我們一起參與專題式的錄音活動。

《喚你隻耳》工作坊詳情：
地點：香港九龍土瓜灣落山道108號志昌工業大廈10樓C (海心公園旁)
語言：廣東話
費用：全免
名額：20
截止報名日期：7月22日

第一節《反轉耳朵》講座， 8月10日（星期五），下午8時到10時半
導師：方浩然博士（香港中文大學專業進修學院）
第二節《趣智捕聲》研習班， 8月11日（星期六），下午5時到7時
導師：楊我華 ( CD母帶處理，古典音樂混音及劇場音響設計師 )
第三節《當田野錄音邂逅藝術》分享，會 8月11日（星期六），下午8時到10時
導師：楊陽博士（聲音掏腰包創辦人）