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Fenwick Pier used to be where marines set their first step on, after they set off a long journey from home.
They came here, searched for paintings, china decorations, tailor-made suits… some beautiful memories to bring back home.
If you have to share a reminiscence of Hong Kong to an outlander, what sounds do you recall?

分域碼頭曾經是海軍離家後，踏足香港的第一個地方。
他們來到，買畫，買瓷器，造西裝，想像自己帶一點美好的回憶回去。
若要你分一片香港的聲音給異地人，你會想起什麼？

The following recordings were played in loop:
以下錄音循環播放：

Hung Shui Kiu “Sheep”
洪水橋《羊》
11/10/2011
at dusk 黃昏
Hung Shui Kiu from Tan Kwai Tsuen to the Sheep Paradise
洪水橋沿丹桂村路到羊樂園
0’56″/ Zoom H4N/ Walking While Recording 邊行邊錄音
Sound collector 採聲人 / PEACE

Jardine in the Morning
上午在渣甸坊
16/09/2013
09:07 am
Jardine’s Crescent 渣甸坊
1’04″/ TASCAM DR-40/ Handheld手持錄音
Sound collector 採聲人 / Alex Yiu 姚少龍

Man Ming Lane Park
文明里休憩處
09/12/2013
whole day 一整天
karaoke lounge opposite to the park
文明里休憩處對面的卡拉OK酒廊
5’42” / Zoom H2 / Recorder mounted on boom stick protected with a windshield
錄音機套上防風罩置於收音吊桿
Sound collector 採聲人 / Samson Young 楊嘉輝

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The End 荼蘼

At the end of the day, our murmurings are not something metaphysical, but our conversations on food and people we care about are what we hold close to our hearts. The subtle sounds laid beneath the small talks — scratches from grass, distant sound of a train passing by, became the direct indicators of the unique soundscape of the space.

Standing at a pier that no longer has ship moored, what do you hear? Underneath the white noise of the crowd, are there any sounds that will lead you to a moment in the future?

在完結的一瞬，留下的人語，談的不過柴米油鹽日常事。但踏過草地的細碎腳步聲、列車聲，成為了記認環境的獨特聲紋。

在再無船隻停泊的碼頭，你聽到什麼細語人聲？在人潮的白噪音底下，有什麼其他的聲音，將會成為未來回憶的座標？

sound collector 採聲人
—  Eunice Young