#projection #soundscape #spatialexperience
2023
I’m here. in the cold wind.
《冷風中 我在》
"If the sky is suddenly so heavy that the shadows do not recedeIn sleepiness, don’t worry, you have me, in here.”
"If the sky is suddenly so heavy that the shadows do not recedeIn sleepiness, don’t worry, you have me, in here.”
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She sat alone at the table with the radio on,
lights on.
Blood dripping on her finger.
Her feet on the treadle.
The looping sound of the machine.
"I have done nothing wrong in my life, why do I suffer from this?"
She sat alone on the couch with the television on,
lights off.
The bluish flickers on her face.Her blank stare.
The looping murmur.
"In the cold wind, I have wept and I have loathed."
Perhaps that was the time she had for herself
Perhaps the song spoke her mind
Perhaps she wanted to sing
Perhaps she wanted to wake up from a dream.
I would like to be there,
be a voice,
for her,
with her.
She sat alone at the table with the radio on,
lights on.
Blood dripping on her finger.
Her feet on the treadle.
The looping sound of the machine.
"I have done nothing wrong in my life, why do I suffer from this?"
She sat alone on the couch with the television on,
lights off.
The bluish flickers on her face.Her blank stare.
The looping murmur.
"In the cold wind, I have wept and I have loathed."
Perhaps that was the time she had for herself
Perhaps the song spoke her mind
Perhaps she wanted to sing
Perhaps she wanted to wake up from a dream.
I would like to be there,
be a voice,
for her,
with her.
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Sounds are emotions, lyrics are monologues.
A song is a small window in the chamber.
Grassroots women in the 70s loved listening to Fang Yan-fen, her heartbreaking voice chanting:
"I have done nothing wrong in this life, so why do I suffer from this torment"
My mother likes to sing, but she cannot make high pitches because of her vocal cord problem. There was a period of time, she often sat alone on the sofa in the dark, playing "A Solo Song". At the time, I did not understand what the song was about, I just thought it was a boring song.
"People have cried and hated in the cold wind. I just want this to be a dream, wake up and pass by"
:(
Now I want to sing Serrini to her:
"If the sky is suddenly so heavy that the shadows do not recedeIn sleepiness, don’t worry, you have me, in here.”
Reference (song lyrics)：
“Sweet Dew on a Lone Scarlet," original Cantonese opera work by Tong Dik-shang in 1952, and adapted into opera films several time, with Fong Yim-fun remaining the lead.
"A Solo Song," 1993, Shirley Kwan, lyrics by Chan Suk-yee.
"Let us go then you and I," 2019, Serrini, lyrics by Serrini.