Garment Factory
2 minutes, 54 seconds
"Garment Factory"
Typhoon
2 minutes, 41 seconds
"Typhoon"
Broken Glass
3 minutes, 38 seconds
"Broken Glass"
Yi Er San Si Wu Liu Qi Ba
5 minutes, 31 seconds
"Yi Er San Si Wu Liu Qi Ba"
YI ER SAN SI WU LIU QI BA
China, Shanghai, 2005
At the experimental primary school in Brilliant City (Zhong Yuan Liang Wan Cheng), children start their day on the sports ground performing synchronised gymnastics to the sound of patriotic music and their teacher as an MC. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Shanghai, 2005
At the experimental primary school in Brilliant City (Zhong Yuan Liang Wan Cheng), children start their day on the sports ground performing synchronised gymnastics to the sound of patriotic music and their teacher as an MC. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Night In Brilliant City
3 minutes, 04 seconds
"Night In Brilliant City"
NIGHT IN BRILLIANT CITY
China, Shanghai, 2005
Brilliant City (Zhong Yuan Liang Wan Cheng) is a complex of residential high-rises in northern Shanghai. At night people walk to the local shops in their pyjamas while listening to the sounds of cicadas and children’s voices reverberating between the skyscrapers. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Shanghai, 2005
Brilliant City (Zhong Yuan Liang Wan Cheng) is a complex of residential high-rises in northern Shanghai. At night people walk to the local shops in their pyjamas while listening to the sounds of cicadas and children’s voices reverberating between the skyscrapers. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Park 19 Lift
2 minutes, 32 seconds
"Park 19 Lift"
Weaving Factory
5 minutes, 00 seconds
"Weaving Factory"
Swimming Pool
3 minutes, 04 seconds
"Swimming Pool"
Shipyard Workers
3 minutes, 54 seconds
"Shipyard Workers"
SHIPYARD WORKERS
China, Guangzhou, 2005
It’s 1 pm. At a Shipyard along the southern arm of the Zhujiang river sirens call the start of a new shift. Seemingly out of nowhere hordes of workers descend onto the place and dissapear behind its gates. All of them are dressed in identical clothes, most are on bicycles, some come on foot or on motorbike. After about 20 minutes the spectacle ends, the gates close and quietness ensues outside while work begins behind the walls encircling the yard. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Guangzhou, 2005
It’s 1 pm. At a Shipyard along the southern arm of the Zhujiang river sirens call the start of a new shift. Seemingly out of nowhere hordes of workers descend onto the place and dissapear behind its gates. All of them are dressed in identical clothes, most are on bicycles, some come on foot or on motorbike. After about 20 minutes the spectacle ends, the gates close and quietness ensues outside while work begins behind the walls encircling the yard. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Zhu Ni Sheng Ri Kuai Le
2 minutes, 05 seconds
"Zhu Ni Sheng Ri Kuai Le"
Old Ferry
4 minutes, 03 seconds
"Old Ferry"
Buddha Machines
3 minutes, 40 seconds
"Buddha Machines"
BUDDHA MACHINES
China, Guangzhou, 2005
The loop players looking a little like handheld radio receivers but which are preloaded with a set of loops of Buddhist chants can be found in numerous Buddhist temples, at least in East Asia. Here an assortment of these chanting their prayers simultaneously create a rather eerie atmosphere in Guangxiao temple. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Guangzhou, 2005
The loop players looking a little like handheld radio receivers but which are preloaded with a set of loops of Buddhist chants can be found in numerous Buddhist temples, at least in East Asia. Here an assortment of these chanting their prayers simultaneously create a rather eerie atmosphere in Guangxiao temple. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Monorail
3 minutes, 09 seconds
"Monorail"
Etude Aux Chemins de Fer
4 minutes, 06 seconds
"Etude Aux Chemins de Fer"
North Bank Removals
4 minutes, 05 seconds
"North Bank Removals"
NORTH BANK REMOVALS
China, Chongqing, 2005
Workers loading rubble from demolished buildings onto a ship on the north bank of Jialing river, recorded from a distance and accompanied by the horns of passing ships. The area will be flooded by the raised water levels caused by the Three Gorges Dam. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Chongqing, 2005
Workers loading rubble from demolished buildings onto a ship on the north bank of Jialing river, recorded from a distance and accompanied by the horns of passing ships. The area will be flooded by the raised water levels caused by the Three Gorges Dam. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Railyard Workshop
2 minutes, 17 seconds
"Railyard Workshop"
Tourist Boat Tout
3 minutes, 19 seconds
"Tourist Boat Tout"
McAdvertising
4 minutes, 34 seconds
"McAdvertising"
MCADVERTISING
China, Chongqing, 2005
A McDonald’s restaurant in Jiefangbei is advertising its delicacies with speakers mounted on the outside of the building. But even the CD player can’t quite get itself to try and entice passersby to savour the riches of American fast food on offer inside. Instead it spurts and sputters, much like one’s digestive tracts after a visit to the selfsame restaurant. All this is accompanied by the din of construction that hangs across hills of the city in concurrence with the clouds of thick smog. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Chongqing, 2005
A McDonald’s restaurant in Jiefangbei is advertising its delicacies with speakers mounted on the outside of the building. But even the CD player can’t quite get itself to try and entice passersby to savour the riches of American fast food on offer inside. Instead it spurts and sputters, much like one’s digestive tracts after a visit to the selfsame restaurant. All this is accompanied by the din of construction that hangs across hills of the city in concurrence with the clouds of thick smog. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Chongqing Construction Workers’ Percussion Ensemble
3 minutes, 29 seconds
"Chongqing Construction Workers’ Percussion Ensemble"
CHONGQING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS’ PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
China, Chongqing, 2005
A group of construction workers attacking paving stones with pickaxes and chisels in Jiefangbei. The fact that their pickaxes are all tuned to different notes makes the process sound more like a musical performance than a building site. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Chongqing, 2005
A group of construction workers attacking paving stones with pickaxes and chisels in Jiefangbei. The fact that their pickaxes are all tuned to different notes makes the process sound more like a musical performance than a building site. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Chongqing TV
3 minutes, 33 seconds
"Chongqing TV"
CHONGQING TV
China, Chongqing, 2005
Chongqing TV are producing an ident for their station. On the side of a motorway beside the Jialing river, overlooking the breathtaking panorama of Jiefangbei and Chaotianmen on the other riverbank, a group of fresh-faced teenagers are lip-syncing to the angelic voices of Chongqing TV’s theme tune. A few hundred metres to the other side, there is a wasteland of demolished buildings with people dotted around picking bricks from the rubble for reuse. This area is about to be flooded by the raised water levels caused by the Three Gorges Dam. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
China, Chongqing, 2005
Chongqing TV are producing an ident for their station. On the side of a motorway beside the Jialing river, overlooking the breathtaking panorama of Jiefangbei and Chaotianmen on the other riverbank, a group of fresh-faced teenagers are lip-syncing to the angelic voices of Chongqing TV’s theme tune. A few hundred metres to the other side, there is a wasteland of demolished buildings with people dotted around picking bricks from the rubble for reuse. This area is about to be flooded by the raised water levels caused by the Three Gorges Dam. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Undercurrent.
Funfair Ride
3 minutes, 14 seconds
"Funfair Ride"
FUNFAIR RIDE
China, Shanghai, 2004
This funfair ride, located at a sedate entertainment park in a public garden in Shanghai sounds like a rather sad affair. And actually it wasn’t much fun riding on it either, so the melancholy groans and creaks it emitted seemed to be rather fitting. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Brilliant City.
China, Shanghai, 2004
This funfair ride, located at a sedate entertainment park in a public garden in Shanghai sounds like a rather sad affair. And actually it wasn’t much fun riding on it either, so the melancholy groans and creaks it emitted seemed to be rather fitting. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Brilliant City.
50 Moganshan Lu
3 minutes, 09 seconds
"50 Moganshan Lu"
50 MOGANSHAN LU
China, Shanghai, 2004
Before the hype, 50 Moganshan Lu was a collection of warehouses that housed what were then Shanghai’s up-and-coming independent galleries. It was all very low-key and seemed to blend in effortlessly with what had been there already. This recording was made one late Saturday afternoon and I was taken by the serenity of the whole scenery: children playing, people singing while passing on their bicycles, birds chirping. A year later the place had been rebranded as M50, listed in tourist guides, and building works were under way in every corner. These days, the place is like a miniature arts entertainment district, filled with commercial galleries, design shops, art bookshops and the obligatory cafes. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Brilliant City.
China, Shanghai, 2004
Before the hype, 50 Moganshan Lu was a collection of warehouses that housed what were then Shanghai’s up-and-coming independent galleries. It was all very low-key and seemed to blend in effortlessly with what had been there already. This recording was made one late Saturday afternoon and I was taken by the serenity of the whole scenery: children playing, people singing while passing on their bicycles, birds chirping. A year later the place had been rebranded as M50, listed in tourist guides, and building works were under way in every corner. These days, the place is like a miniature arts entertainment district, filled with commercial galleries, design shops, art bookshops and the obligatory cafes. Recorded for the D-Fuse project Brilliant City.