Part of FOGGING AROUND NIGHTLINE

Stretched, looped, fragmented electronic soundscape

NIGHTLINE, Saturday night, 6. Sept, 23:00, STWST Saal

Folding Memory is a dialogic interplay between two artists: one performs on the suona, the other uses a modular synthesizer to sample, deconstruct, and recompose its sounds in real time. The result is a fluid sonic field shaped by cultural resonance, temporal distortion, and technological intervention.

The suona, historically used in rituals across West and East Asia, carries the timbre of collective memory—its sound marking life transitions, from weddings to funerals. In this performance, its raw sonic material is not simply preserved, but unsettled: stretched, looped, fragmented, and reframed within a contemporary electronic soundscape.

This work does not attempt to reconstruct tradition, but to open it—allowing sound to become a porous medium where memory, technology, and affect intersect. The audience is invited to enter a space of deep listening, where sound becomes relational rather than representational, and where histories are felt rather than narrated.

Lai Tsung Yun (Modular Synth). He's artistic journey began with sound and image production. His work explores mixer feedback, environmental sounds, and audiovisual integration. His video art often draws on folk religious rituals and AI-generated imagery, weaving together mixed noise and oversampled test tones to construct enigmatic sonic landscapes. Since 2013, he has curated Lacking Sound Festival, Taiwan’s most prominent platform for experimental sound art.
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Huang Ya-Nung (Double Reed Instruments) is a multidisciplinary artist working across graphic design, photography, and video. As a musician, she plays the suona, a traditional double-reed wind instrument. Drawing from both traditional training and experimental practices, she fuses body movement, improvisation, and noise art to push the boundaries of sonic expression. Her work seeks to forge a new 'tradition' for classical instruments within contemporary contexts.
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