([[o]]) Bells @ deTour 2025 Design Festival - The Shape of Yearning

2025

Porcelain, Stoneware, Dark stoneware, Parts of Call Bell, Wooden Mallets, Solenoids, PCB Boards, Arduino

Each type of clay reveals its unique character through distinct textures that produce its own resonant note. This synesthetic journey transforms tactile sensations into sound and visual imagery, where every form embodies its own personality, uncovering the intrinsic essence of the material. A dynamic dialogue emerges between touch and hearing, and as their hidden melodies await discovery, a composition begins to take shape.

在數字化時代，人們習慣滑手機、看屏幕，真實的觸感日益消褪。《([[o]]) Bells》透過可觸摸的陶藝裝置，探索陶泥質感與聲音之間奇妙的感官聯繫。陶土的物理特性被轉化為聲響，每一種陶泥形態各異、質地獨特，激發特有的共鳴音韻。創作者邀請觀眾開啟一場聯覺之旅，在觸覺與聽覺間交織出動態對話。當隱藏的旋律靜待發掘，一首樂章便悄然成形。

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Words by Curator Adonian Chan at deTour 2025 - The Shape of Yearning

Layer 1:

It is a tactile sonic object countering flat digital gestures, restoring sensory intimacy through weight, vibration, and resonant sound.

Layer 2:

The work critiques modern auditory detachment while reconnecting to clay as primitive earth and origin.

Layer 3:

The clay is a metaphor for human character — rough, imperfect, sensual, expressing a collective longing for authentic connection with each other and the physical world.

第 1 層：

以可觸摸的聲響物件對抗扁平的數位手勢，透過重量、震動與共鳴聲激發感官互動。

第 2 層：

批判現代聽覺疏離，並與象徵原始大地與起源的陶土重新連結。

第 3 層：

陶土象徵人性——粗糙、不完美、感性；表達人類渴望與彼此和物質世界建立真實連結的共同情感。

The production of the Artwork was financially sponsored by the PMQ Management Company Limited, Organiser of deTour 2025 - Design Festival