Artwork Title｜ “移”
Form｜ Multichannel Soundscape Composition
Artist｜ GUI Ren
“移 ” (Migration) is a multi-chapter soundscape composition created by GUI Ren as part of the Walk in Her Shoes project in Hong Kong. Developed from long-term field research and participatory sound practices, the piece offers a personal retelling of the auditory experiences of Chinese female new immigrants living in Hong Kong.
The work combines field recordings made by both the artist and participants, original vocals, electronic music, and compositional elements drawn from the sound of the pipa, a traditional Chinese lute. The pipa motif serves as a key sonic reference, rooted in the artist’s own memory of hearing a pipa player regularly practicing near her former living place in Beijing. This remembered sound becomes a point of departure for dialogues—with place, with participants, and with her own identity as a newly arrived outsider in Hong Kong.
Structured in four chapters, 移 unfolds as a layered journey through memory, mobility, and sonic intimacy:
- Chapter I: 移(Movement) captures interview fragments from the COVID-19 period alongside the artist’s initial field recordings upon arriving in Hong Kong.
- Chapter II: 探 (Explore) follows participants as they revisit familiar public spaces in their daily lives to record overlooked and intimate urban sounds.
- Chapter III: 循 (Follow) documents the participants entering each other’s spaces, tracing overlapping auditory paths that reflect shared yet distinct urban experiences.
- Chapter IV: 憧 (Longing) presents a poetic sonic composition that imagines future possibilities through reconstructed soundscapes shaped by memory, empathy, and imagination.
“移” was performed as a multichannel sound piece at the Multimedia Theatre of the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong.
《移》是一部多章節的聲音景觀作曲作品，由藝術家桂仁創作，作為其在香港開展的《Walk in Her Shoes》項目的一部分。作品源於長期的田野調查與參與式聲音實踐，以個人敘事的方式，重新講述中國女性新移民在香港的聽覺經驗。
本作融合了藝術家與參與者共同完成的實地錄音、原創人聲、電子音樂，以及來自中國傳統樂器琵琶的聲音元素。琵琶動機作為作品的重要聲響符號，源自藝術家對於過去在北京居住地附近，常聽見一位琵琶演奏者練習的記憶。這段記憶中的聲音成為與場所、參與者，以及她作為新來港者身份之間展開對話的起點。
《移》共分為四個章節，以層層遞進的方式展開一段關於記憶、流動與聲音親密性的旅程：
- 第一章 “移”（Movement）：記錄疫情期間的訪談片段，以及藝術家初到香港時的實地錄音。
- 第二章 “探”（Explore）：參與者重新踏入她們日常生活中的公共空間，錄製那些被忽略卻貼近生活的城市聲音。
- 第三章 “循”（Follow）：描繪參與者走入彼此的生活場域，聲音路徑交疊，呈現出既共享又獨特的城市經驗。
- 第四章 “憧”（Longing）：以記憶、共感與想像所形構的聲音素材，創造一段詩意性的聲音組曲，描繪對未來可能性的幻想。
《移》曾於香港邵逸夫創意媒體中心多功能媒體劇院，以多聲道聲音作品形式公開演出。