PLAN8T AIR S21 “The invisible sound”

Xinyi Li received her undergraduate degree in Time-based Media from Hochschule für bildende Künste (HFBK) Hamburge in 2020 and is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in Digital Graphic. Her artistic practice spans radio drama, DJ, sound design, independent games, video installations, and graphic design. She has a keen interest in sound media and digital materials. How are our sounds made today? Her recent three years of coming creations take the reflection on this question as a starting point, reflecting on sound production techniques, narrative templates, bodies and gender in the digital era.

李心怡于2020年在汉堡国立美术学院获得时间媒体专业本科学位，目前正在攻读数码平面方向研究生。她的艺术实践越了了电台广播剧、DJ、声音设计、独立游戏、视频装置、平面设计等。她对声音媒介和数码材料有浓厚的兴趣。我们今天的声音是如何被制造的？她近三年的来创作以对这个问题的思考为起点，反思数码化时代的声音制作技术、叙事模板、身体和性别。

Xinyi  | 《心怡》
Installation

The name "Xin Yi" is commonly seen in women born in the 1990s. Due to the construction of popular culture, this very feminine name is often associated with a sense of romance, vulnerability and vulgarity. In this work, the protagonist of the story has the same name as the artist. The story is based on the artist's own experience and fragmental information of the people with the same name on the Internet. Accompanied by self-analysis, prying and fantasizing about others, the symbiosis of reality and fiction advances the narrative. The artist uses the palette of vocal music and language to construct a new sound identity, in order to challenge the prejudices and cultural norms she faces, and proposing a more interesting and balanced reality.

“心怡”这个名字常见于90年代出生的女性。由于流行文化的建构，这个极具女性气质的名字时常与一种浪漫、脆弱与庸俗感相关联。在这个作品中，故事的主人公有着和艺术家一样的名字。故事基于艺术家自己的经历以及关于网络上的同名者的碎片化的信息。伴随着自我剖析以及对她人的窥探和幻想，共生的现实和虚构推进叙事的进行。艺术家运用声乐与语言的调色板来构建新的声音身份，以此来挑战自身面临的偏见与文化规范，并提出更有趣、更平衡的现实。