The Church of Christ in China Ming Kei College

AK is a Hong Kong sound artist and field recordist. Graduated in 2017 from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree in Theatre and Entertainment Arts, majoring in Sound System Design, he actively involves in theatre and creative arts activities.

He started his curatorial project – AK IN KK – Nature Field Recording HK in 2018, a sound recording project featuring a sound map and sound library of Hong Kong’s nature, in bringing mountains and streams to the urban ears; He utilises the sound of nature and shapes listening experience as his core creative tool. He is also the Hong Kong regional representative of Quiet Parks International promoting #SaveQuiet in our environment.

His recent key creative projects include No Discipline Limited – Playground as Metaphor (2023), West Kowloon District – Future of Performance series “Bright Day” (2022), AAiSS – Future Record Project “The Quiet Phone Booth” (2022), and PMQ Mountain Festival at PMQ (2022).

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Peter is an Audio Engineer, Sound Artist, and Field Recordist from Hong Kong, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree in Theatre and Entertainment Arts from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in Sound Design. Peter is an innovative artist who is passionate about exploring the relationship between sound and different performing arts and disciplines.

In 2021, Peter founded WAVINCITY – Hong Kong Urban Soundscape Recording Project, providing listeners with a new medium to experience the soundscape created by the overlapping of time and place. In 2023, Peter collaborated with a creative team to design and arrange a sonic installation experience called “Echoes of Urban Memory”, utilising the field recordings collected over two years. These sounds have been artfully arranged to form a one-of-a-kind journey that probes the intricate relationship between sound, memory, and identity.

Peter is committed to utilising sound as a means of exploring the world around him and discovering how it can be used to create new and exciting works of art. He brings a unique perspective to his work and is always pushing the boundaries of what is possible in his craft.

Thomas Chan is a multimedia artist, audio engineer, guitarist, and ambient soundscape improviser. As a member of the Hong Kong indie music group Endeavour, he has contributed to their groundbreaking work in the indie music scene since the 90s. Endeavour’s albums “Mind Music” and “Ji-le” have explored various musical styles, including electronic, ethnic, indie rock, and ambient post-rock. He has collaborated with artists such as Wong Yiu Ming, Wong Chau Sang, Tats Lau, Ōtomo Yoshihide, and Dr. Lung Huen Wing in recordings and live performances.

During his time at Avid Technology, Inc. in the late 90s, Thomas was responsible for promoting the ProTools application in Asia. This was a transformative period in the music production industry, as Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) entered the market and revolutionised the way music was produced and recorded.

Over time, Thomas has actively engaged in collaborations with artists from diverse disciplines, exploring the intersections of sound, movement, and technology. His artistic pursuits have led him to work alongside dancers, poets, and interactive artists. Notable projects include his contributions to the “i-Dance Festival (HK)” and his role as the music director of “Water_3_Modulation.” This unique venture, curated by local artist Makin Fung, was inspired by the captivating paintings of Ma Yuen, a highly esteemed painter from the Song Dynasty.

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Ms Olive Leung is a media artist focusing on documentary film. Her interests always involve art and community. The dramatic changes affected the life of people in the renewal living environment that triggered Olive to develop the film works and curate exhibitions to respond to the inevitable substitution.

Olive designed a book entitled Suite D (2012), which was a collaborative research project with social workers from a local NGO to investigate private lives in the form of compressed living in subdivided flats. She has exhibited in Open Cities- HKG >< ORD at Betty Rymer Gallery in Chicago (2001), A Half-Second Affairs at Slowear Gallery in Fringe Club Hong Kong (2008 and 2009), and Emotional Metropolis at Hong Kong Arts Centre (2009). Olive currently teaches in PolyU CPCE. Her personal work focuses on themes such as family, assimilation, and melodrama.

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