Interactive sound installation
Evanescent 荏苒
Evanescent (荏苒) is a sound interactive installation exploring the disappearance of Naamyam (南音), a traditional Cantonese narrative singing art form. “Evanescent” refers to time slipping by, echoing how Naamyam has faded from everyday life. Visitors collaboratively play a set of custom, hacked instruments to build a shared symphony inspired by Naamyam storytelling.
- Sound interaction design
- hardware hacking
- ActionScript
- motion tracking
- Project
- Interactive Sound Art Installation
- Context / role
- City University of Hong Kong — BSc Creative Media (2015-2019)
Key contributions
- Built custom hacked instruments combining physical strings with finger motion tracking
- Designed a collaborative interaction so multiple visitors build a symphony together
- Developed the interface and story-mode UI in ActionScript with custom animation
- Explored the disappearance of Naamyam (南音) as the installation's central theme
Verification and disclosure
Created and exhibited during Christian's BSc Creative Media studies at City University of Hong Kong, where the project received an A-range grade. Photographs are documentation of the installation and its exhibition.