Soundpocket

Soundpocket is a Hong Kong non-profit organisation that promotes sound art and culture. It was established in 2008 by Yang Yeung.

History

Soundpocket was created in 2008 by Yang Yeung. It is a non-profit organisation that works to advance sound art and culture. Centred on sound, Soundpocket host lectures and workshops and release books. Around 2010, the organisation created the Artist Support Programme to support artists specialising in sound art.
In March 2013, Soundpocket debuted the website The Library. It features over 150 one-minute field recordings documenting the sounds of modern Hong Kong's daily life. The selected recordings include the chirping of crickets, the steady bustle of a fast-food restaurant's customers, and silence itself. The creators included sound artists and hobbyist sound makers. Other recordings included an interview with Tomy Yu Ka-Luk, who creates sound effects for movies, and a full-day audio capture of the 2013 summer solstice. According to Larissa Hjorth, a media and communications professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and her coauthors, the library's originality lies in how it connects with different audiences through leveraging social media and mobile technology.