Lacking Sound Festival
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Source: “‘Taiwan’s Most Authentic Sound Stir-Fry’: Reflections and Prospects Before the 100th Lacking Sound Festival”
From: *Noise Magazine* Plowing the Earth — An Exploration of Taiwan’s Post-War Sound Culture, pp. 218–222
Date: May 2015Author: Feng Hsin
“Lacking Sound Festival” is a regular sound art performance series organized by i/O Lab, held monthly since 2007. i/O Lab was founded in 2005 by young sound artists Wang Chung-kun, Yao Chung-han, and Chang Yung-ta, with Yeh Ting-hao, Wang Lien-sheng, and Huang Chung-ying joining later. In 2007, a controversy erupted in Taiwan’s contemporary art world over the notion of a “stumbling generation.” Unwilling to accept this characterization, i/O Lab launched Lacking Sound Festival — connecting sound artists from across Taiwan for monthly performances at Taipei’s Nanhai Gallery, featuring experimental sound, digital audio-visual work, and interactive audio-visual installations. The aim was to create a densely and comprehensively regular sound art performance platform as a collective voice for the younger generation, responding to the “stumbling generation” label.
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External Links
- From Student Movements to the Academy — A Brief History of Taiwan’s Sound Art Scene
- Sound Scene — Taiwan: The “Divergence” and “Reflection” of Sound Art/Music 2000–2010
- Lacking Sound Festival as a Unit of Time: Prospects After the 100th Edition
- Lacking Sound Festival blog
- How Does “Lacking Sound” Become an Event?