for Live City Ambiance, Live Electronic, Video & Flute
Commissioned by Gaudeamus Muziekweek, as the winner of Senses Working Over Time Call for proposal
Premiered in the Gaudeamus Muziekweek Festival 2020
Program Note
In Tangled Memory, the borders between time, place, and perception dissolve. Drawing from the ambient textures of Hong Kong and Taipei—two cities that echo with intertwined histories and shifting identities—this immersive work unfolds as a continuous flow of sound, image, and gesture.
Live instruments, real-time electronics, and environmental recordings merge into a layered sonic fabric, where ancient melodies surface and fade amid fractured rhythms and urban noise. Performers move through this landscape as both agents and witnesses, gradually relinquishing control as the work shifts from human expression to mechanical inertia. Visual elements—both live and archival—interweave with the music, extending the stage into virtual and physical space.
Neither documentary nor fiction, Tangled Memory is a meditation on place, loss, and continuity. It invites the listener to inhabit a shared, sonorous memoryscape—one shaped by what is heard, remembered, and ultimately, let go.
Tak-Cheung Hui 