鄭琬蒨 Wan-Chien, Cheng
2024 聲音繼續存在 The sound continues to exist
「風」作為一種能動者，無形卻能產生巨大的聲響。
站在防空洞的洞口，可以聽見風在過道中穿梭的聲音。來到竹林下方，可以聽見高處傳來的竹子搖動摩擦聲，當細微的風灌入竹筒中，產生如口哨般的風切聲。
當我們來到新的地方聆聽，身體與時間、空間產生親密的連結。建國一村遺留下來的建築空間有不同的特性，自然環境中的聲音景觀也同時保有各種殘響，我們聽見殘響的同時，也聽見了聲音從出現到消失的過程。
本作品透過風測裝置感應防空洞外的風，將人聲製造的風聲結合環境中錄製的竹林聲、發財樹內部聲，建構出即興音景。當觀眾走進過道時，其腳步所造成的震動，也將與事前錄下的各種節奏的腳步聲進行殘響的交錯。防空洞內部的高度，縮小了身體與空間的間隙，吟唱、讀取文字的各種聲音碎片，將以拼貼的方式蔓延在空間中。
如同人們對於聲音的描述：「聲音就像光，在空氣裡飄飛，稍縱即逝。當聲音化為錄音，機器比人記憶得更為恆久。」聆聽殘響的過程，聲音得以繼續存在。
Wind as an agent: invisible yet sonically profound. > At the threshold of an air-raid shelter, one perceives the wind's transit through the passages. In the bamboo forest, friction from above meets the "wind-cut" whistling produced as air enters the bamboo cylinders.
Engaging with these soundscapes creates an intimate bond between the body, time, and space. The heritage sites of Jianguo Village No. 1 offer diverse acoustic characteristics where natural "reverberation" (reverb) remains. To listen to these echoes is to experience the process of sound from manifestation to decay.
The installation employs wind sensors to trigger an algorithmic soundscape—merging human-made wind mimicry with field recordings of the environment. Within the shelter, visitor-generated footstep vibrations interlace with archived rhythmic recordings through a complex layering of reverberation. The spatial constraints of the shelter minimize the "liminal gap" between the physical body and the architecture. Fragments of chanting and text-reading are then "collaged" throughout the space.
If sound is like light—evanescent and fleeting—then recording becomes a vessel for permanence. Through the act of listening to these lingering echoes, sound is granted a continued existence.
