Sounds Like Home
8-channel Composition, Etching, Monotype, Publication
Sounds Like Home is a graduation project from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, exploring the themes of home, memory, and displacement through multiple mediums. It is shaped by the lived experience of inhabiting sixteen different houses, each move marked by the forces of gentrification and redevelopment. These relocations were not the result of personal choice, but rather a reflection of instability caused by the absence of financial security and the impossibility of permanent housing.
Many of the homes have since been demolished, yet the project attempts to preserve their memory. Comprising five spatial audio compositions in 7.1 surround sound, accompanied by etched graphic scores, the work captures and translates the sonic and emotional residues of these spaces. A monotype print evokes the sound of a neighbour’s footsteps which is an auditory presence that vanished once they moved away, leaving a palpable sense of emptiness. Soon after, there was also a need to leave. The architecture loses its people, and residents lose their habits, connections, and sense of place.
The accompanying thesis, Sounds Like Home, reflects on personal histories of movement while tracing the socio-political dynamics embedded within each location. Each sound piece corresponds to one of five chosen former homes, preserving their unique sonic identities against the backdrop of constant urban transformation.
Listen in the spatial environment setup: https://audiospace.soundingfuture.com/tracks/where-have-all-the-birds-gone
The Last Echoes
Documentary film, 23'33"
A documentary filmed in Chicago captures the Latinx community’s struggle against the profound effects of gentrification and illegal evictions. It documents the final moments of a house before its demolition, soon to be replaced by unaffortable housing.
Featuring interviews with a resident and members of Palenque LSNA, an organisation based in Logan Square that advocates for immigrant and human rights, the film addresses the ongoing housing crisis in Chicago and offers personal and organisational perspectives on the issue.
(For access to the full version, please send an email.)
Practicum Generale Campaign
Screenprinting
Identity design for the workshops in Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
Knock, Knock
Performance, Sound
As queer Asians, many of us cannot express our identities freely in our homelands. In Europe, we exist in tension—longing for origins that feel unsafe while seeking belonging in places that mark us as outsiders. This dual marginalization makes us both hyper-visible and invisible, shaping what we call the “Asian Crip” within a Western gaze.
In Korean and Chinese cultures, opening a door symbolizes opening one’s heart. As Crip bodies, we face doors as both barriers and tunnels—blocking yet connecting us. This project unites queer Asian performers from diverse backgrounds. Through collective movement, we reclaim space, forge bonds, reimagine thresholds and move beyond judgement.
Direction & Choreography: Wenzhu Song & Yunji Song
Music: Yunji Song
Performers: Echo Wang, Lee Teng Poh, Ouiee Park, Qiyun Zheng, ,Wenzhu Song, Youran Peters, Yunji Song
Photo: Jia Ming-yu
