Whose keys are these?
sound composition in quad speaker setting
2025
in collaboration with Carlos Bandi, Lorian Li, Guoge Yang, Daimante Patterson, Yu Liu
Concept
Inspired by the keys from the David Bowie Archive, we wonder how a key might recall personal history through its sound. "Whose keys are these?" is a documentation recording of a game in which blindfolded participants attempt to identify their own keychains solely by the everyday jingle they hear countless times, recognizing this familiar sonic quality and auditory memory. It explores how such personal objects might reflect collective narratives beyond the locks they open.
Special thanks:
- Chloe Kellow (Chloe Kellow is an Assistant Curator, working on the new galleries at the V&A East Museum. She is also a PhD candidate at The Courtauld Institute of Art.)
- Rubén Salgado Pérez (Contemporary Programme Curator - Live Programme, V&A East)
Wednesday, 5 November 2025 – Friday, 7 November 2025 at V&A East Storehouse Part of the 17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2025) , hosted in East London under the theme Sound, Music: Space, Place.
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