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A RE-CONNECT | Sofa Sonata Vol.5

Introduction

Life is a river that never ceases to flow, and we are all travelers crossing it.

— Henry David Thoreau

In the lengthy twilight of the summer solstice, as the sunlight filters through the slats of the blinds, casting its lingering rays within the living room, we will capture every shimmering moment of the river of life through music and imagery.

As Thoreau said, our lives are in constant flux, and with the accompaniment of music, we will explore the depths and breadth of aging, revealing the microscopic world of cellular senescence through a unique perspective, and expanding the canvas of life. When the last note of the Sofa Sonata fades away, and the final hue of the imagery vanishes, life will return to its usual course. Yet, the other side beyond the rainbow remains in our souls.

For the fifth session of A4 Sofa Sonata , we invited Dr. Bai Lin from the West China School of Medicine at Sichuan University, and Li Chuang, the music director of the Sofa Sonata, to bring us a novel experience that combines visual and auditory elements. The microscopic world forms the source of human life: blood vessels, nerves, cells, kidneys… Bai Lin reconstructs, prints, and colors tissue slices outside the organism to create images. When these images are projected in the A4 living room, accompanied by piano music that flows smoothly and occasionally jumps to match the visuals, no one can guess the true tissue origins of the images.

  • Speaker & Artist

    Bai Lin (China)

    Lin Bai enrolled in a PhD programme at Sichuan University in 2019. She is the head of the Pathology and Image Technology Platform at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. With 13 years of experience in technical work, sheher expertise lies in laser confocal microscopy technology, as well as SIM/STORM/STED series of ultra-high-resolution imaging technologies. Her research involves studying the micro-ultrastructural changes of cell cytoskeleton and organelles during cell aging processes.

     

    Li Chuang (China)

    Chuang Li, Chinese Pianist, Doctoral Student in Musical Arts in Piano Performance with Full-Scholarship & Graduate Assistant in Vocal Studies at UMKC Conservatory of Music in the United States, Contracted Artist of Chicago Cultural Center, Music Director of Sofa Sonata Project at A4 International Residency Art Center. He graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt (BM) in California and DePaul University (MM) in Chicago. His primary piano teachers include Prof. Chi Wu, Dr. Daniela Mineva, and Prof. George Vatchnadze. Chuang performed at Merkin Hall in New York, the Tanglewood Music Festival in the United States, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus Denmark, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia, etc. He worked with multiple conductors including Dr. Cliff Colnot, Principle Conductor of Chicago Symphony’s “Music Now” Ensemble, and Scott Seaton, Principle Conductor of the North State Symphony Orchestra in California. Chuang’s performance was broadcast globally through Chicago’s classical music radio station 98.7 WFMT. Media coverage includes the International Music Foundation and the Chicago Tribune.

  • Time

    19:30-21:00, June 21, 2024

  • Venue

    A4 Residency Art Center (1101, Unit 1, Building 1, LUXEZONE)

  • Organizers

    A4 Residency Art Center

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