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Bo Fan
I am/was Here/There
Site-specific Sound Installation 
South Borden Building, University of Toronto
2016

Within my cross-disciplinary practice that is informed by paper-based and time-based methods, I primarily work with printmaking, video, audio, performance and installation that are questioning gaining and losing, presence and absence, as well as preserving and discarding. Working with site-specify, I focus on experimenting with the effect of affection and sensation caused by physical and psychological surroundings. 

I am/was Here/There is a site-specific audio installation. The mysterious history of the Borden Buildings and the One Spadina area draws my interest. The project utilizes collage as a strategy to invite the viewers into a multilayered soundscape. The site works as an essential component of the work. With a wall-size window, the back hallway on the third floor of the South Borden Building is equipped with a unique atmosphere. The work corresponds to the view from that window as the sounds unfold in a binaural way, which is divided into various acoustic physical directions from the east side to the west side, remixing audio recordings, sound effects and music tracks, accompanied with the real-time sounds at the location.  

I think of the work as a “ghost” of the site that extends the sensational and psychological aspect of the place, bringing both historical and fictional elements. By increasing the density of the sound layers, I intend to create a chaotic dreamscape that acknowledges the collective memories in the building and the sites that are perceivable from the window. For instance, if you look towards the west side from the window, you will see One Spadina, one of the most Gothic-looking buildings on campus. It has a rich history and has been serving a wide range of functions for over one hundred years -- Military hospital, eye bank, Presbyterian Knox College, department of Art, and also with an unsolved murder case. right across the Spadina crescent are the Borden Buildings, built in 1910, they witness most of the stories of their neighbours. Despite their innocent history of being dairy company buildings, they seem to have undisclosed energy that keeps the buildings buzzing and moaning. I am/was Here/There continues the site’s nature, reminding people seeking the forgotten history of the buildings.

I am/was Here/There

studied contemporary art, attracted to the sound
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