Ruminations on memory
Glimpses of impermanence 
Once you look at something, it is never the same again

Sound design/composition for '野餐 Picnic’ exhibition and book by吳美琪 Wu Meichi
Made using field/foley recordings, guitar, reverb, delay and granular/spectral processing

Visit at 朋 丁 pon ding between Fri 4.30 – Sun 5.30 
Opening on Sat 2021.05.01 at 4pm
Book is available at: https://www.pondingstore.com/products/%E9%87%8E%E9%A4%90-picnic

野餐 Picnic

Spring

Winter

Autumn

Summer

5qmt

cringe shiver

Mental Economy of Dreams
夢的內在經濟 
 
opal beau - going away party 
opal beau - 1565th day living in taiwan
opal beau - dream diary
opal beau - sites of guilt
opal beau - guitar solo substitute
opal beau - ‘tell your friends you love them’
opal beau - melodramatic cabaret
opal beau - overestimation of what people consider dark humour
opal beau - failed singing contest audition
opal beau - crying on a stage so dark no-one can tell
opal beau - self-aware cringe is still cringe
opal beau - public meltdown
opal beau - best show yet
 
Recorded live at FINAL, Taipei on January 20, 2022. Event by Customs X OverMyBody X Meta Flexing, alongside Clansie Cheng Daoyuan (VJ), Sandy's Trace, Chia-Chun Xu, Migrant, Tzu Ni, Yearning Kru, A.P.R.A., Hojo, B E N N, Baloneybillionaire and Wu Hun.
 
Released on 19 March 2022, my last night living in Taiwan.
 
Translation by Judy Chu
Art and formatting by Cheng Daoyuan
 
English/Chinese booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dyb3cwuU4RaVQVo2AK9nCL8TJOX5WIbg/view?usp=sharing
 
opal beau - 離別派對
opal beau - 住在臺灣的第1565天
opal beau - 夢的日記
opal beau - 罪惡感的所在
opal beau - 代替吉他​​獨奏
opal beau - 「告訴你的朋友你愛他們」
opal beau - 情節劇似的夜總會
opal beau - 高估了人們對黑色幽默的定義 
opal beau - 失敗的歌唱比賽試鏡
opal beau - 在台上哭，但太黑了根本沒人發現
opal beau - 自知的令人尷尬，仍是令人尷尬
opal beau - 當眾崩潰
opal beau - 至今最佳演出
 
2022年1月20日，錄製於台北FINAL。活動由Customs X OverMyBody X Meta Flexing，及Clansie Cheng Daoyuan (VJ)、Sandy's Trace、Chia-Chun Xu、Migrant、Tzu Ni、Yearning Kru、A.P.R.A.、Hojo、B E N N、Baloneybillionaire、Wu Hun 共同參與。
 
發表於2022年3月19日，在台灣的最後一夜。
 
朱家陵翻譯
鄭道元設計與編排
 
英文/中文冊子: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dyb3cwuU4RaVQVo2AK9nCL8TJOX5WIbg/view?usp=sharing

Mental Economy of Dreams 

My song for you

Regrets at the apocalypse

Meeting friends and myself

Failure to get to work on time, again

Acknowledgements and introduction

NOTE: The below description is for the release Sites of Humiliation (Memoirs). This is not that release. This release is Sites of Humiliation (Unvoiced), which has the spoken-word layer of audio muted. It can be listened to as music, whereas the complete release could more appropriately be compared to a radio play.

Sites of Humiliation (Memoirs) is available privately. 

To access, please contact Opal Beau directly via the following channels:

Email: opalbeau0@gmail.com
Instagram: opalbeau
Soundcloud: opal beau
Twitter: @opalbeau
________

Here, Opal Beau presents five short stories (memoirs), based on vague recollections of humiliation endured at the hand of boys and men. 

Peripheral characters in these stories include cops, immigration officers, ticket inspectors and some other kids from the neighbourhood. By examining his experience with these characters, he seeks to examine how his own relationship to masculinity was formed.

“Why is it so difficult for me to initiate or maintain friendships with men?”

While none of these darkly comic stories could be considered significant in of themselves, they together act as a polemic against the unquestioned masculinity as enacted by their supporting cast. 

“If I sound nervous here, it’s because I am.” 

The memoirs are based on recordings made while walking through the park at night. The initial recordings are presented as recorded, without noticeable editing. They are accompanied by digital synthesis and granular processing, both ‘played’ rather than sequenced. 

“When I tell these stories you can hear my propensity to understate, to trivialise, to laugh instead of cry. When I play this music though, I’m free to communicate a greater emotional truth.”

Here, these soliloquies serve as a reluctant demonstration of his socialised masculinity, while the processed audio represents a reflection upon his subconscious processes and the construction of the self.

Sites of Humiliation (Unvoiced)

On the train, without a valid ticket

2023.03.27 - 23 music room (taipei) w/ asj, kolak [dj]

2022.02.10 - 23 music room (taipei) w/ hojo [dj]

2022.02.05 - 羊跳蚤 yung flea (taipei) w/ daniel ditlevson, psyberlama, merther hum, chia-chun xu, qinqinqin, sonic deadhorse

2022.01.23 - ape (taipei) w/ color domes

2022.01.20 - FINAL (taipei) w/ sandy, chia-chun xu, migrant, tzu ni, yearning kru, A.P.R.A., hojo, B E N N, baloneybillionaire, wu hun, eisnalc

2022.01.17 - 柏林廢墟 tacheles (taipei) w/ urban fungus, chia-chun xu, lillie creatures, (z)erpents, tile shop monologue

2021.04.30-05.30 - 吳美琪 Wu Meichi '野餐 Picnic’ exhibition at 朋 丁 pon ding (taipei) [sound installation]

2021.03.17 - FINAL (taipei) w/ A.P.R.A.  [dj]

2021.02.06 - FINAL (taipei) w/ personalbrand, B E N N,  新世紀水仙, szu hsien, lica

2020.12.30 - FINAL (taipei) w/ 新世紀水仙  [dj]

2020.11.05 - META Flexing // Vol. 3 at FINAL (taipei) w/ Sheng | 晟, Mia + FeeしingD + Acknos, Chenz, Migrant aka 東海土著, __cssss___, 十ㄧ溫室 No.11 Botanic Atelier [collaboration with Tzu Ni]

2019.10.19 - FINAL (taipei) w/ 011668 & S280F, cheng daoyuan, crying mento and TAM 

2019.08.16 - 傻瓜書日 # 2：《海外特輯》講座與新書派對 at PAR Records & Store (taipei)

2019.08.10 - 徐風 Day Out 2019 at tiger mountain (taipei) w/ machine girl, leevisa, onjuicy, dj sinta, katrina, ao wu, aporia, katinka, TAM +

2019.06.30 - 噪音dj魔法陣 NOIZE DJ Mahōjin vol. 1 at 空總臺灣當代文化實驗場 C-LAB (taipei) w/ 15 others [collaboration with ornine]

2019.06.08 - 'don't worry' launch at 初門 rawdoor (taipei) w/ ao wu, salamander, color domes

2019.04.04 - 23 music room (taipei) w/ xiao dong, crying mento, hojo

2019.03.30 - petersham bowls club (sydney) w/ lucy cliche, enderie, call compatible

2019.03.21 - post office hotel (melbourne) w/ jannah quill

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