Su Myat Naing (Jenny)

Inclined Chamber of Timeless Music: Sonic Tales…… of the Aged

Spring has come again.
My body shows some wear and tear.
Sometimes missing who I used to be.
But…I am still here.
With a soul so much more to give.
Loneliness is status quo?
No, I’m just listening to myself.
Here…have a seat.
It is now my turn to tell others your stories…

We understand time as linear but perceive it subjectively. Inclined Chamber of Timeless Music is both a lens through which to read the passing of time and an instrument to provide comfort to the loneliness of contemporary life in Tokyo. Through creative collaboration between the elderly and contemporary musicians, it facilitates new inter-generational connections that may have otherwise been lost. Sound and time are experienced by negotiating the two overlapping axes of the project. The Garden of Recital allows music and audio to echo from the chamber below. The archive connected offers the elderly a place to record their music tradition and the young a place to discover it.