Resonant Machines: Crafting Electroacoustic Soundscapes by Sky Kung
In this workshop, we’ll build an electroacoustic instrument that turns everyday objects into evolving soundscapes. By vibrating plates loaded with metal, wood, springs and other materials using transducers and motors, then capturing the resonance with contact mics, passing through an internal feedback circuit to explore drones and sonic textures.
Participants will experience demonstrations, PCB soldering, material experimentation, assembly, and a collaborative play session, followed by a discussion and documentation session.
Sky Kung is a Hong Kong-based media artist, music producer, and instrument maker. His works across Sound Art, Performance and Device Making. His practice seeks to expand artistic potential, empowering creators to shape their own tools, while bridging technical experimentation with expressive freedom.
Sky Kung is the 2025 Sonic Transmission Artist-in-Residence at CMHK and recently completed a residency at iii (instrument inventor initiative) in The Hague. The instrument created in this workshop is inspired by the ideas and insights he gained during that residency.