This sound artwork is centered around food, focusing on the atmosphere and sounds of eating gourmet specialties from different restaurants, through the sounds of the dining room scene while eating and the specific chewing sounds in an ASMR-like mode then combining the two.
The entire sound recording is presented in the two aforementioned thematic modes – scene sounds and chewing sounds – recorded by the Zoom H3-VR and Handy Recorder H4n respectively, interspersed into five parts to create the final effect, with an ideal duration of 6 minutes:
1. Restaurant Scene Sound – Brunch Restaurant (expected 1 min): The main scene involves eating brunch in the brunch restaurant, using Zoom H3-VR to record the ambient sound of the dine-in scene.
2. ASMR Chewing Sound – Three kinds of food (expected total 1.5mins / 0.5mins each): Eat three different types of food in a quiet environment, using Handy Recorder H4n to record the chewing sound.
3. Restaurant Scene Sound – Staple Restaurant (expected 1min): The main scene involves eating staple in the staple restaurant, using Zoom H3-VR to record the ambient sound of the dine-in scene.
4. ASMR Chewing Sound – Three kinds of food (expected total 1.5mins / 0.5mins each): Eat three different types of food in a quiet environment, using Handy Recorder H4n to record the chewing sound.
5. Restaurant Scene Sound – Dessert Restaurant (expected 1min): The main scene involves eating dessert in the dessert restaurant, using Zoom H3-VR to record the ambient sound of the dine-in scene.
Sound details
1. Restaurant Scene Sound
Brunch Club 早午餐餐厅
2. ASMR Chewing Sound
Cake 蛋糕
Chocolate 巧克力
Potachip 薯片
3. Restaurant Scene Sound
Beef Donburi Restaurant 牛丼饭店
4. ASMR Chewing Sound
Waffle 格仔饼
Hawroll 果丹皮
Toffee 太妃糖
5. Restaurant Scene Sound
Coffee House 咖啡所
The significance
The charm of sound is not only limited to moving melodies but also includes the use of raw vocalization to achieve comfortable effects through recording and synthesis, ASMR is a typical example. In this work, I chose to intersperse and merge ambient stereo sound with detailed sound to let the audience experience both the sense of space and the calmness.
Nowadays, most people are anxious about their body shape while pursuing culinary delicacy, and high calorie is always the label of delicious food. Deeply in love with food, I couldn’t escape this dilemma of eating uncontrollably, but stumbled upon the realization that listening to the sound of chewing would curtail the craving for food. This is why I try to complete the work with this theme through such a way of sound expression. Hope to produce my discovery of the effective utilization of sound and pass it on to the audience to try to help as many people in need as possible, which is what I think the true meaning of the charm of sound is.