Larry SHUEN is a Hong Kong composer, sound artist, and media artist. Heavily inspired by classical music and composition training, Shuen’s works are often derived from music, sounds, and listening. His artistic practice includes concert music, film scoring, interactive programming, video essay, sound art, installation, and media art, through which Shuen expresses his thoughts on life and surroundings.

Shuen has been active in theatre production as a composer and sound designer. In 2022, he was the sound designer for Six Mouths, an annual production by Unlock Dancing Plaza. In this three-hour performance, Shuen customized six distinct sound systems and sound designs, each tailored to the individual performances of the six artists. Shuen has also collaborated closely with numerous choreographers, including Ong Young Lock, Yau Ka Hei, Chan Wai Lok, Hui Ka Chun, Andy Lee, and Albert Gracia, sound designing for their theatre works, interactive choreography, dance films, and community dance projects.

Shuen’s recently involved multidisciplinary work Goin’ Goin’ (2022), a collaboration with artist Nga Yan Cheng, explores a superimposed relationship between sound, virtual navigation, and an exercising body. Shuen's versatility as an artist-performer extends to his appearances in local music and experimental sound events. In recent years, he has been frequently invited by West Kowloon, Hong Kong for experimental music performances.

As an educator, Shuen has been giving classes on music making, composition, contemporary music, and sound art to students ranging from children to professionals. He is the artist-teacher of the Push The Envelope sound art program curated by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong. Additionally, Shuen currently holds the position of part-time visiting lecturer at the School of Design, Polytechnic University Hong Kong, where he teaches a master's level course on Sound Design and Technology. 

Shuen also closely exchanges ideas and collaborates with a number of local artists, including Lawrence Lau, Ho-chi So, nnscya (aka. Annisa Cheung), Karen Yu, Joseph Lee, Kenneth Hui Ka Chun, Wai Lok Chan, Human Architects, etc.


香港作曲家、聲音藝術家和媒體藝術家。深受古典音樂和作曲訓練的啟發,孫氏的作品多數以音樂、聲音、聆聽為出發點。音樂會作品、配樂、交互編程、錄像文章、聲音藝術、裝置藝術及媒體藝術皆是他的創作範疇,藉此探討對自身及其環境的所思所感。

孫氏近年以作曲及聲音設計的身份活躍於劇場創作。在2022年,他在不加鎖舞踊館年度製作《品品》擔任聲音設計,並為當中六個表演者創作六組不同的聲音和音響設計。孫氏亦經常與不同編舞家緊密合作,包括王榮祿、邱加希、陳偉樂、許家俊、李振宇和Albert Garcia,為他們的劇場作品、互動編舞、舞蹈影像和公眾參與項目擔任聲音設計。

孫氏近期跨領域創作《走走》(2022)與藝術家鄭雅茵探索聲音、虛擬導航及運動中的身體的層疊關係。孫氏的表演範圍亦延伸到本地的音樂活動中。近年來,他經常獲邀參加香港西九文化區的實驗音樂演出。

作為一名教育工作者,孫氏教授音樂創作、作曲、當代音樂和聲音藝術課程,學生包括幼童至專業人士。孫氏為《推信封聲音藝術推廣計畫》的藝術家導師,由現在音樂 Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong 策劃。孫氏亦為香港理工大學設計學院的兼職訪問講師,在碩士課程中教授聲音設計和科技。

孫氏亦常與劉曉江、蘇浩慈、張靜瑜、余林橞、李偉能、許家俊、陳偉樂、人人建築等本地藝術家互相交流及合作。



Exhibitions
2022. Moving Space(s) at Oil Street Art Space.
2021. AfterLive.
2019. Microcosm || Magnetism: SCM MFA Show 2019.
2019. Tai Po Youth Arts Festival 2019 – Let Bygones Be Bygones.
2018. Sonic Anchor Special Series: Sound Forms – Fresh Form 1.
2018. Unravel: SCM MFA Student Show 2018.
2017. Transient Inflections: A Selection of Works from the SCM Creative Media Show 2017.
2017. Robert Lettner: New Wunderkammer Of Rococo + Utopia Of Ornaments.



Performances

2022. West Kowloon - Jazz Fest Experimental Lab.
2022. Chan Wai Lok’s interactive choreography - In the Cloud.
2022. West Kowloon - Sonic Encounter.
2022. Goin’ Goin’, Unlock Dancing Plaza Open Field Vol.1.
2021. Goin’ Goin’, CMHK Sonic Anchor #34.
2020. Out Of Our Heads (OOOH!).
2019. Ftarri Live.




Music and Sound Design

2022. Untitled 2.0, Albert Garcia’s lecture performance work-in-progress.
2022. POV, Heiwa Wong’s dance film.
2022. Six Mouths, Unlock Dancing Plaza Annual Production.
2022. The Problematic Workout, Lee Ka Hei’s screen dance.
2021. The Graduate, Tsang Chung Yin’s film.
2020. Beyond the Veil, Hui Ka Chun’s screen dance.




Awards and Commissions
Goin’ Goin’, commissioned work in Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) Sonic Anchor #34, Sep 2021.
Conversation Errors, commissioned work in CMHK Out of Our Heads, May 2020.
Selected artist in CMHK Sonic Transmission 2018/19.

Selected artist in Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) Sonic Transmission 2018/19, Oct 2019.
Gymnopedies No.1 Remix,
selected entry in CMHK Hong Kong Mixtape 2018, Jul 2018.
Gold Prize in Youth Choir Category of the 1st Tokyo International Choir Competition (as the conductor of The Greeners’ Sound), Jul 2018.
2nd Place in Choral Open Class of the 70th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (as the conductor of The Greeners’ Sound), Mar 2018.
Partials,
commissioned work in CMHK Sonic Anchor, May 2018.
Street through a Glass Ball
, commissioned by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild (HKCG), Jan 2016.
Rainscape, selected entry in Chamber Category of Asian Composers League 2015 in Philippines, Nov 2015.

Deer Enclosure, commissioned and performed by The Greeners’ Sound, Jul 2015.
Sunset in Pak Nei, commissioned by HKCG, Dec 2014.   
As a stream, 3rd prize in HKCG New Generation 2014, June 2014.
Coherence II, commissioned by HKCG, Oct 2013. 
Meditation, selected entry in HKCG New Generation 2013, Jun 2013.


Qualifications
 
Master of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2020-2021.
Master of Fine Arts (Distinction), The City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2019.

Bachelor of Music (1st class honours), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 2012-2016. Associate Diploma in Recital in Solo Piano, Trinity College London, 2007. 
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