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Fishing for Onomatopoeia in the Sea of Sound// A sound-workshop with Yu-Chiao Yang
Event by: Hui-Chun Lin 林惠君, Hui-Chun Lin
Location: Kühlspot Social Club, Lehderstraße 74, Berlin - Bezirk Pankow
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Fishing for Onomatopoeia in the Sea of Sound
//Sound and Sense: Onomatopoeia in Asian Poetics//
We live surrounded by sounds. Sometimes we want to tell someone, “I just heard a strange noise!” And then, almost without thinking, we try to imitate it — that’s onomatopoeia. But when we speak an onomatopoeic word, the sound of the word is never quite the same as the sound it describes.
So how do humans decide that a word sounds like a sound?
If you read comics, you’ve probably noticed that even silence has onomatopoeia.
Staring at someone has onomatopoeia.
Feeling angry or excited — also onomatopoeia!
Across East Asia, languages like Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Taiwanese are full of strange and delightful onomatopoeic words that capture every shade of life.
Welcome to the world of onomatopoeia — words that resist classification, take on countless forms, look playful at first glance, yet remain deeply mysterious. They can even be used to write poetry — or to perform! And during the talk, there will be a live performance you won’t want to miss!
Come join us, and let’s cast the net of language into the vast sea of sound together!
Part I: Workshop about the Onomatopoeia
Part II: Free Improvisation with the Onomatopoeia
special Guest:
Lan Hungh - percussions
Yu-Chiao Yang - Lecture, Voice Performance
Hui-Chun Lin - Kuration
More about the workshop:
[email protected]
About Yu-Chiao Yang: https://www.instagram.com/yang_yu_chiao/
https://www.youtube.com/@vaeinaemoelnen
//Sound and Sense: Onomatopoeia in Asian Poetics//
We live surrounded by sounds. Sometimes we want to tell someone, “I just heard a strange noise!” And then, almost without thinking, we try to imitate it — that’s onomatopoeia. But when we speak an onomatopoeic word, the sound of the word is never quite the same as the sound it describes.
So how do humans decide that a word sounds like a sound?
If you read comics, you’ve probably noticed that even silence has onomatopoeia.
Staring at someone has onomatopoeia.
Feeling angry or excited — also onomatopoeia!
Across East Asia, languages like Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Taiwanese are full of strange and delightful onomatopoeic words that capture every shade of life.
Welcome to the world of onomatopoeia — words that resist classification, take on countless forms, look playful at first glance, yet remain deeply mysterious. They can even be used to write poetry — or to perform! And during the talk, there will be a live performance you won’t want to miss!
Come join us, and let’s cast the net of language into the vast sea of sound together!
Part I: Workshop about the Onomatopoeia
Part II: Free Improvisation with the Onomatopoeia
special Guest:
Lan Hungh - percussions
Yu-Chiao Yang - Lecture, Voice Performance
Hui-Chun Lin - Kuration
More about the workshop:
[email protected]
About Yu-Chiao Yang: https://www.instagram.com/yang_yu_chiao/
https://www.youtube.com/@vaeinaemoelnen