Knocking (2019)

Knocking is a multimedia triptych, a meditation on knocking as a sound gesture.

The first part is an installation piece comprised of four megaphones playing looped samples of knocking sounds inside a glass tank at maximum volume.

The second part is a prepared wooden door that can be activated through knocking.

The third part is a performance routine, documented through video, that involves posting notes around Ho Chi Minh City encouraging people to knock on various objects. The idea is to activate the city through knocking, setting the stage for an entire ensemble of knocks on doors, metal posts, concrete walls, etc, with random people all over the city, contributing a knock or two. With even the slightest imagination, it is possible to hear their slight rattle.

Produced at A. Farm, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City