Organ Timer
2021
Outdoor stainless steel sound installation, spatial-audio composition
1.5 x 1.5 x 8m (5 x 5 x 26 ft)

Hear A Century Ahead
2021
Indoor titanium-coated stainless steel sound installation, brass pipe, two-channel video, spatial-audio composition
12 x 6 x 4 m (40 x 20 x 13 ft)
Exhibited at Former British Consulate, Shanghai
Commissioned by LOUIS XIII

The indoor and outdoor site-specific sound sculptures present an ever-evolving soundscape through the lens of reductionism and emergence, commissioned by LOUIS XIII. Through sonic sculpture and video, a century of time is condensed into a split second, while this momentary existence simultaneously evolves and morphs into infinite possibilities.

Within the installations designed by Yang Bao, his spatial-audio composition "Infinity Music" mutates and refracts in infinity according to the progression of time and chance. With different densities and intensities, his music travels in space while stimulating the metal instrument to create its own sound. The echos of the past and the future meet within the metal structure, where a breathing and ever-morphing sculpture of sound emerges. The two-channel video by Yang Bao and Wa Liu flows on the surface of the metal instrument, delineating the traces of time in nature. Every viewer can experience the energies of this work differently. This multi-sensory installation grows and evolves spontaneously over time, regenerating into a "soundmass" with mesmerizing changes in color and texture while allowing us to hear a century ahead. 

Dedicated to the two sound installations, Bao’s album ”Godspeed” is a 24-hour album in Dolby Atmos spatial audio. Based on his concept of “Infinity Music,” this album starts at midnight and continues to evolve throughout 24 hours. Bao uses spatial audio to create sounds that travel, echo and multiply in the virtual soundscape, which is experienced in both chaos and synchrony. At any hour of the day, the audience can immerse in the ever-evolving soundscape and feel the different bodily energy of this breathing and morphing soundmass.

Organ Timer
2021
室外不锈钢声音装置、空间音频原创作曲
1.5 x 1.5 x 8 m (5 x 5 x 26 ft)

Hear A Century Ahead
2021
室内黄钛不锈钢声音装置、黄铜管、双频影像、空间音频原创作曲
12 x 6 x 4 m (40 x 20 x 13 ft)
展览于原英国驻沪总领事馆
路易十三委任创作项目

这两件室内和室外、特定场域的声音雕塑，透过还原和涌现的视角构成无限演变的声音景观。作品由路易十三委任创作，通过声音雕塑和影像将一百年的时间浓缩为一刹那的体验，而这一刹那的存在又延展出无限的可能性。

由鲍杨设计的金属声音雕塑内，传出他无限时长的空间音频作品 “永久音乐Infinity Music”，通过偶发的组合产生异变，随机地穿梭在由他设计的两件装置中，并以不同密度和强度持续触发巨型金属乐器的震动。过去与未来的声音在金属之间叠 加，涌现成一个不断呼吸和变形的声音雕塑。他与刘娃为本次项目特殊拍摄的双频影像， 伴随着声音的脉搏流淌在金属表面，在光影流转之间呈现自然界中时间的痕迹。每一位观众都可以在不同时间和位置感受这件作品截然不同的肢体性能量。这件多感官的装置作品在日积月累的自由演化中，自我再生为一个色彩与质感持续变 幻的“声命体”。

鲍杨为这两件装置创作了一张24小时的空间音频专辑《GODSPEED》，音乐从凌晨开始到午夜结束，在一天24小时内持续演化，并结合杜比全景声技术，让声音在虚拟声场中自由穿梭、回荡和叠加，时而错落，时而同步。在音乐浪潮的环绕之中，观众可以沉浸在这件不断呼吸和变形的声音雕塑之中，在一天的任何时刻，感受这首永远流动的音乐所带来的肢体性能量。