Listen to Franz

Franz collaborated with percussion soloist Sharon Huang, Who used her hands to interact with porcelain And let the audience “listen to” Franz.

History shows that porcelain musical instruments were quite popular in ancient China, for they could show the melodic aspect of porcelain by producing tuneful melodies.

With this in mind, you may wonder: Could colorful and exquisite Franz artworks of porcelain make enchanting music as well?

In collaboration with Franz, percussionist Sharon Huang led a group of players to turn Franz porcelain pieces into musical instruments, which they played with superb techniques to produce melodic music, craftily combining tactile, visual and auditory experiences into a real feast for the audience.

“Patting” porcelain pieces and “touching” them from different angles can make sounds of different pitches.

“Plucking” the textures and lines on the porcelain piece, as if plucking the strings of a music instrument, can produce amazingly tuneful melodies.

Do you believe that? If you pat the porcelain piece, you’ll feel the sculpted birds are echoing to the vibration of the piece, opening their throats and singing cheerfully with all their might.

Touching melodies can drift out from the interaction between the musical instrument and the human hand.

Using different “hand” techniques, percussion players can use porcelain pieces to produce unique melodies.

Franz designer Junnie Fu, who was involved in the percussion performance, revealed that she had formerly treated Franz porcelain as artworks that could only be appreciated with her eyes.

However, after her tactile communication with Franz pieces, she did feel the warmth and life of porcelain, a sudden realization that engaged her in a brand new dialogue with porcelain.