An in-depth editorial explores the philosophy behind Made in Laterland. 

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A collaboration between Hong Kong composer Charles Kwong and local sound artist Jacklam Ho, the performance-based sound installation gives damaged, imperfect and unfinished musical instruments a second life, a unique purpose that challenges the concept of what normality is.

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Housed in the gallery space as an installation exhibit, audiences may notice the past lives of the modified instruments, yet they are fulfilling a different function. While the revived instruments will form part of the sound installation through a synthesiser system as loudspeakers that playback records, Charles and Jacklam also created new compositions with the specific “defects” of these instruments, to highlight the unique quality of their “imperfect” sounds.

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