Project: Hong Kong Agent
I’m a multimedia artist and member of the Pool community. I’ve uploaded some media files from my Hong Kong Agent project to Pool, and I encourage you to download them and have some fun remixing. It’d be great to add your remix back into Pool.
In 2007 I spent seven months in Hong Kong exploring the city collecting material which has become The Hong Kong Agent – now a cross-media multi-platform project.
Here’s a brief synopsis:
On the first day of 2007 a mysterious agent arrives in Hong Kong on an unspecified mission. Without a map and relying solely on his intuition - The Agent drifts - his encounters with activists, sidewalk shamans, a feng shui master, teenage hopefuls, artists, shopping arcades, ghost buses, psychedelic trains and red bean dumplings become intriguing clues with which to de-code the city and its inhabitants.
I hope that sharing raw materials and episodes of the project for Pool members to experience remix and discuss will make a humble contribution to creative culture.
You could become an agent on a mission to decode any city or any space in the world. Berlin Agent, anyone?
Some of the other versions of this project are a radio program and a gallery installation.
You can read more about the project at my website.
Find all Pool contributions tagged with Hong Kong Agent here.
How to download the Hong Kong Agent files
1. To download files you'll first need to be a member of Pool. If you havent joined up, you can register here.
2. Click here to see all the Hong Kong Agent remix elements on Robert’s profile. Alternatively you can explore all items in Pool tagged as part of this project here. This will show all source material and all remixes.
3. Select any of the files to preview. If you want to use that media file, you'll need to download it. To do this, scroll down a little bit, and click on 'download file'. Save the file to your computer (you might need to right click and select ‘save link as...’).
4. Import the file into your editing software. If you don't have any software, you could try finding some free software here.
5. Make your own remixed version, and then upload it back into Pool. Remember to mark the project by choosing ‘Hong Kong Agent’ in section 2 of the upload page as it goes into Pool. This will make sure other people can find it .
