Workshop II: Sound, Memory, and Diaspora: An Archiving Workshop with Thierry Phung
Saturday, 24 January 2026, 2-4pm
Capacity: 15
Producer and music programmer ONY (Thierry Phung) invites audience into his genre-bending sound world to explore the power of audio manipulation and archives in this special workshop held in collaboration with An Việt Archives. Drawing on his EP, Children of the Apocalypse – a reflection on family migration and the legacy of Agent Orange – Phung demonstrates how he turns raw samples (including documentary excerpts and video game sounds) into ‘dark, ethereal, and uncanny’ musical environments.
The workshop emphasizes the vital first step of deep listening to your family archive (voices, karaoke, surrounding sounds, music libraries) to find the sonic and narrative inspiration for your work. Learn techniques to record, distort, and layer these personal audio clips, transforming them into rich, textural soundscapes that archive and reimagine your own cultural heritage.
Participants are asked to bring their own laptop if they wish to take part in the hands-on audio manipulation during the session.
The workshop is facilitated by Thierry Phung, Cường Minh Bá Phạm, and Trà My Hickin of An Việt Archives
Free entry, spaces limited, sign up here.