Ya-Nung Huang : Suona, double reed and wind instruments
Tsung-Yun Lai: Modular Synthesizer

Yen Tzu Chang: Audiovisual performance

Ute Wassermann: Voice, objects
Raed Yassin: Synthesizers, electronics

Cross-Temporal Dialogue is a collaborative project by Taiwanese artists Tsung-Yun Lai (modular synthesizer) and Ya-Nung Huang (suona, double reed, and wind instruments). Together, they explore the intersection of traditional acoustic instruments and contemporary electronic sound. Blending the raw, expressive voice of the suona with layered synthesizer textures, their performances unfold as immersive soundscapes that traverse time, ritual, and memory. Through improvisation and deep cultural resonance, they create a unique sonic language — an evolving, cross-cultural dialogue that bridges the acoustic past and the electronic future.

Yen Tzu Chang is a Taiwanese new media artist, director, and sound artist whose work blends art, programming, and diverse media technologies. Her creations have been featured at major international festivals and conferences, including the 2023 Ars Electronica Festival, where her new media dance theater piece Phantom Replica 2.0 premiered as the opening work. This sound performance captures and reinterprets field recordings of animals and humans from southern Taiwan, focusing on nightjars—birds increasingly migrating into urban areas due to environmental changes. By combining the nightjars’ sharp calls with insect soundscapes and electronic sounds, the work imagines possibilities for coexistence between humans and nature. Accompanied by quirky clay sculptures depicting eerie nighttime forests, the piece explores the complex relationship between the natural world and human environments through an immersive blend of sound and visual storytelling.

Shohob is a duo featuring vocal artist Ute Wassermann and musician Raed Yassin, blending voice and synthesizers into a hypnotic, psychedelic sound experience. Scraps of drumbeats, noise, electronics, and metal textures collide with opera fragments, yodeling, and growling undertones—producing a raw, otherworldly soundscape full of surprises.
Rooted in improvisation and conceptual performance, Shohob merges Wassermann’s extended vocal techniques with Yassin’s layered electronics to create surreal sonic journeys. Their performances blur the lines between voice, sound art, and ritual—captivating audiences with their unclassifiable, boundary-pushing approach.