THE SOUND AGENTS Liverpool Heritage Organisation: INTRODUCING HESTER YANG

Sunday 13 February 2022

INTRODUCING HESTER YANG

Hello my name's Hester Yang, London-based photographer and filmmaker. I'm currently doing an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at UAL. I'm interested in exploring alternative ways of documentary storytelling and have worked across multiple mediums: Sound, animation, photography, film.

As part of a Uni module I'm developing a photographic montage project in collaboration with The Sound Agents, delving into the untold stories of the Chinese diaspora community in Liverpool. I hope to work closely and collaboratively with members of the Chinese communities to create a multi-layered piece that examines memory and history.

Here is a link to the BBC New Creatives audio documentary piece that I produced and was recently on exhibition at the ICA, London:

Click Link https://www.ica.art/digital/cinema-3/watch/the-fabric-of-sound-watch

The Sound Agents promote public understanding and access to communities by recording the personal and everyday experience of Liverpool life.

The purpose of the organisation is to work inclusively with people from under-represented communities to provide opportunities to share stories using the Arts as a tool for communication.

Working outside the structure to bring together older people to pass their skills on to the younger generation by working creatively to share talents, experience and enthusiasm to bring people together to improve health and well-being and create opportunities for young people to get involved in Socially Engaged practice.