Liquid Borders

With his composition Liquid Borders, Samson Young gives sound to the audio divide of a closed frontier zone where two territories meet. The four-part work traces both natural and manmade barriers, re-staging these as a textured symphony that flows from the industrial clang of metal to gentle shifts of water and wind.

Young developed the piece from field recordings made along the guarded boundary between Mainland China and Hong Kong, which he later notated for four immersive compositions. As parts of this forbidden barrier zone were redrawn to allow public access, he returned to explore the newly accessible terrain. Using contact microphones along fences and underwater microphones along the river dividing either side of the region, he captured the soundscape of this division and reimagined it as an evolving, resonant score.

In staging grounds, Young’s work fills the theater lobby alongside video by Na Mira. Both works animate seemingly inaccessible sites.

• FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
• 6–10:15PM, Theater Lobby
• INSTALLATION, FREE
• Liquid Borders / Samson Young
• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21
• 11AM–5PM, Theater Lobby
• INSTALLATION, FREE
• Liquid Borders / Samson Young
• TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24–FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026
• 11AM–5PM, Theater Lobby
• INSTALLATION, FREE
• Liquid Borders / Samson Young
• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026
• 1–5PM, Theater Lobby
• INSTALLATION, FREE
• Liquid Borders / Samson Young