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I wish I was a piece of field recording.
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The speaker imagines becoming a “piece of field recording”—a recorded fragment of sound gathered from the world. This suggests valuing the status of a small, preserved trace of lived surroundings rather than being a person who merely experiences them. The wording turns that unusual wish into a reflection on being captured, kept, and heard.
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- Yan Jun — About (official website)
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- Official Statement
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