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Setting Up the Banquet 2008 Twelve-channel sound installation In-Presentable, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain   Setting Up the Banquet is twelve-channel sound installation consisting of a kaleidoscopic soundscape woven from recordings made at Chinese-operated commercial spaces i.e. supermarkets, grocery shops and convenience stores in Madrid. It draws on my experience being in Madrid as a foreigner who at once is inhibited by language barrier and finds communality within a large immigrant community locally. While there is no Chinatown per se, Chinese business permeates every possible corner of the city of Madrid. Embodying a process of social navigation and cultural orientation, this project explores a vernacular musicality as a communication means and creates a new social space that is both familiar and unknown. Very special thanks to Ramon Mateos, Carlos and More of microFusa in Madrid, Guzman de Yarza Blache, Javier Lozano, Ben Roberts, Lucas Nolla, Javier Nunez Gasco, Xia-Yan Huang, Jonathan Shaughnessy, Chris Mann, Charlie Morrow, Carmen Borgia, Kurt Hoffman, Pei-Fu Chen, Nicholas Elliott, Douglas Henderson and those who kindly help this project made possible. This project is commissioned by In-Presentable 2008. Photo by Javier Lozano Installation Shots