Space is a London-based Cantonese producer and noise artist working between experimental noise and electronic improvisation, rooted in South China’s DIY underground. Although she trained rigorously in classical violin, her practice has never been bound by form. She collaborates across disciplines with dancers, filmmakers, and sound artists, translating the physicality of performance into hands-on, real-time control of knobs, drum machines, and a no-input mixer—working at the edge of feedback systems where sound can wobble, snap, and re-form on the spot.

Rather than aligning with harsh noise’s emphasis on intensity, Space’s dawless live set resembles a laboratory infused with black humour. Through improvised collisions between drum machines and hardware, she blends drum-machine kicks, Nintendo 3DS interventions, and unstable feedback rhythms—folding abrasion into beats that are felt physically. Her aesthetic is deliberately anti-polished, favouring unstable systems and immediate response over algorithmic perfection.

Since 2013, Space has been active in South China’s experimental music and noise scenes. She is a founding member of Guangzhou Bitch and Saikung Dogs, and a co-founder of the experimental venue Bon Voyage and Southern Alkaline. Her practice has consistently been embedded in collectives, venues, and DIY infrastructures rather than existing as an isolated individual project.

After relocating to London in 2023, she began exploring new contexts for her practice. Her work has been presented at Barbican Centre, Avalon Cafe, Electrowerkz, Spanners, and Hundred Years Gallery, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Resonance FM. More recently, she composed the soundtrack for Unbound Zine: Xiaomei Going Overseas, an Arts Council England–funded film essay celebrating Asia’s queer and feminist zine culture, screened at Hoxton Hall and LADA.

Whether performing in underground spaces or formal venues, Space resists the posture of the “serious artist.” Her performances retain the potential for improvisation, instability, and disruption.

“Space’s performances are an antidote to awkward experimental music nights… It becomes an immediate and dangerous pleasure.”