When the Cricket Sings
Running Time: 8:30 minutes
© Sara Angelucci 2007

When the Cricket Sings offers a nocturnal glimpse of Shanghai street life, depicting one of the typical neighbourhoods disappearing under the city’s rapid urban development. The improvised sound track is a duet for the ancient Chinese instrument the Gu Zheng and for the cricket, a creature revered in Chinese culture for its strength, fertility and song. Crickets sing only at night.

Production Credits

When the cricket Sings

Video footage & Director            Sara Angelucci

Guzheng improvisation            Liu Le

Cricket                                     Wong

Sound recording                     He Fei

Sound editing                          Phil Strong

Special thanks:

BizArt

Lin Xiao Cao

Marcus Schubert

Shot in Shanghai, China during a residency at BizArt, 2006

With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts