Lance Laoyan
Lance Laoyan. Photo courtesy of the Artist.
Lance Gapuz Laoyan is a sound artist, researcher and environmentalist.
His work considers different sonic ecologies within an environment, asking how they are perceived through the act of listening. Through the application of listening methodologies and recording technologies, Laoyan engages in site specific environments marked by noise pollution. This approach towards noise enables Laoyan to position himself within, and to pay close attention to, undesired sounds within a landscape. He is drawn to this re-positioning of human listening to question the politics of noise and its relation to animal species within the natural environment. Laoyan holds a BA in Graphic Design from Manchester School of Art and in 2021 Laoyan completed a Master’s as part of the Non-Linear Narrative course at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. Laoyan has presented his work at festivals across the Netherlands and attended Sonic Act’s FieldArts panel in July, 2022.
