How can “9” this number be in a video? 9 close-circuit televisions, 9 “time and space”, 9 “me”, 9 x 31 seconds “duration”, 9 pitches of note of the music, 9 musical instruments, 9 rhythmic patterns, 9… The numerology of “9” not only links up both the visual and audio elements in this video, it also establishes a new relationship between music and moving images. The music not only serves as a foil to the atmosphere of the video, it shares the same importance of the images. Each close-circuit television is represented by a particular pitch of note and musical instrument. For this reason, the music is “composed” by the design of the video while the video is “designed” by the arrangement of the music.

WONG King Wan, Ada received both her BA and MA in music. She is interested not only in composing various kinds of music, but is also enthusiastic about the exploration of possibilities on the combination of music and other art media. On Stage Metropolitans (2001) is an example of applying dramatic elements in classical music composition. Recently her work is mainly about music scoring for different artists’ visual work. She is a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (CASH). She is currently a media art student and her most recent video-audio work Nine is selected for screening at Microwave International Media Art Festival 2004 and New Media Art Festival in Seoul (2004, South Korea).