劉芳一是一位實驗音樂家,現居高雄。自2009年開始從事實地錄音、 聲音拼貼等創作,也以人聲或鋸琴、物件進行自由即興音樂表演。也擔任高雄聲音聆聽推廣單位“耳蝸”營運者,不定時舉辦讓各方創作者交流的演出及推廣多元聆聽的活動。曾參與舞蹈、劇場等跨界表演的聲音演出,亦與來自日本、法國、奧地利、中國、荷蘭、 英國等地的音樂家合作。參與配樂的舞劇《Connect project + Sun ∞ Moon日 ∞月》,於2016的StockholmFringe Festival獲得「 Most Provocative Award」獎項。2017年與黃亞歷、 鬼丘鬼鏟、 李世揚、 丁麗萍、 謝仲其共同以《立黑吞浪者》獲得15屆台新藝術獎(視覺藝術獎)。其他配樂作品有吳俞萱的《徬徨於無地》 (劇場)與吳梓安的《伊人》(實驗短片)。
Fang-yi Liu lives in Kaohsiung. He is concentrated in free style musical/ tonal improvisation. Also he re-mixes and edits sound recorded in the fields as demonstration works. He mentioned two major points. First is about the human voice. The pronounce action from different races and cultures contained not only languages, but also the sound of out of languages, before languages, distortion and lapsing of languages, etc. Even the unestablished pronouncing still can bring the signal or context to the receivers. Second is about the environment sound or sound field. People are surrounded with sounds induced by every vital or mortal things. The problem of sensing or recognition environmental sound are his major projects. He tries to use any kind of materials or methods to approach these two topics. He also created a Facebook group called Cochlea and try to introduce the musician from different fields to the new audiences. He hold several performances to promote new audio experience.