Ji Youn Kang
"New Work Live"
"New Work Live"
The analog instruments that Ji Youn Kang brings along have been developed on the border between time-continuous(analog) and time-discrete(digital) signal computations. She tries to navigate through minimal digital components commonly used in analog circuits such as logic gates and shift registers, looking for unusual, out-of-logic combinations that expand their original characteristics by actively creating ‘errors.’ Her experimentations always target musical performances by involving incoming signals i.e. from microphones, as well as her body, objects, and sensing components as part of circuits. The bare breadboard also allows her to actively change the signal flow during the performance. This set is part of the ongoing project ‘Speculative Sound Synthesis’ in IEM, Graz.
Vita
Ji Youn Kang is a South Korean composer, performer and sound artist based in The Hague. She achieved her Master’s degrees in Sonology from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and in Composition from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Most of her pieces have been composed for both traditional and non-traditional instruments ranging from works for solo instruments to large orchestral pieces. One of her main interests lies in researching the relationship between musical and physical spaces that she has been exploring with a variety of multichannel systems such as the Acousmonium and wave field synthesis systems. She is also active as a solo performer seeking for ways to combine three different sound areas on stage; acoustic instruments, analog and digital sound with DIY analog synthesizers and live processing on a laptop. Her pieces have been commissioned by and performed in many venues and festivals, including La Biennale di Venezia, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Time of Music, Sonic Acts, International Film Festival Rotterdam, SICMF, MPyC and Synthèse. Currently, she is teaching at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague.
Ji Youn Kang
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Saturday | 10/06/23 | 22:00
Tresor.West Dortmund