Sound
Specter-Tradition
2026
<Specter-Tradition>
<Specter-Tradition> is a 12-minute reworking of a 3-minute sound piece originally created for the 2020 STEP by SPAF performance {Conditions of Tradition} by the collaborative performance group “Project.Gaeng.”
Project.Gaeng is a collaborative team centered around four members: director and performer Kim Ki-young, and performers Kim Hae-min, Im Dong-sik, and Jo Seon-ah (myself).
2018–2021 {Streets and the Crow}, which explored how tradition exists and functions within a modern social context through street performances throughout the city
2019–2020 {Conditions of Tradition}, which presented the sociocultural conditions underpinning modern Korean tradition—as researched by a professional performing artist—through exhibitions and documentary theater
{Streets and the Crow} and {Conditions of Tradition} are projects directly related to [Spectre-Tradition]. The sound sources included field recordings from the performance {Streets and the Crow}, sounds used in that performance, sounds and research materials from the performance {Conditions of Tradition}, and a live recording of the performance {Chaosmos Rhythm Chaosmos}.
By altering the timing and pitch of the sounds, I sought to evoke an image of tradition—ghostlike, having neither lived nor died—through the sensation of distorted sound. I used panning to convey the sense of the street parade in motion, delay to create an echo that reverberates hollowly, and human speech (in Korean) to suggest the discourse surrounding tradition or the feeling of various voices floating in the air.
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<Specter-Tradition> is a 12-minute reworking of a 3-minute sound piece originally created for the 2020 STEP by SPAF performance {Conditions of Tradition} by the collaborative performance group “Project.Gaeng.”
Project.Gaeng is a collaborative team centered around four members: director and performer Kim Ki-young, and performers Kim Hae-min, Im Dong-sik, and Jo Seon-ah (myself).
2018–2021 {Streets and the Crow}, which explored how tradition exists and functions within a modern social context through street performances throughout the city
2019–2020 {Conditions of Tradition}, which presented the sociocultural conditions underpinning modern Korean tradition—as researched by a professional performing artist—through exhibitions and documentary theater
{Streets and the Crow} and {Conditions of Tradition} are projects directly related to [Spectre-Tradition]. The sound sources included field recordings from the performance {Streets and the Crow}, sounds used in that performance, sounds and research materials from the performance {Conditions of Tradition}, and a live recording of the performance {Chaosmos Rhythm Chaosmos}.
By altering the timing and pitch of the sounds, I sought to evoke an image of tradition—ghostlike, having neither lived nor died—through the sensation of distorted sound. I used panning to convey the sense of the street parade in motion, delay to create an echo that reverberates hollowly, and human speech (in Korean) to suggest the discourse surrounding tradition or the feeling of various voices floating in the air.
☞ video
☞ sound