February 20th, 2022

Yan Jun, in our discussion on Thursday afternoon, opened up an important conversation on what we think about natural talent, improvised music, and how the two don’t necessarily go hand in hand. The creation of sound does not always translate to a strict musical form, but rather it is always an experience in a certain time and place. I am drawn to this idea of embodied sound as a tool of connection.

In the past, I have worked with an audiovisual coding program known as MAX/JITTER in order to play with interactive sound and movement. Much of my interests have surrounded narrative work as well.  During my first week in London, I was inspired by Sun at Night an installation of “100 microphones suspended above 100 metal spikes, each piercing a page inscribed with a fragmented verse of poetry by a poet incarcerated for their work, writings, or beliefs.” I was immersed in an experience that intimately communicated individual stories and the story of incarcerated people as a whole in a visceral way. The intangible experience is something so exciting about this kind of work.

Going forward I’d love to explore experiential, interactive, and narrative sound art. I’m interested in narrative perhaps in conjunction with visual work as well.