ICMC BOSTON 2025
Online Listening Room
Curiosity, Play, Innovation - A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Creativity in Music, Science, and Technology
June 8-14, 2025
ICMC BOSTON 2025: Online Listening Room #2
ID#: 582
Restless (2023) ; 9:40
by Seongah Shin
Keimyung University
“Restless” is a work from the Thin Black Line Project, currently in progress as part of the Jeju Series. Jeju Island, situated in the southern sea of Korea, is the nation’s largest island and is renowned as its most emblematic volcanic landscape. Isolated from the mainland, Jeju has developed a unique cultural identity, including its own dialect and traditions, along with a deeply layered history marked by both ancient heritage and periods of foreign incursion. This piece contemplates the dynamic interplay between human existence and the rhythms of nature, drawing inspiration from the island’s striking natural beauty and its enduring—often turbulent—historical narrative. All sonic materials in Restless originate from Jeju’s natural environment. These include elemental sounds such as wind and ocean waves, as well as ritualistic audio associated with local shamanistic practices. The work further investigates how these sonic elements interact with unconscious auditory imagination, generating new layers of acoustic interpretation and meaning.
Seongah Shin
Seongah Shin, originally from South Korea, is a distinguished composer, electronic musician, sound designer, and educator. Her compositions and sound works have been presented at a wide array of esteemed international festivals and institutions, including the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF), Asia Computer Music Project (ACMP), Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), June in Buffalo, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), the Seoul International Experimental Film Festival, the Seoul International Performing Arts Festival, MUSICACOUSTICA, the Missouri Repertory Theatre, the BEaST Festival, among many others. In 2007, she established the Thin Black Line Project, a long-term artistic initiative and, she is a co-founder of the Asia Computer Music Project (ACMP), launched in 2010 to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in the field of computer music across Asia. Professor Shin currently holds a faculty position in the Department of Composition at Keimyung University, South Korea.
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