Simmering Dots(2021)
(Artist Note)
In the conventional relationship between moving images and sound, sound typically serves to support the image or heighten its dramatic effect. Rather than treating sound as a supplementary element, I am interested in situations where image and sound coexist on equal terms—interacting and influencing each other symmetrically.
This work presents two fragments:(1) footage of a landscape shot from inside a moving car, and(2) the voice of someone speaking on the phone.They are two distinct segments placed along the linear flow of time.
The original sound that would naturally accompany the footage is absent. Likewise, the image that would typically accompany the voice is also missing.They are not a pair. Yet, could they become one?
By weaving together these unrelated sources—image and sound—I attempt to create a new sense of connection.
I fragment the chronological footage, cutting and reassembling it. Time is disrupted, and the sound-image relationship is reconfigured.
Rather than syncing sound with its original image, I align it with another source.
Natural imagery is broken apart and begins to resonate with the voice.
Likewise, the voice is fragmented and begins to sync with a different image.
What begins as a seemingly arbitrary pairing slowly transforms—each element slightly altering the other, interacting, and forming an unexpected harmony.The metaphoric relationship between image and sound is dismantled and restructured, creating a new temporal line.
Before long, it becomes unclear whether the image is following the sound or the sound is following the image. They gradually begin to resemble one another.
Through this process—where metaphorical links arise but never fully materialise—I explore the relationship between seeing and hearing, constructing it through the connection of auditory and visual fragments.
Of course, not all the material used is purely original.In the process of altering the recorded sound, I also incorporated imagined sounds—those that mirror or expand the originals.
I experimented with sounds that exist at the boundaries of cinematic sound elements—music, sound effects, voice, and ambience.Visually, I considered the act of isolating, distorting, blurring, or animating imagery as analogous to these hybrid sounds.These altered fragments serve as a kind of adhesive—binding disparate pieces together into a cohesive form.