Concrete Music Ensemble (Trio)
(excerpt from the artist’s note) Much of my past multimedia installation work has dealt with the narratives and synesthetic flows that emerge from moving images. In those works, sound functioned primarily as an auxiliary element—supporting the generation of narrative.
This work, Sound Project: Random Encounter, was developed as part of a study to explore what kind of narrative could emerge when sound takes the lead. Everyday noises from found footage are “re”-collected and layered to form a new sonic arrangement. The video component is secondary—following the original audio from the footage, and intentionally left without compositional direction. As a result, the visuals become a random collage, assembled by chance.
The sound and video are divided across three displays and speakers—labeled A, B, and C—each functioning as a distinct instrument.When played together, these three installations form an ensemble, creating a trio of concrete music. The audiovisual performance, led by sound and supported by moving images, oscillates between harmony and dissonance—testing the boundaries of order and randomness.