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http://dx.doi.org/10.33851/JMIS.2022.9.1.43

Crying Sea, The Sound Installation: Artistic Considerations for Coexistence between Human and Technology  

Park, Jungsun (2CMLABS)
Wi, Hyeongseok (Neutune)
Park, Sungwoo (Global Media and Communication Arts Department, Woosong University)
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Journal of Multimedia Information System / v.9, no.1, 2022 , pp. 43-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the discourse on Anthropocene grows, this exploratory research investigates the interrelationship and interconnectivity between humanity and technology by analyzing a sound art installation created by the author. Crying Sea is a sound installation that uses plastic wastes collected from the shore to create symbolic narratives and artistic experience connecting humans, objects, and nature through interactive digital technology. In this installation, the audiences are guided to walk over the wastes, and the sounds created by the footsteps are recorded in real-time, which then are distorted and amplified into disturbing sounds through speakers filling up the room. In analyzing this artwork, three theories from technological, philosophical, and ecological backgrounds were used; specifically, Bernard Stiegler's pharmakon theory, Dona Haraway's cyborg manifesto, and Timothy Morton's dark ecology theory. A common factor revealed from all three theories by analyzing the Crying Sea is that humans, technologies, and all other entities within nature are interconnected and resonated. The awareness of this recursive relationship allows us to consider sustainable balancing.
Keywords
Cyborg; Dark Ecology; Pharmakon; Philosophy of Technology; Sound Art Installation;
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