Biography
Jiyeon Kim is Seoul-based musician and sound artist. Over the past decade she has devoted her time to developing a vocabulary based on field recordings and format-specific sound making, with close-listening deeply embedded in her practice.
As a musician, she integrates field recordings, acoustic piano and electronics with modern composition, sampling and improvisation techniques. She is also interested in the use of audio playback technology and data formats as instruments. As a sound artist, she presents sound installations, interdisciplinary performances and writings based on her listening experiences and her reflections on them.
She is a member of artist duo Weather Report who are based on Jeju island, Seoul, and who explore the medium of live streaming for remote listening and network performance practices. She also scored the documentary “Kim Gun” (2019).
She has performed at Cafe Oto (UK), Ausland (Germany) and Stazione di Topolò (Italy), and several local experimental live events in Seoul. Her audio works have been broadcast on Resonance.fm, NTS, KDVS and more. She has participated in artist residencies at Portobesebo (Italy), MoKs (Estonia) and Culture Space Yang (Jeju Island, Korea), and is part of the curated Touch Mentorship programme. Her listening practices are documented in “Experimental Music Since 1970” by Jennie Gottschalk (Bloomsbury, 2016).