Goal Setting&Carrying On(2021)

Manuella Blackburn on 'Kitchen Alchemy': While composing this piece, I began to think of the analogy of alchemy and its applicability to the compositional process of acousmatic music. I wanted to create something seemingly precious and elaborate that showed no similarity to the ordinary source sounds of kitchen utensils and appliances. 

Kitchen Alchemy (excerpt) for Fixed Media by Manuella Blackburn

Emmersive Environments by Panos Amelides

"Neverland Syndrome" 은 영원히 아이의 모습으로 사는 피터팬과 그 친구들이 사는 곳,
‘네버랜드’의 이름을 따서 우리 사회에 나이 들기를 거부하는 피터팬들이 많아지는 현상을
일컫는 용어로, 서울대 소비 트렌드 분석센터가 2023년의 소비 트렌드 키워드 중 하나로 선정하기도 했다.

본 작품에서는 Neverland Syndrome과 연관된 6가지의 키워드 (Unstable / Change in life cycle / Paradox / Stay / Consolation / Dynamic)를 각 악장의 소제목으로 정하고, MZ세대와 기성세대 간의 갈등, 인간의 생애주기 확장과 복잡화, 사회적 책임을 회피하는 태도 등을 바이올린과 전자음악으로 표현하였다. 각 악장의 길이는 40초에서 1분 30초 가량으로 간결하게 구성되어 있는데, 이는 유튜브 쇼츠, 인스타그램 릴스와 같은 “숏폼 콘텐츠”에 익숙한 MZ세대의 콘텐츠 소비 트렌드를 반영한 것이다.

"어떻게 어린이 같은 삶의 경이를 잃지 않으면서도 경험의 지혜를 일생을 통해 켜켜이 쌓아 올려갈 수 있을까? 인생이란 리허설 없이 매일 무대에 서면서 연기를 배워나가야 하는 쉼 없는 공연의 연속이다 우리는 매일 조금씩 더 성숙하기를 포기할 수 없는 조금 나이 든 어린아이들이다."

                                                                                         김난도 외, 『트렌드 코리아 2023』


"Neverland Syndrome" is a term that refers to the phenomenon of Peter Pan-like individuals who refuse to grow up in our society, named after the place where Peter Pan and his friends live forever in the form of children. The Seoul National University Consumer Trend Center also selected it as one of the consumer trend keywords for 2023. 

In this work, six keywords related to Neverland Syndrome (Unstable/Change in life cycle/Paradox/Stay/Consolation/Dynamic) were chosen as subtitles for each movement, and the conflict between the Millennial and Zoomer generation(MZ) generation and the older generation, the extension and complication of human life cycles, and the attitude of avoiding social responsibility were expressed through violin and electronic music.

Each movement is composed succinctly, with a length of about 40 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds, reflecting the content consumption trend of the MZ generation, who are familiar with short-form content such as YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. 

"How can we accumulate the wisdom of experience throughout our lives without losing the wonder of a childlike life? Life is a never-ending performance where we have to learn acting every day without rehearsal. We are a group of slightly older children who cannot give up becoming a little more mature every day."

Neverland Syndrome for Violin and Electronics (2023)

Typewriter For Snare Drum And Electronics(2017)

Recorded by percussionist/composer Bryan Michael Wysocki

The goal of this piece was to capture the acoustic resonance of a snare drum within a fixed media track and then to engulf the sounds of a live snare drum within this acoustic resonance. I wanted the timbral changes of the piece to guide the listener through a journey, mainly structured by the type of mallet/stick and the use of the snares. All sounds heard in this piece are from a snare drum, occasionally supplemented with a single crotale for some extra flavor.

Neverland Syndrome for Violin and Electronics (2023)

Jeonghoon Lee

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