Minji Kim's research at Mediamatic focuses on hydro infrasound in the Oosterdok, exploring how human activities impact the auditory experiences of underwater organisms. Engines typically emit infrasound, which falls outside the usual hearing range for humans; however, some non-human species communicate and survive using infrasound.
This exhibition presents Minji Kim’s field research on Amsterdam's Oosterdok area, conducted at Mediamatic as part of the Border Lab program, via artistic translation. By adopting a non-human auditory perspective, Minji Kim’s artistic perspective invites you to perceive sounds you would normally miss due to atmospheric vibration.
Close-up photo of Aquatic Soundscapes Exhibition - Photo credit: Jesse Vorswijk
About the artist
Minji Kim has been actively exploring unrevealed stories in places that need socio-political attention, such as reclaimed land in urban and ecological contexts.
To avoid appropriating the beings in these places into her own language, she has developed situated listening modes based on pluralistic geopolitical research and embodied listening. She re-enacts these stories through audiobooks, performances, and electronic instruments, using the situated listening approach. Minji Kim graduated with a Master’s in ArtScience from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and is currently a PhD student at ACPA, Leiden University.
Information
Aquatic Soundscapes by Minji Kim
Open from 12:00 - 18:00 / Tuesday to Friday
On Saturday 15th of March, Minji Kim will be hosting a workshop at Mediamatic. You will build your own hydrophone with which you can observe and record the underwater soundscapes of your surroundings.
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam
The installation is located in the Sluidernloods on the ground floor of Mediamatic Biotoop.
