PhD in Composition; MMus (HONS) in Music Technology; Grad. Diploma in Art & Tech; BA in Theology
Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- s.kim@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274618
- Office Address
MR008 School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA
- School/Department
- School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
Biography
A Korean Composer and sound artist, Suk-Jun Kim has his music published by ICMC, IMEB, and SEAMUS, and M&R.Kim has published two books, "Humming" by Bloomsbury and "Hasla" by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg. His humming project has produced a solo CD titled "Humming" in 2019. His research also focuses on sound studies, immersive sound, phenomenological approaches to the aesthetics of electroacoustic music, space and place among others. Kim is full professor and personal chair of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art and Director of Postgraduate Research, LLMVC at the University of Aberdeen.
Internal Memberships
Entreprise and Innovation Lead, LLMVC
Prizes and Awards
His music has received a number of international awards: Métamorphoses (Biennale Acousmatic Composition Competition in Belgium: 2000 & 2008), Regional Composition Prize at 2008 ICMC in Belfast, Concurso International de Música Electroacústica Såo Paulo (CIMESP: 2007), Bourges International Competition (2001),and mentions and finalists in MUSICA VIVA (2005) and MUSICA NOVA (2002 & 2005).
Kim also received commissions from the Bourges commissions (2002, 2006 & 2009), SpACE-Net in UK (2007), and has been a resident composer at Bourges (2004, 2007 & 2009), Visby International Centre for Composer, Sweden (2007 and 2015), Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida (2007), and MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire (2008). Kim was a resident composer at Artists-in-Berlin, DAAD, Germany (2009).
- Research
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Research Overview
- Electroacoustic music
- Sound art
- Sound studies
- Immersive sound and composition
- Futures of listening
- Humming
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Music.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Sonic Arts
- Electronic Music
- Music Technology
- Music Composition
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
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빙빙: Being Being
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsHome-البيت-집: Syrian Humming Project: Third Responses
Non-textual Forms: Compositions(c)ovid's Metamorphoses
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsWe Are The Primitives of A New Era: Immersive VR Work
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsAn Audible Witness to History
Non-textual Forms: Exhibitions- [ONLINE] Exhibition Website (English)
- [ONLINE] Sound Museum Description
- [ONLINE] https://vrtopos.com/portfolio/acoustic-theater/
Impulse of Air: Sensing-based AR Sound Installation
Non-textual Forms: Exhibitions- [ONLINE] System Workflow of Impulse of Air
Humming: Electroacoustic music (musical CD)
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsCrowd-sourcing the sounds of places with a web-based evolutionary algorithm
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3319619.3322028
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Humming
Bloomsbury, New York. 176 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksThe Specters of 1948
Non-textual Forms: Compositions- [ONLINE] News article on the project.
- [ONLINE] Exhibition/performance event site.
