PhD in Composition; MMus (HONS) in Music Technology; Grad. Diploma in Art & Tech; BA in Theology
Personal Chair
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MR008 School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA
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. In 2014, he co-founded and is the director of sonADA (Sound Arts Days in Aberdeen), an experimental music festival in Aberdeen, UK.
Internal Memberships
- Director of Postgraduate Research, School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
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).
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Research Overview
- Humming
- Immersive sound for VR/AR/XR/MR
- Aurality of scientific epistemologies
- Audienceship in the twenty-first century
- Sound studies
- Sound and knowing
- Electroacoustic music
- Sound art
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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Courses
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Aberdeen Laughing: An audiovisual installation
Non-textual Forms: ExhibitionsThe Pagan's Feast
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsThe Passion
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsThe Point is This
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsVoscillation
Non-textual Forms: Compositions- [ONLINE] https://vimeo.com/119053871
Waiting for Oona
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsBeing Persistently in Place I: Union St., Aberdeen
Non-textual Forms: PerformancesAberdeen Bestiary: Sound-Image-Narrative
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsOf the Caladrius
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsOf the Owl
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsOf the Wolf
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsThree Types of Engagement with Place Through Acousmatic Listening and Composition
Taking Part in Music. Russell, I., Ingram, C. (eds.). University of Aberdeen: Elphinstone Institute, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAberdeen Humming
Non-textual Forms: ExhibitionsDown and Up
Non-textual Forms: ExhibitionsThree Cities (Intermedia Installation)
Non-textual Forms: ExhibitionsThree Returns
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsDifferent Passings
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsTime felt and places imaged in my compositions
kunsttexte.de, vol. Auditive Persoektiven - Künstlerische Forschung, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Critique on Pierre Schaeffer’s Phenomenological Approaches: Based on the Acousmatic and Reduced Listening
Proceedings of the International Conference Pierre Schaeffer: mediArt. Ziherl, J. (ed.). Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti/Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, pp. 123-133, 11 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersHasla
Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. 88 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksAcousmatic reasoning: an organised listening with imagination
Contributions to Conferences: PapersImaginal listening: a quaternary framework for listening to electroacoustic music and phenomena of sound-images
Organised Sound, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 43-53Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771809990252
Painting Nahhamu
Non-textual Forms: CompositionsA Travel Log: From Fwarrheu to Hejning
Non-textual Forms: ExhibitionsOn the Way to Fwarrheu
Non-textual Forms: Compositions
