MIN YOUNG KIM


Installation

Sugar Engine 슈거 엔진
Disaster Studies 재난 연구  
Giant Whisper  자이언트위스퍼
Companions 곁
Yesterday’s Today  어제의오늘

Performance    

Alain  알랭
Holymotors  홀리모터스
Hide and Seek  숨바꼭질

Research   

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GIANT WHISPER

2022

real-time simulation with vessel tracking data and marine acoustics

‘Giant Whisper’ transforms the gallery into an acoustic navigation chamber where real-time shipping data becomes an augmented environment of marine sound. Through AR interfaces, visitors become virtual pilots discovering that ocean sounds emerge only from shipping-free waters—turning spectatorship into an act of ecological revelation where human mobility systems reshape non-human communication networks.

The installation constructs two interconnected situations: one visualizing inaudible underwater frequencies, another offering tablet-based AR navigation through data-laden seas. Using real-time AIS shipping data as acoustic filters, the work stages the contemporary ocean as computational infrastructure where biological and logistical systems collide. Where ships congregate, marine sounds are masked; where waters remain empty, the ocean's voice emerges.

The project recognizes oceans as thoroughly technologized spaces—shipping lanes like highways, sonar pulses probing depths, satellites tracking vessels. The gallery becomes a sensing apparatus revealing tensions between technological overlay and persistent biological communication: whale calls traveling thousands of miles, dolphin echolocation, snapping shrimp creating underwater static. Every cargo ship suppresses whale songs; every quiet zone becomes an acoustic refuge.

The title references Earth's largest mammals communicating through whispers that use oceanic acoustics for planetary reach, yet these giant whispers drown in mechanical roar. By correlating shipping density with acoustic ecology, the work creates participatory environments where visitors experience the ocean as competing information systems—biological, commercial, military. The gallery becomes a space of sensory redistribution, suggesting environmental crisis isn't just about pollution but about the occupation of frequencies, the colonization of listening itself.



collaborated with sound artist    Jaehoon Choi
funded by    Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
supported by    Eulji C-center, Junggu Cultural Foundation



data analysis of vessel traffic data by vessel types and region

Installation view at Eulji Art Centre, 2022