Installation view of
《Sonic Planet-Hertz and Dough》 ©Seoul Museum of ArtSeoul Museum of Art presents the 2025
BEYOND exhibition 《Sonic
Planet-Hertz and Dough》 on view through May 31, 2026,
at Buk-Seoul Museum of Art (Buk SeMA).
Participating artists Hertz and Dough
(Gyuchul Moon, Gwangmin Hong, and Sunjeong Hwang) are the first artists
selected for “Artist Research,” a newly launched program at the Buk SeMA that
explores how an artist’s inquiry and thinking can be expanded within the
creative process. They have been conducting multifaceted research on the
acoustic ecosystem, treating sound not merely as an auditory experience but as
a language for understanding the world.
Installation view
of 《Sonic Planet-Hertz and Dough》 ©Seoul Museum of Art《Sonic Planet – Hertz and Dough》 invites visitors to move beyond human-centered auditory experiences
and to closely observe the diverse sounds embraced by the Earth. Rather than
trying to see more, it encourages closing one’s eyes and listening intently to
the resonances of the here and now.
Two commissioned works have been specially
produced for this exhibition: the sound installation Audinua
12 and the sound sculpture Auditory Strata.
Proposed as spaces for listening, these works embody the results of the
artists’ ongoing research and offer experimental propositions on complex
listening structures, creating a setting where audiences can experience sound
perception anew.
Installation view
of 《Sonic Planet-Hertz and Dough》 ©Seoul Museum of ArtOver the course of the nine-month exhibition,
performances, workshops, and talks will further expand its content and format.
It is also a practical process of articulating and gathering each participant’s
sounds in collaboration with various researchers, engineers, and artists. A
wide range of programs is planned, including sound collection, synthesis, and
performance; conversations on “listening cultures”; spatial sound design for
the exhibition; and sound performances and talks devoted to planetary
listening.
