Time Sculptures II by Ge-Suk Yeo

Time Sculptures II considers another aspect of the nature of time: the moment, one often not strictly defined section of the present – between the past and the future. Only at the moment – instant – we do exist and there is a past, a present and future. The moment is constantly exposed to a transient, which makes us aware of a time process, whose inner pulse should get significant through Time Sculputures II.

Times Sculptures II mimics the process of time by an artificial, through computer algorithms generated sound basis. The breathing of the time – from future to present to past – a constantly repeating process (… which actually is never repeated…) gets acoustically audible. In the background – sometimes close, sometimes far away, sometimes up, sometimes down – singing and voices are perceived.

The texts consciously cross path of the rather rhythmical character of the electro-acoustic parts. Citations from a comparison of a figure of Buddha from 6th – 7th century, and Rodin’s ‘The Thinker Man’ are used: Both figures represent the time flow from the past to the present into the future – as a process of thinking: ‘Where do I come from?’ and ‘Where do I go to?’, which is for Buddha the search for the nirvana, and for Rodin’s ‘Thinker in front of the Gates of Hell’, in high tension, muscular, and yet internalized ponder over the deeds and destiny of man.

Musically Time Sculptures II explores metallic sounds. The basis are algorithmically generated melodic and colourful artificial sounds. The vocals come in their way of the rather rhythmical electro-acoustic parts. – Depending on what metallic sounds you follow the piece will generate various feelings of time: One sound is chopped up, one goes a very long time, one stops from time to time. [1]

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Tags: After Effects, Ge-Suk Yeo, Kaoss Pad, Reaktor, Time, video