# project, Eurasian transcender
: Field recording of acoustic remains and movement traversing the old Silk Road regions and Northern ecologies
- EMS residence program, Stockholm
- June 3 ~ July 29, 2026
- Description
: This project is structured in two phases : one-month field recording expedition followed by another one-month studio production period. The fieldwork will take place across a few selected locations in Eurasia and Northern Europe, collecting diverse environmental sound materials. The recording samples will subsequently be processed through pre-developed generative digital algorithms to create a series of sondscape compositions. The studio production phase will be conducted at the Swedigh National Music Studio (EMS) in Stockholm.
The collected sound materials will form a multilayered sonic archive developed through field research. Conceptually, the project follows a narrative trajectory inspired by the historical Silk Road cities, tracing connections between regions that once served as major routes of cultural and economic exchange between East and West. The compositional structure is organized into a sequence of thematic stages : 'Origin, Stillness, Movement, Exchange, Architectue, Fusion, Transformation, Terminal' (could be modified while doing field recording). For each stage, specific locations are selected as shown on the map above, and recording work is planned to trace region-specific keynote sound at each location. The keynote sound will be documented with a few criteria - different times of day and varying degrees of human presence. This approach aims to capture the evolving acoustic identity of each location, revealing how environmental, cultural and social factors shape the soundscape over time.
All field research activities will be documented through both audio recording and photography, creating a comprehensive audiovisual archive. Recording equipment will include Zoom H6 (studio ver.) and Zoom H3-VR ambisonic recorder, enabling the capture of both detailed environmental sounds and spatial soundscapes.
- Field recording location
: (Seoul/Beijing) -> Dunhuang -> Turfan -> Kashgar -> (Osh/Taschkent) -> Samrkand -> Kappadokya -> Istanbul -> (Helsinki) -> Rovaniemi -> Inari -> (Turku) -> Stockholm
본 프로젝트는 필드 레코딩과 스튜디오 작업을 통해 사운드스케이프 결과물을 만들어 내는 과정을 1달 간의 필드 레코딩 기간과 1달 간의 스튜디오 작업 기간으로 계획한다. 유라시아 대륙과 북유럽의 몇몇 장소들에서 필드 레코딩을 진행하고, 사전 제작된 generative / granular synthesis 알고리듬을 통해 필드 레코딩 샘플들이 활용된 soundscape 결과물을 도출하는 것을 목표로 한다. 스튜디오 작업은 스웨덴 국립전자음악 스튜디오(EMS)에서 이루어진다.
사운드 샘플은 필드 리서치를 통해 다층적 사운드 레이어를 구축하게 되는데, 동서양의 교역로였던 실크로드의 중심지들을 관통하는 서사를 창작한다. 소리의 몇몇 단계를 계획하는데, '원형, 정적, 이동, 교환, 건축, 융합, 변형, 터미널'의 과정 속에서 이루어진다. 각 단계를 상징하는 지역을 선정, 유라시아와 북유럽으로 이어지는 사운드 재료들을 현장 채집하게 된다. 모든 필드 리서치는 사운드 레코딩과 이미지 촬영으로 아카이브 될 예정이고, 수음 장비는 zoom h6 studio, zoom h3 ambisonic을 활용한다.
- 필드 리서치 여정 : Dunhuang - Turfan - Kashgar - Samarkand - Kapadokya - Istanbul - Rovaniemi - Inari - Stockholm