The moment before the music begins by Nahyun Kim
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If we can feel the moment before we make a sound, we will not simply make a sound, we will be immersed in the atmosphere, our every movement, and the sound. It is important to focus on sound, but the memory and movements are also principal.
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This instrument can make sounds by hitting potteries with wooden sticks, by turning the sticks on their side, or scratching them up and down. The act of hitting with a wooden stick or scratching or turning the sides with a stick is what I did to make these potteries. In order to make the walls solid, I tapped countless times with my hands and turned a throwing wheel to make their shapes. I also made the walls thinner by moving my hands up and down on a throwing wheel. By making a sound with these movements, we can reminisce about the memories between the potteries and I, and talk to each other.
Through this work, I wanted to share the silent moment just before the music begins, the memory of the instrument from when it was the soil, the reminiscences of the scene I was creating, and the moment of silence that will make sound.
![close-up of three ceramic pots](/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/styles/o_914w_ah_n_nu/public/2022-06/7_NahyunKim_PEX22_photo_Anne%20Kinnunen.jpg?itok=BggWxi-u)
Medium: Clay, Wood, Sound
Photographs: Anne Kinnunen
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