Sounds Across Landscape : Intersection between Art and Sound

Group Exhibition

Where : Clark Centre for the Arts

191 Guildwood Pkwy, Scarborough, ON M1E 1P5, Canada

Meet the Artists :

Saturday, January 11, 1 - 3 pm

Gallery Hours: Mon - Sun  9am - 4pm (Closed on statutory holidays)

Sounds Across Landscape: Intersection between Art and Sound is an exhibition that transcends traditional boundaries, weaving together sound and visual imagery into a cohesive sensory experience. This exhibition unites six distinct artistic voices, each exploring how visual art can convey the nuances of voice, sound, and memory. Through diverse mediums, these artists reveal how visual works can resonate with the auditory qualities of human experience, creating a dialogue between what we see and what we hear.

Art has always been a powerful medium for expressing the intangible aspects of human life. Through the intricate interplay of colors, forms, and textures, artists can create visual compositions that evoke the rhythms and tones of music, resonating with the viewer’s own memories and emotions. This exhibition demonstrates how visual art, like music, can express the nuanced voices of individual and collective identities.

Sanghoon Kang bridges the realms of architecture and music through his acrylic painting, inspired by the concept of "frozen music." His geometric representations capture the sounds and movements of music, creating visual structures that resonate with the harmony of its music. Like the layered chords of musical instruments, his work constructs a mysterious, immersive world where viewers are invited to explore each line and shape contributing to the overall rhythm and flow.

Kyungmin Kate Lee explores concepts of identity and sociality through the lens of social dynamics and geographical changes. By focusing on familiar and diverse locations, she expresses her connection to the present, past, and future, inviting viewers to engage with her personal experiences and stories. Her photography delves into the intersection of artistic vision and auditory elements, visually interpreting realistic and documentary sounds such as human voices and echoes. By incorporating various media—including digital and analog photography, as well as videography—Kyungmin Kate Lee creates a rich and immersive body of work that invites viewers.

Heejung Shin’s multidisciplinary work, created primarily with Han-Ji (Korean Mulberry paper), evokes the sensation of fleeting, dancing leaves in a gentle breeze. Her collages and layered installations capture the delicate rustling of paper, echoing the soft sounds of wind whispering through trees. The interplay of light and texture in her art invites viewers to experience a rhythmic dance of sight and sound, where each piece resonates with the ephemeral beauty of nature.

Ellee SY Lee’s paintings oscillate between abstraction and representation, evoking a sense of mysticism, dreaminess, and reflection. Drawing inspiration from personal memories, nature, and art history, she creates paintings that are partly imagined and partly based on reference images. She believes that making a painting is like composing music, orchestrating layers of mark-making, colors, lines, flatness, textures, and shifting perspectives. For her, painting is pure emotion, much like music. Like the sounds of waterfalls, wind, and rustling leaves, her works console the individual soul as nature motifs recur throughout, offering a respite from a fatiguing and monotonous world.

Che Ree Kwon creates acrylic and mixed media works that explore a collage of memory and emotion, blending shapes, colors, and textures into a harmonious whole. Bold outlines define her compositions, creating visual rhythms that pulse with the lively energy of everyday life. Each piece stretches to a jazz composition, where emotions build and intertwine, echoing the vibrant and bustling moments that fill our days. This dynamic interplay captures the ebb and flow of human experience, revealing the vibrant and intricate nature of our inner world.

Kyungsun Sunny Kim’s prints capture the essence of the diverse energies emitted by invisible life within natural landscapes, visualizing their harmony. The colors and forms she overlays transform into a visual symphony akin to the melodic and profound resonance of a harp. Her technique of engraving lines onto wooden blocks leaves traces reminiscent of the lingering, soft sounds of a harp. The areas altered by the carving tool on multiple wooden blocks have a depth comparable to the sound produced by tearing harp strings by hand. The grain of the wood reflects a quiet murmur, and each stroke mirrors the ripples created by pebbles dropped into a tranquil pond.

Sounds Across Landscape invites viewers to experience these visual works not as static images, but as dynamic expressions of voice and sound. This exhibition highlights the power of visual art to evoke audible experiences, offering a multisensory journey that deepens our understanding of identity, memory, and environment. By harmonizing these diverse artistic voices, Sounds Across Landscape creates an immersive experience that resonates with the complex interplay of sound and sight, encouraging viewers to explore the echoes of their own identities within this visual and auditory symphony.