Most of the image is an istallation at a gallery. There are pieces of broken instruments on a table, and out of one of these items there is a leafless, twiggy, branch sticking up. Ian-John is far in the background looking at some other art.

Ian-John was born in Auckland and currently lives in South Korea. The Sounds colonize his time, abuse his income and unrelentingly exploit him to multiply and reiterate themselves across time-space…merely in vein defiance of oblivion. The exact mechanism by which The Sounds exert undue influence over Ian-John is not yet well understood, however the following list shows the extent of this chronic condition:

 

2015 - Ddakji Series starts (an intermittent event for group improvisation: latest edition Ddakji#17 May 2023)
2015 - Second Heard Sound Shop opens at ArtSoup in Chuncheon. Subsequent exhibitions: Seoul Museum of Art SeMA, Hapjeong Sagakhyeong Gallery, Seoul Oil Tank Culture Park, Namhaedo Space Mijo, Gwangju Barim Artspace, Chuncheon Tamoni Artspace)
2017 - Bulgasari Tour of New Zealand with Korean&Japanese artists
2020 & 2022 Global Week at Seoul Oil Tank Culture Park
2022 Tokyo Ensembles, Otomo Yoshihide large ensemble participant

etc etc…

 

A concerning indicator of his inability to defy the will of The Sounds is that he has also attempted, in recent years, to make broadcasts for Framework Radio, Station Topology and Audio Foundation AFM.

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Series Intersections (some group improvisation activities in Korea)- Ian-John Hutchison

A listen to some of the regular venues and events for group improvisation in Korea, as captured by Ian-John Hutchison.
A group of performers in a semi circle. Things are confortably messy. The wooden floor is warm. Text: Series Intersections, and some korean text.