[ n o i s ; o u n d ] - Installation in der Villa 102

In the organizer's words:

What is noise? What is music? And what happens when we rethink both?

In cooperation with the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA), KfW Stiftung is hosting an installation by scholarship holder Jiyoon Hyun as part of the "Frankfurt Moves!" program at Villa 102 from 17 to 20 July 2025.

Basically, noise is an unpleasant or unwanted sound (according to Collins Dictionary) and music is the art of arranging and combining sounds (according to Cambridge Dictionary). Noise and music seem to be opposites, but they both fall under the category of sound, and noise can be music depending on how we treat it. The fact that what we call noise has become an important part of modern music shows that the boundaries between noise and music can be blurred at any time. The same applies to our lives. There are good moments in life, but there are also always unexpected situations where difficulties arise, but we can accept them as part of life and respond to them dynamically. In this way, our lives become richer and more colorful, and we can create our own unique music. In her exhibition, Jiyoon Hyun deals with these moments of life and shows them to us in five rooms: Death, Fear, Language, Identity and Social Responsibility. She works with four composers, including"Frankfurt Moves!" scholarship holder Yuheng Chen, to collect sound fragments and transform them from noises into musical sounds.