Rosa Sungjoo Park
Biography
Rosa Sungjoo Park is a sound artist whose research interest is centered on the study of psychoacoustics, computer music, digital/mixed media, sonification, and the physicality of sound. Park explores various aural materials and their sonic characteristics, seeking unusual ways of seeing and hearing that unlock new experiences. Park’s practice and performance are deeply rooted in her cultural identities, memories, and religion and she has produced a large number of works that deal with Korean traditional rituals, acoustic memories, the nature of life and death, the potential interactions between sounds in the environment.
Park's work has been exhibited and performed in galleries and theaters in the United States, Canada, and South Korea. She recently performed at the 26th International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD 2021) and won the Best Use of Sound Award (concert piece) and received an honorable mention from Kala Art Institute in Berkeley and will join the Artist-in-Residence program from 2022. Park holds master’s degrees in Digital+Media from Rhode Island School of Design, Visual Communication Design from Seoul National University, and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Florida Atlantic University, and currently serves as Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University, teaching courses in sound design and production, interactive cinema, and experimental filmmaking.
Selected Exhibitions, Performances, and Talks
“The Tree In My Backyard Is Tall And Strong,” Music Composition & Performance @CNM, 2021
“Pattern Play: Interactive Music System for The Environment,” Live Scoring & Sound Performance @ICAD 2021, The 26th International Conference On Auditory Display, 2021
“Pattern Play No.2,” Computer Music Composition & Live Sound Performance @ ISSTA 2020: SONIC PRACTICE NOW, Online concerts of audio artwork organized by ISSTA (Irish Sound, Science & Technology Association), 2020
"Tactile audibility,” Research Presentation @ ICAD (International Conference on Auditory Display) Virtual Talks Series, ABBA (Auditory Brown Bag At home), organized by Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2020
"Imaginary Lights," sound performance, the Projects, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2017
“Absence and Presence,” sound Installation, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, 2016
“Windless,” sound performance, Anthropology, Granoff Center Studio 1, Brown University, Providence, 2016
“Windless,” sound performance, Sol Koffler Gallery, CIT, RISD, Providence, 2016
“Absence and Presence,” Installation, Dark Matters, Sol Koffler Gallery, CIT, RISD, Providence, 2016
“Programming Sound: Performance Systems,” sound performance, Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, RISD, Providence, 2015
“Altered Memory,” live Performance, Multimedia & Electronic Music Experiments (MEME), Brown University, Providence, 2014
“Forgotten Dreams: Meditations On Narrative Space,” Installation, FINA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2014
“The Sublime,” Solo Exhibition, FINA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2014
“The Medium Is The Message,” Live audio-visual performance, FINA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2013
“6 STORIES,” Live audio-visual performance, FINA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2012
“There must be something under the water,” Multimedia installation, FINA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2012
“GlassWorks,” Audiovisual installation, Samwon S&D Hall, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2008
“Electronic-Jangoo,” Live audiovisual performance, LG Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2008
Selected Publications
“Absence and Presence,” Artists’ Writing, Rhode Island School of Design, 2016
"Forgotten Dreams: Meditations on Narrative Space: The Design and Integration Process for the Audiovisual Space Composition," University of British Columbia Okanagan, 2014
“Forgotten Dreams: Meditations on Narrative Space: The Design and Integration Process for the Audiovisual Space Composition,” Joint Conference of Asia Digital Art & Design Association (ADADA), Korean Society of Design Science (KSDS) and Society of Design Convergence (SDC), 2013
"Ancient Futures: Design and/or Happiness, 160-163. 2013" "A Study on The Visual Expression of Image for Stage in The Performing Music arts: Focusing on Visualization of The Glassworks in the Philip Glass’s Music" Seoul National University, 2008
“A Study on Information Graphic Expression in Cyberspace,” Proceeding of the Fall Design Conference of Korean Society of Design Science, 2007
Website: www.rosapark.org