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시( )Nawi( )Fugue (an improvisation, an offering, a reading)



시( )Nawi( )Fugue (an improvisation, an offering, a reading)

solo performance commissioned by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives
excerpted performance documentation, 3 mins 49 seconds, 2026
(full-length performance documentation available upon request)





letter score, invitation for open translation



poem/open translation by Beth Piatote




poem/open translation by Diana SeoHyung


poem/open translation by Claire Mirocha


poem/open translation by Josiah Luis Alderet


poem/open translation by Alden Sung Farber




 performance documentation
January 24, 2026, BAMPFA




시( )Nawi( )Fugue (an improvisation, an offering, a reading)
2026
BAMPFA link

Commissioned by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives
Curated by Victoria Sung
Music Composition and Direction by Jesse Chun
Improvisation by Roger Kim, Kim Hyangsoori, Jennifer Redondas
Open Translation by Josiah Luis Alderete, Alden Sung Farber, Claire Mirocha, Beth Piatote, Diana SeoHyung
Activated by Josiah Luis Alderete, Jesse Chun, Alden Sung Farber, Kim Hyangsoori, Roger Kim, Claire Mirocha, Beth Piatote, Jennifer Redondas, and Diana SeoHyung





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O (FOR VARIOUS SKIES)
SCORE FOR UNLANGUAGING
시:sea
AND VERSE (혼잣말의 언어 그리고 COSMOS)
술래 SULLAE
INDEXING MY MONOLOGUE
ENUNCIATING SILENCE AND
TRANSLATIONS (ON EVIDENCE, UNTRANSLATABLE FUTURES, AND OTHER DRAWINGS)
WRITINGS(ㅁ)
LIQUID MYTHS
MANNER OF SPEAKING

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