CORD is an artist duo comprising Stella Kim(Jinju Kim) and Hyojin Ahn. Taking listening as a starting point, the duo explores how sound, space, bodies, and relationships take shape.
CORD approaches sound as a medium that reveals relationships between space and the body, and between people and their environments, rather than as a self-contained outcome. Their work gives spatial and sonic form to states that resist clear definition—staying and moving, hesitation and response, tension and release—inviting audiences to perceive situations through their senses and become aware of their own position within them.
Working primarily with sound-based installation and performance, CORD combines diverse media to expand the structures of sensory experience. Their recent practice explores how human perception responds and how people make choices within environments shaped by technology. Rather than simply criticizing or rejecting technology, they create works that bring human positions and the conditions of perception within these environments into view.
2026, Lecture-Performance and Concert Series Environmental sound, live electronics, modular synthesizer, voice, and acoustic instruments Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
MOTD: Mood of the Day takes everyday sounds and changing environmental conditions as starting points for composition and improvisation. Bringing together listening, conversation, and live performance, the project explores how the atmosphere of a place and moment can become music. Through different performance formats and collaborations, it invites audiences to attend to familiar sounds anew and discover their own ways of listening.
2026, Interdisciplinary Art Project Sound, video, text, object installation, and live performance Solo exhibition, October 3–11, 2026, Gallery Cove, Seoul Supported by Songpa Foundation for Arts and Culture
Dear Then revisits places from the artist’s youth, tracing memories of a time when hopes and aspirations felt vivid. Through walking, field recording, and writing, the project brings remembered sounds and sensations into the present as sound essays, installations, and live performances. Beginning with one person’s memories, it opens a shared space where visitors’ own memories and voices can resonate.
2026, Sound and Video Installation Four-channel sound, single-channel video, text installation, dimensions variable Presented in the group exhibition Moments of Immersion, Crossing Boundaries, January 12–13, 2026, Samik Art Hall, Samik Foundation
Echo of the City expands a project that began as a sound performance into a sound and video installation. Focusing on sounds that constitute the city yet often go unnoticed or fade away, the work explores how listening gives rise to memories and relationships.