Gangil Yi 이강일
한국어 English
Sound Artist / Media Artist — Seoul, South Korea
Profile
Gangil Yi is a sound and media artist working across installation, audiovisual performance, and interactive media. With sound as his primary medium, he treats technology and media themselves as artistic material, often through self-built hardware such as analog circuits and sound devices. As a member of Weather Report, a collective exploring live streaming as an artistic medium, he has created a wide range of sound-driven exhibitions, performances, and projects together with sound artist Ji-yeon Kim. Since 2019, he has been teaching sound synthesis and programming at a university of art and technology, and is currently a DFA candidate in media art.
Exhibitions & Installations
- 2025.08 – 10
- Somebodies Are Listening, Too, Culture Space Yang, Jeju — as Weather Report, with Ji-yeon Kim
- 2024.01
- Future Wide Open showcase — tech mate for Kim Eun-seol's Hearing-Impaired AI, Modu Art Theater, Seoul
- 2021.06
- Listening Session: Listening Loudly, satellite project of MMCA “Catastrophe and Recovery”, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul — single-channel video (with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2020.10 – 11
- To Be Heard, ZER01NE OPEN STUDIO with P:LAYERS, ZER01NE, Seoul — two-channel video (with UNBARRIER)
- 2019.10 – 11
- Hidden Protocol, Paradise Art Lab Showcase 2019, Studio Paradise, Incheon — machine-learning-based participatory game (as Loopntale)
- 2018.02
- Name to Binary Visualizer and Thermal Printing Installation, Nexon Computer Museum, Jeju — installation
- 2017.11 – 12
- Multi-Input Network Synthesizer, Incheon Art Platform “The Second City, the Third Community”, Seoul / Incheon / Songdo — three-site live audio streaming installation (with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2017.09 – 11
- Soundlines, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017, Jongno and DDP, Seoul — location-based AR sound app and site installation (with Kayip)
- 2015.01
- Whispering Gallery, multimedia exhibition by Kim Tae-won — web programming, sound installation
- 2014.01
- Heavy Liquor Bookshelf, SFAC MAP Project “Sounding Sounder”, Mullae Art Factory, Seoul — light-reactive installation of 77 analog oscillators
- 2011.12 – 2012.01
- Coincidence Noise, Coincidence Scape, Gallery Yogiga, Seoul — solo exhibition
- 2010.10
- A Thousand Lonely Events, “Ophelia’s Adventure” (three-person exhibition), Gallery Factory, Seoul — sound installation
Performances
- 2024.10
- WGWG ㅇㄱㅇㄱ, in conjunction with the exhibition 〈소리를 보여주마〉, Art Space Hue, Paju — generative sound performance driven by debating AI agents (with Kayip)
- 2022.06
- Round, Convex, them — music composition
- 2021.05
- Song for Dead Children: Goodbye, contemporary music concert, Art Space 3, Seoul — electronic music composition
- 2019.12
- Stochastic Schumann, contemporary music concert “Dichterliebe: Detachment”, AUDIOGUY, Seoul — electronic music composition
- 2019.11
- Royal Cubit Master, movement performance and exhibition, Better than house, Seoul — sound
- 2019.11
- 합창, Insa Art Space thematic project 〈막간극〉, Insa Art Space, Seoul — audiovisual performance (as Jeokdo)
- 2019.05
- Soundcamp, Reveil 2019 “Soundcamp”, Culture Space Yang, Jeju — live streaming audio visualization “Ambient Exchange” (with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2019.03
- PianoDay, Piano Day 2019, Jeokdo, Seoul — live streaming audio visualization (with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2018.09
- Catch Ball Catch Bomb, Sound Tour 2018, Donuimun Museum Village, Seoul — audience-participatory audiovisual performance
- 2017.02
- Transparent Music, multimedia music performance, Mullae Art Factory, Seoul — audio streaming, video, web app development
- 2016.11
- Obsolete Future, Intermedia Theater “World Citizen 5: Building an Environment with Sound”, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul — visual programming (as Upcycleroundup)
- 2016.09
- Song on Border, multimedia performance 〈다섯가지 음맞춤〉, Culture Space Yang, Jeju — multimedia performance with song
- 2016.06
- The Leaks, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul — laser-pointing FPS multimedia performance
- 2015.12
- There Are Lights That Never Go Out, WeSA 2015 — data-driven electronic music composition
- 2015.12
- Lone Wolf, WeSA 2015, 5.5 UNDER, Seoul — laser-pointing FPS multimedia performance
- 2015.05
- REVEIL 2015 Streams, Reveil 2015, Wasan-ri, Jeju — streaming performance (with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2014.11
- PNEM Sound Art Festival 2014, PNEM Sound Art Festival 2014, Netherlands — participating artist
- 2013.06
- My noisy heart — audiovisual performance
- 2012.06
- Mixture, KNUA Hall, Seoul — multimedia performance
- 2012.03
- walk back, Seogyo Art Experiment Center, Seoul — audiovisual performance
- 2012.03
- see and sing, Kim Sora’s exhibition “Abstract Walking”, Art Sonje Center, Seoul — multimedia performance
- 2012.01
- Recycle of Attachment, Upcycleroundup vol. 1, Mullae Art Factory, Seoul — live performance with fluorescent lights and light-reactive analog oscillators
- 2012 – 2016
- Upcycleroundup, Mullae Art Factory and other venues, Seoul — multimedia performance series with light-reactive analog oscillators
- 2011.12
- latch — audiovisual performance
- 2011.08
- five walks — algorithmic music made with a self-built 4-channel sequencer
- 2011.06
- Cabinet, Mullae Art Factory, Seoul — multimedia performance, planning and production
- 2010.12
- in-visible, KNUA Hall, Seoul — multimedia performance
Music for Dance
- 2018.06
- Majorleague, chor. Yoon Jeong-ah, Mullae Art Factory, Seoul — music and sound
- 2017.12
- 120min, chor. Choi Seung-yoon, Mullae Art Factory, Seoul — sound design (with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2016.08
- Contemporary Dance Audiences and…, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, Archive Platform 2016, chor. Yoon Jeong-ah, Arko Arts Theater, Seoul — music director
- 2015.12
- Spectator, multimedia live performance, dir. Jang Hyun-jun, K-Arts Theater, Seoul — music and sound (with Ji-yeon Kim)
Workshops & Teaching
- 2024.09 –
- Lecturer, Department of Art & Technology, Sogang University
- 2022.07 – 08
- Future Club: Drawing Together, ZER01NE, Seoul — art-coding workshop where Deaf and hearing participants create together
- 2022.04 – 05
- Drawing Two+gether, Arts for Teens, Seoul Arts Education Center — coding-drawing workshop with Deaf and hearing teenagers
- 2021.12
- ‘Turning Data into Sound and Image’, SuperCollider and p5.js workshop, Bucheon Cultural Foundation
- 2019.11
- Messengers, game-coding workshop, Modu School, Seoul — local multiplayer game
- 2019.09 –
- Lecturer, Music Technology (MA program), School of Music, Korea National University of Arts
- 2019.03
- Coding workshop Art Coding: Image and Sound with Computers, Modu School
- 2019.02
- Art Coding Workshop #5 Algorithmic Botany, Jeokdo
- 2018.12
- Art Coding Workshop #4 p5.js: Coding Basics by Drawing on the Web, Jeokdo
- 2018.09 – 11
- Coding workshop Media Art through Coding, Modu School
- 2018.08
- Art Coding Workshop #3 Physical Computing, a Friend of Electronic Music, Jeokdo
- 2018.07
- Postside 2018 SuperCollider: Light Electronic Music with Just Two Things, Post Territory Ujeongguk
- 2018.07
- Art Coding Workshops #1 SuperCollider: Light Electronic Music with Just Two Things / #2 Processing & SuperCollider: Relating Image and Sound, Jeokdo
- 2016.07
- Open workshop Processing, Nexon Computer Museum, Jeju
- 2013.08
- Instructor, 7th Creative Arts Camp Urakburak (Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2013.07
- Youth creative camp Touch the Sound, co-planning and instruction, Haja Center
- 2013.03
- Instrument-building workshop Electric Kalimba and DIY Effects, co-planning, Mudaeruk, Seoul
- 2013.03 – 12
- Lecturer, Video & Sound, Kaywon University of Art & Design (co-taught with Ji-yeon Kim)
- 2012.11
- Nam June Paik Art Center Saturday School TV Lab, workshop planning and co-instruction
- 2012.09
- A Toolbox for Media Art workshop, planning and instruction, Alternative Space Agit, Busan
Releases
- 2024.10
- Digital release Soaring
- 2008.11
- EP release (band Mirwana, guitar/vocals)
Research
- 2016.09
- UK Research, ARKO UK–Korea Research Grant 2016, London and Walney Nature Reserve, Cumbria, UK — live audio streamer prototyping and testing (Weather Report)
Grants & Awards
- 2023
- Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, RE:SEARCH project
- 2016
- Arts Council Korea (ARKO), UK–Korea preliminary research grant
- 2013
- Arts Council Korea (ARKO), Experimental Art and Diversity grant
- 2011 – 2012
- Arts Council Korea (ARKO), Next-Generation Artists program, interdisciplinary arts
Education
- 2026 –
- DFA candidate in Media Art, Graduate School of Communication & Arts, Yonsei University
- 2010 – 2013
- MA (Professional Degree) in Music Technology, School of Music, Korea National University of Arts
- 2001 – 2006
- BA in Law, Yonsei University
Work Experience
- 2020.07 –
- Co-founder, UNBARRIER
- 2014.03 – 10
- Researcher, NOVO Networks