Events

Past Event

Jiyoung Wi - Sound Fiction

April 10, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Online and in-person; Dodge Hall (Room 701C), Columbia University, 2960 Broadway, New York

Event Description

This event will explore Jiyoung Wi's improvisatory and narrative practices, especially in her treatment of language and sound. She will share her latest work, "4’44”, a multilingual sonic fiction that explores memories of state and interpersonal violence and was published by Doyenne Books earlier this year. She will also perform and discuss how her improvisation practice intersects with her writing practice.

Event Speaker

Jiyoung Wi, artist

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required. Please contact Alyssa Regent at [email protected] with any questions.

The Comparing Domains of Improvisation series is sponsored by the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program at Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University. 

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