TJ Shin

Signatures
Y/N
With Tides of the Wild
List Projects 28
DMZ Wire Fence, edition 50,715/150,625
Trace 1-6
The Vegetarian
Malaria, Devouring Mother
Altarlife 1, 2, 3


Writing:
Paranoiac Time, Desychronic Time
The Vow
야생의 파도와 함께 with tides of the wild
Malaria, Devouring Mother

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Active Cultures
January 25, 2023

Malaria, Devouring Mother is an audio guide to murky ecologies near and far: from a biology lab in Buffalo to the artist's studio in Los Angeles; from the pressure of hydraulic oil fracking to the puncture of a gene gun. The soundscape draws out the parasitic noise of extractive capitalism and the entwined politics of infection between body and geography, and it builds upon Shin's long-term explorations of the historical life of malaria as well as the politics of contamination. Reflecting on the internal rhythm of the parasite, which causes and manifests the cyclical nature of malaria, Shin presents a sonar oscillation between the contamination of pulse, human and non-human bodies, and the rippling legacies of colonialism.



Audio: TJ Shin, Malaria, Devouring Mother, 2023. 12:00. Sound by Michelle Helene Mackenzie and TJ Shin. 
Michelle Helene Mackenize: composition/final arrangement, combining electronics, modular synthesis, digital instruments, and the processing/manipulation of field recordings. Mastered by Joshua Stevenson. 
Commissioned by Active Cultures.