In this first episode of Futures of Listening, our co-hosts Professor Suk-Jun Kim and SHHE introduce the podcast series, share their own approaches to listening, and discuss why it is necessary for us to start exploring possible futures of our listening.

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Suk-Jun Kim is a South Korean composer, sound artist and researcher and professor of electronic music and sound art at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. He has published two books, Humming (The Study of Sound) by Bloomsbury and Hasla by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg. His research focuses on sound studies, immersive sound, phenomenological approaches to listening, electroacoustic music, space and place. Having been awarded first prizes in international electronic compositions, Kim was a resident composer at Artists-in-Berlin, DAAD, Germany (2009) and a Leverhulme visiting fellow at the University of Aberdeen (2010). In 2023, he initiated a large-scale sound studies and sound art project Futures of Listening by collaborating with the National Asian Culture Center (ACC) in South Korea and has led its Sound Lab Team. Between 2024-25, He is the Principal Investigator for Futures of Listening: Water Knowledge from Two Cities, an ISPF ODA challenge-oriented research project (2024-26) funded by the British Academy.

SHHE is the alias of Scottish-Portuguese sound artist, musician and producer, Su Shaw. Based in Dundee, her work explores themes of identity and connection at the intersection of sound and space, environment and ecology, and research and performance.

Sound works, performances and installations have been presented at V&A Dundee co-commissioned by MSCTY Tokyo, Sonica Glasgow, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Edinburgh Festival, Celtic Connections, Summerhall, Radiophrenia (Scotland) and in Portugal, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Egypt, and Iraq-Kurdistan.

Her eponymous debut album was released by One Little Independent Records and shortlisted for Scottish Album of the Year. Mini-album, ‘DÝRA’, was released in 2024. SHHE is a Cryptic Artist, alumna of Julie’s Bicycle Creative Climate Leadership programme and co-founder/producer of Dundee radio club.