Bora Yoon - O Pastor Animarum

About the Gralbum

A sonic and scenic journey through the chambers of perceived subconscious, O Pastor Animarum is the first of Bora Yoon’s trilogy of tracks to be debuted in her upcoming Gralbum. This free sample is a sneak peek at what to expect from the full-length version - slated for release in June 2014 - and features a sublime, glacially-slow moving mechanical sculpture by U-Ram Choe, a new media artist and sculptor from Seoul, South Korea. The music is adapted from Bora’s multimedia album, Sunken Cathedral, and provides the perfect accompaniment to the eery grace of Choe’s work. Let Bora’s hauntingly beautiful voice guide you through this surreal soundscape, accented by lines from her original poem, “Architecture of the Mind.”

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Run time: 4:27
Download Size: 139 MB
Produced and published by The Gralbum Collective
Released: April 2014
Includes:

1 song - "O Pastor Animarum" (4:27)
Original poetry - "Architecture of the Mind"
Live video of animated sculptures and various imagery
Ability to export song to iTunes for listening and sharing

Credits:

Music and Poetry: Bora Yoon
Sculpture: U-Ram Choe
Video: Jacob McCoy and Adam Larsen

What is a Gralbum?

Bio: Bora Yoon

Korean-American composer, vocalist, and sound artist Bora Yoon creates immersive audiovisual soundscapes using digital devices, voice, and found objects and instruments from a variety of cultures and historical centuries. Evoking memory and association, she formulates cinematic storytelling through sound design. A site-specific and architectural composer, Yoon has written for a wide spectrum of spaces ranging from an abandoned pool and a Frank Gehry building, to galleries and black box theaters. A 2014 TED fellow, Yoon’s pioneering works have been presented by Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Nam June Paik Museum (Korea), Singapore Arts Festival, MADE Festival (Sweden), Festival of World Cultures (Poland), Park Avenue Armory, and Walker Art Center, among others. Classically trained and steeped in a first love of choral music, Yoon is fascinated by the intersection of space and sound, maps, human Venn diagrams, handsome-sounding kitchenware, sonorities, and the pulleys and strings that hold everything together.