Ryu Hankil

Ryu Hankil is a computer musician, improviser, and writer based in Seoul.

Ryu Hankil has long explored the possibility of generating another kind of music through non- musical objects. His questions and practice regarding how an object’s inherent vibrations can constitute a musical context led him to realize that the speculative power of sonic thinking creates fiction in diverse ways.

To put this understanding into practice, he actively utilizes the feedback between physical modelling synthesis and sonic thinking writing. He has now shifted his primary focus from non-musical objects to the speculative power of sonic thinking, exploring how sonic thinking can generate different music, function as a new cognitive system, and fundamentally and comprehensively reconfigure today’s reality.