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Jung Hee Choi

Jung Hee Choi is a South Korean-born artist and musician, based in New York City, working in video, performance, sound and multi-media installation. Since 1999, Choi has been a disciple of La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela in the study of music and art. Choi, with Young and Zazeela, is a founding member of The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, and has performed as vocalist with the ensemble since 2002. Choi's work has been presented in the U.S., Europe and Asia, including FRAC Franche-Comté, France; Berliner Festspiele, Germany; Dia Art Foundation, Guggenheim Museum and MELA Foundation Dream Houses, NYC; FRESH Festival, Bangkok; and the Korea Experimental Arts Festival, Korea. The New York Times listed Choi's Tonecycle for Blues performed by her Sundara All Star Band as one of The Best Classical Music Performances of 2017.

Work
Choi's electroacoustic and modal improvisation ensemble, Sundara All Star Band was premiered in 2015 performing her Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6 at Dia 15 VI 13 545 West 22 Street Dream House, Dia Art Foundation, New York. The members include La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Brad Catler, Hansford Rowe, fretless bass and Naren Budhkar, tabla. The New York Times listed Choi's Tonecycle for Bluesas one of The Best Classical Music Performances of 2017, “Heard in its latest iteration, this October, the deep groove of the work's slow-tempo 'ektal vilampit' section had a unique majesty. Heaving funk progressions from a fretless [guitar and] bass mingled with tabla percussion and sustained vocal tones of pristine calm.” Choi has presented series of environmental compositions with video, evolving light-point patterns, drawing, incense, performance and sound involving the concept of “Manifest, Unmanifest”. She describes the work as a “synthesis of expression" that "collectively creates an intersubjective space as a unified continuum and emphasizes the totality of sense perceptions as a single unit to create a state of immersion.” The New York Times described her environmental composition, Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest IX at Dia 15 VI 13 545 West 22 Street Dream House, as a work wherein, ==Selected exhibitions and performances==
Selected exhibitions and performances
2025 • Concert Performance, La Monte Young 90th Birthday Celebration, Raga Darbari, "Hazrat Turkaman" ektal vilampit, La Monte Young; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; October 11 and 14, 2025; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Concert Performance, Pandit Pran Nath 29th Anniversary Memorial Tribute and Marian Zazeela 1st Anniversary Memorial Tribute, Raga Darbari, "Hazrat Turkaman" ektal vilampit, La Monte Young; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; June 20 and 23, 2025; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Dream House Sound and Light Environment, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; Light Point Drawings Nos. 28 and 29 with still lights, light installation, Color (Abyss/Twitch) live realization v. 2, light installation, and The Tone-field: perceptible arithmetical relations in a cycle of eight Indian raga scale permutations, 23 IX 23 - 26 VI 21 New York, sound environment; April 16, 2025 – present; Collaborative Environment, MELA Foundation Dream House, New York 2024 • Richard Maxfield, Perspectives for La Monte Young, Live Performances in a setting of Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 #1, v2., Jung Hee Choi; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, contrabass, with pre-recorded sound; December 14, 2024; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Video Sound Concert Performance, RICE and ''Harmonic Resonance Version of Composition in the Style of La Monte Young's 1960 Sustained Friction Sounds, Live Performances in a setting of Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 #1, v2., Jung Hee Choi; Jung Hee Choi, instrumental performer; November 10, 2024; MELA Foundation Dream House,'' New York 2023Studies in the Bowed Disc, Live Performances on Robert Morris Gong for La Monte Young in a setting of Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 #1, v2., Jung Hee Choi; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, bowed disc; December 21 and 23, 2023; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6, Live Performances ; The Sundara All-Star Band; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; October 12 and 14, 2023; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • La Monte Young, ''Akash Devi Blues for Marian, Young's Dorian Blues'' (c. 1960-61-present), Live Performances in a setting of Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 # 1, Jung Hee Choi; The Theatre of Eternal Music Ensemble; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; May 19 and 21, 2023 at 7 pm; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York 2022 • La Monte Young, ''Birthday Blues, Young's Dorian Blues'' (c. 1960-61-present), Live Performances in a setting of Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 # 1, Jung Hee Choi; The Theatre of Eternal Music Ensemble; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; October 14 and 16, 2022 at 7 pm; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • La Monte Young, ''Birthday Blues, Young's Dorian Blues'' (c. 1960-61-present), Live Performances in a setting of Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 # 1, Jung Hee Choi; The Theatre of Eternal Music Ensemble; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Charles Curtis, cello; Naren Budhkar, tabla; June 23 and 25, 2022 at 7 pm; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Manifest Unmanifest XII; The Tone-field: Perceptible Arithmetical Relations in a Cycle of Eight Indian Raga Scale Permutations, 22 VI 08 - 22 VIII 13 New York (2017, 2022), sound environment, RICE in the Magenta Field (1999, 2021), multi-channel video and light installation, Color (YouTube/Twitch): live realization (2013, 2022); mixed media: incense, ashes, YouTube/Twitch live stream, video projector, wood, acrylic sheets, colored gels, Composition 2006 #3 (Spirit)( 2006); 60 x 72 in.; mixed media: graphite on paper and video, Light Point Drawings #31-1 and 31-2 (2019); 48 x 48 in.; mixed media: black wrap with pinholes, white diffusion gel, colored gels and LED lights; June 8, 2022 - September 15, 2022; The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, New York • Dream House Sound and Light Environment, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; The Tone-field: Perceptible Arithmetical Relations in a Cycle of Eight Indian Raga Scale Permutations, 22 IV 7 - 22 VIII 7, Bonn sound environment, RICE in the Magenta Field (1998, 2021), April 7 - August 8, 2022, COLOR AS PROGRAM (FARBE IST PROGRAMM), Bundeskunsthalle, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany 2021 • Dream House Sound and Light Environment, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; The Tone-field: Perceptible Arithmetical Relations in a Cycle of Eight Indian Raga Scale Permutations, 21 XI 25 - 22 I 28, Lausanne sound environment, RICE in the Magenta Field (1998, 2021), Environmental Composition 2016 #1: Light Point Drawings Nos. 23, 24, 25 and 26(2016). November 25, 2021 - January 28, 2022; Galerie l'elac, Lausanne, Switzerland • La Monte Young, ''Birthday Blues, Young's Dorian Blues'' (c. 1960-61-present), Live Performances in a setting of Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 # 1, Jung Hee Choi; The Theatre of Eternal Music Ensemble; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; October 14 and 15, 2021, 7 pm; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Dream House Sound and Light Environment, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; Environmental Composition 2017 No. 1 : Light Point Drawings Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30, Color (CNN) live realization, and Sound Environment , TONECYCLE BASE 30 HZ, 2:3:7, The Linear Superposition Of 108 Sine Wave Frequencies Set In Ratios Based On The Harmonics 2, 3 And 7 Imperceptibly Ascending Toward Fixed Frequencies And Then Descending Toward The Starting Frequencies, Infinitely Revolving As In Circles, In Parallel And Various Rates Of Similar Motion To Create Continuous Slow Phase Shift With Long Beat Cycles; June 30, 2021 - August 19, 2023; Collaborative Environment, MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Dream House Sound and Light Environment, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; Environmental Composition 2017 No. 1: Light Point Drawings Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30, Color (CNN) live realization, and Sound Environment , TONECYCLE BASE 30 HZ, 2:3:7, The Linear Superposition Of 108 Sine Wave Frequencies Set In Ratios Based On The Harmonics 2, 3 And 7 Imperceptibly Ascending Toward Fixed Frequencies And Then Descending Toward The Starting Frequencies, Infinitely Revolving As In Circles, In Parallel And Various Rates Of Similar Motion To Create Continuous Slow Phase Shift With Long Beat Cycles; November 1, 2018 - March 12, 2020; Collaborative Environment, MELA Foundation Dream House, New York 2019Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6, Live Performances in a setting of Abstract #1 from Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 # 1, Jung Hee Choi ; The Sundara All-Star Band; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; December 14 and 21, 2019; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Concert Performance, La Monte Young 84 th Birthday Tribute Celebration, Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7; The Sundara All-Star Band; La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; October 13, 2019; Private Live Concert Performance at Studio of La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, 275 Church Street, New York • Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest Udine; Rice multichannel installation, Light Point Drawing #31, and sound environment The Tone-field: perceptible arithmetical relations in a cycle of eight Indian raga scale permutations, 19 VI 1 - 19 VI IX Udine,June 1–9, 2019. il Suono in Mostra, Galleria Spazioersetti, Udine, Italy. 2018Dream House Sound and Light Environment by La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; Environmental Composition 2017 #1: Light Point Drawings Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30, Color (CNN) live realization, and Sound Environment , TONECYCLE BASE 30 HZ, 2:3:7, The Linear Superposition Of 108 Sine Wave Frequencies Set In Ratios Based On The Harmonics 2, 3 And 7 Imperceptibly Ascending Toward Fixed Frequencies And Then Descending Toward The Starting Frequencies, Infinitely Revolving As In Circles, In Parallel And Various Rates Of Similar Motion To Create Continuous Slow Phase Shift With Long Beat Cycles; Collaborative Environment; November 1, 2018 - March 12, 2020; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Tonecycle for Blues Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Ensemble Version with 4:3 and 7:6, Live Concert Performances in a setting of Abstract #1 from QuadÍrilateral Phase Angle Traversals, Marian Zazeela and Environmental Composition 2017 No. 1, Jung Hee Choi; The Sundara All-Star Band; La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Jon Catler, fretless guitar; Hansford Rowe, fretless bass; Naren Budhkar, tabla; October 12, 19 and 26, 2018; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Dream House Sound and Light Environment by Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi; Environmental Composition 2017 No.1: Light Point Drawings Nos. 27. 28, 29 and 30; mixed media: black wrap with pinholes, translucent paper, and video; 23 ft x10 ft 8 in., Color (CNN) live realization, Composition 2006 No. 3 (Spirit) and sound environment , The Tone-field: perceptible arithmetical relations in a cycle of eight Indian raga scale permutations, 17 VIII 17 - 18 X 08, New York; Collaborative Environment, April 28, 2018 - October 8, 2018; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Marian Zazeela 78 th Birthday Tribute Celebration, Two Morning Concerts of Raga Bhairava, Live Concert Performances in a setting of Jung Hee Choi Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest XI; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Naren Budhkar, tabla. April 15 and 22, 2018; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest XI; Environmental Composition 2017 No.1: Light Point Drawings Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30; mixed media: black wrap with pinholes, translucent paper, and video; 23 ft x10 ft 8 in. , Color (CNN) live realization, Composition 2006 No. 3 (Spirit) and sound environment, The Tone-field: perceptible arithmetical relations in a cycle of eight Indian raga scale permutations, 17 VIII 17 - 18 X 08, New York; August 17 - April 7, 2018; MELA Foundation Dream House,New York • Tonecycle for Inferno Base 30 HZ, 2:3:9, Sound installation with projection mapping performance, October 7, 2016; Ulsan Art Performance Festival 2016, Ulsan Culture & Arts Center, Korea • A Raga Lesson, performance (app. 60 min) September 28, 2016; Asia Contemporary Art Week Mid-Season Celebration at Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Foundation, New York • Tonecycle for Inferno Base 30 HZ, 2:3:9, Sound installation with projection mapping performances, 2016 JEJU International Experimental Arts Festival (JIEAF), Jeju Island, Korea • Pandit Pran Nath 20 th Anniversary Memorial Tribute, Four Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari, June 3, 11, 17 and 25, 2016; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi, voices; Naren Budhkar, tabla. MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest IX, multimedia installations: Light Point Drawings No. 19,20, 21 and 22; mixed media: black wrap with pinholes, translucent paper, and video; 23 ft x 14 ft.Sound Environment, TONECYCLE BASE 30 HZ, 2:3:7, The Linear Superposition Of 77 SineWave Frequencies Set In Ratios Based On The Harmonics 2, 3 And 7 Imperceptibly AscendingToward Fixed Frequencies And Then Descending Toward The Starting Frequencies, InfinitelyRevolving As In Circles, In Parallel And Various Rates Of Similar Motion To Create ContinuousSlow Phase Shift With Long Beat Cycles; June 13, 2015 to October 24, 2015; La Monte YoungMarian Zazeela Jung Hee Choi Dia 15 VI 13 545 West 22 Street Dream House, Dia ArtFoundation, New York 2014 • Pandit Pran Nath 96th Birthday Memorial Tribute, Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari,November 1, 8 and 15, 2014; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela,Jung Hee Choi, voices; Naren Budhkar, tabla. MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Tonecycle Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 Vocal Version with 4:3 and 7:6, live performances in the setting ofAhata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest VIII; September 13 and 20, 2014; La Monte Young, MarianZazeela, Jung Hee Choi, voices, sine wave frequencies. MELA Foundation Dream House, NewYork • Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest VIII, multimedia installations: video, drawing, sound,incense, 3D sound installation; Solo exhibition; August 21- September 20, 2014; MELAFoundation Dream House, New York 2013Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest VII, multimedia installations: video, drawing, soundSolo exhibition, August 15- September 14, 2013; MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Pandit Pran Nath 17th Anniversary Memorial Tribute, Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari,June 1, 8 and 15, 2013; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela,Jung Hee Choi, voices; Naren Budhkar, tabla. MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Environmental Composition 2011 #2, (Light Point Drawings #5 & #6, RWV for LPD v.2,Tonecycle Base 60 Hz, 2:3:7 Vocal Version), multimedia installation: video, drawing, sound;6 April – 25 August 2013, Des Mondes Possibles, FRAC Franche-Comté Cité des Arts, France 2012 • Pandit Pran Nath 94th Birthday Memorial Tribute, Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari,November 3, 10, 17, 2012; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela,Jung Hee Choi, voices; Naren Budhkar, tabla. MELA Foundation Dream House, New York • Pandit Pran Nath 16th Anniversary Memorial Tribute, Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari,June 16, 23, 30, 2012; The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, JungHee Choi, voices; Naren Budhkar, tabla. MELA Foundation Dream House, New York 2011Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest V, Environmental Composition 2011 #2 (Light PointDrawing #5, Light Point Drawing #6, RWV for LPD) Tonecycle Base 65 Hz, 2:3:7; RICE; AUM(incense calligraphy); Color (CNN), multimedia installations: video, drawing, sound, and liveperformance; December 6, 2011 – January 20, 2012;Resonant Bodies, ERBA de Besançon, France • Environmental Composition 2008 #1 (Spirit, Tonecycle Base 65 Hz, 2:3:7), multimediainstallation: video, soundFaces & Facts: Korean Contemporary Art in New York, Celebrating the 30th Anniversary ofKorean Cultural Service; December 10, 2009 – February 19, 2010; Sylvia Wald and Po Kim ArtGallery, New York • ACAW Artists Portfolio 2009, online presentation, May 10 – 18, 2009; Contemporary Art Weekorganized by Asia Society, New York • RICE, video sound installation and live performance, March 28, 2009; Dream House in The ThirdMind exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York • Nuclear, performance art; Space Untitled, New York ==Exhibition curator and co-curator==
Exhibition curator and co-curator
2006 • Syn-Aesthetics, the Media Mavericks 1st Experimental Film Festival,New York University, New York ==Honors, grants, and commissions==
Honors, grants, and commissions
• Honor, The 10 Best of 2003, Artforum, New York ==Collections==
Collections
2015Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest IX; Light Point Drawings #19, #20, #21 and #22; RWV forLPD v.2; Sound Environment, TONECYCLE BASE 30 HZ, 2:3:7, The Linear Superposition Of77 Sine Wave Frequencies Set In Ratios Based On The Harmonics 2, 3 And 7 ImperceptiblyAscending Toward Fixed Frequencies And Then Descending Toward The Starting Frequencies,Infinitely Revolving As In Circles, In Parallel And Various Rates Of Similar Motion To CreateContinuous Slow Phase Shift With Long Beat Cycles; La Monte Young Marian Zazeela JungHee Choi Dia 15 VI 13 545 West 22 Street Dream House, Dia Art Foundation, New York 2013Environmental Composition 2011 #2; Light Point Drawings #5 and #6, RWV for LPD v.2,Tonecycle Base 60 Hz, 2:3:7 Vocal Version; FRAC Franche-Comté Cité des Arts, France 2000Transition, Rubber & Design Cast Sculpture ==Instructor and lecturer==
Instructor and lecturer
2008–present • The Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music, North Indian Raga, New York ==References==
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