‘Encroaching’ is a piece that deals with an experience of unpleasant truth – human’s attitude to nature, consisting of sonic environment and marine data of Haeundae Beach in Busan. Inspired by the beauty of the sea, the piece is firstly created from recordings of the beach last year. After then, a film about climate change encouraged me to look back on the moment I simply enjoyed the sea while not knowing the actual condition of the environment. Thus, I used oceanographic observation data of the beach from April to December in 2019 in the piece, then such numerical data were transformed into musical data through Supercollider. The collage of raw and computer-generated data delivers the composer’s changing experiences towards nature from the feeling of awe to the awareness of problems and become distant from them at some point. Therefore, ‘Encroaching’ is to invite listeners to explore and share demeanours to nature, acknowledging people’s connections and gaps to the environment. 

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