Sounds recorded across the Ionian Islands will travel to South Korea this October, closing one of the international sound art festivals of the season.
Thanasis Epitideios, a PhD candidate in the Dept. of Audio and Visual Arts at Ionian University, supervised by Professor Apostolos Loufopoulos, has been selected through an international open call to take part in Sonic Nomads 2026: "Listen with". The festival runs from 22 to 25 October 2026 at Seoul National University Powerplant (SNU Powerplant) in Seoul.
His composition "At the Hour When the Waters Are Dyed" (stereo, fixed media, 15'42") will be presented on Sunday, 25 October, as part of the festival's closing session.
Presentation details
- Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Theme of the day: Long Listen (긴 호흡)
- Session:Deep Listening #3 · Closing Longform (클로징 롱폼)
- Time: 16:00–17:30 KST
- Venue: Seoul National University Powerplant, Seoul, South Korea
About the work
Inspired by the writing of Corfiot author Konstantinos Theotokis, the piece takes listeners on a journey between real and imagined soundscapes.
Its title comes from a line in Theotokis's novella "Pistoma" and points to the work's central concern: transition, from the familiar to the unknown, from the real to the fantastic, from life towards death. Built from original field recordings made across the Ionian Islands, the composition moves between the immediacy of place and the abstract space of acousmatic listening, turning the sonic environment into a space of shared memory.
About the festival
Under the theme "Listen with", Sonic Nomads 2026 brings 68 sound works recorded in 26 countries, along with nine live performances, to SNU Powerplant. Played through an immersive multichannel sound system, its material ranges from the quietest sounds of everyday life to environmental recordings from around the world, all transformed into music.
Every work in the programme was chosen through an international open call, and together they make the four-day festival an invitation to the art of deep, attentive listening.
Full programme:
