Jena Jang

Jena Jang (born Yeaeun Jang) is a South Korean audiovisual artist based in Prague, Czechia, working actively across Europe and Asia. Their work explores trauma healing through sound—using harsh noise, power electronics, drone, chanting, and intense screaming as tools for release.

Jang performs with the Tupperwave Synthesiser—a handmade, recycled instrument—and creates other DIY devices inspired by healing music and traditional rituals from around the world. These ideas are also central to their PhD project, Contemporary Art of Healing (2019–), which examines how experimental sound can help transform trauma.

They describe their sound as Necrocore—a form of sonic medicine that channels pain into power through raw, cathartic performance. Their work blends Buddhist chanting, yogic breathwork, throat singing, pansori, samulnori, and Korean shamanic rituals into an intense experience that feels both ghostly and healing. It’s more than music—it's a ritual of energetic cleansing for both artist and audience.

Recent highlights include a landmark set at Cafe OTO in London (presented by Chinabot) with Saadet Türköz, a mix on Radio Alhara (also aired on Radio Lora, Zurich), and a 2024 residency at MeetFactory (CZ) with bela (DE/KR) and Mvd0ae (MX/CZ). In 2023, they performed with Udasi (FI) and Mia Zabelka (AT) at Ars Electronica in Linz for the Contingent Snapshot program.