IAS Professor Jin-Kyu Jung teams with former faculty and MFA alum to write an essay on “Surfacing Urban Ghosts.”

Dr. Jin-Kyu Jung, former IAS Professor Dr. Ted Hiebert, and Master of Fine Arts alum, Noor Alnaaz Islam, ’25, have published an essay in Performance Research titled, “Surfacing Urban Ghosts: Buried cities and electromagnetic imaginations.”

The Haunted Seattle project examines alternative maps and perceptions of Seattle’s underground cityscape and the hidden histories that shape it. Their work documents underground ruins beneath modern Seattle, pairing photographs with electromagnetic frequency (EMF) readings and interactive QR-coded installations placed throughout the city. Using the city itself as an archive, the authors reveal how geography is shaped not only by physical spaces, but also by the experiences, memories and histories that linger beneath the surface.