A creative experimental performance by Hyojin Park,
a performer who is often troubled between tradition and modern.
Adding a she's contemporary perspective to the traditional genre of ‘Sanjo’,
which is highly improvisational.
|Introduction| 30-60 min.
Parkhyojin Solo project 1. Sak-im start by exploring the fundamental structure of ‘Gayageum,’ which is Korean traditional music’s representative instrument and the most natural instrument made with materials from nature. In this performance, Hyojin Park explores gayageum, which became a part of herself, if not whole, from a new perspective, playing it with different techniques, and experiments not only with ‘Musical technique‘ but also with the traditional integrated art forms, ‘Dancing’ and ‘Singing.’
"Sak-im" inspired by the core expressive technique of Korean traditional music, ‘Si-gim-sae,' was designed. The overall program deals with human emotions. Especially, the uncomfortable feelings from instability and the process of finding sounds that help alleviate subtly changing emotions in daily life are expressed through improvised music, incorporating Hyojin Park’s sentiments. Also, it delivers the charm of the traditional ‘Sanjo’ genre by playing the 12-string gayageum, which became less prevalent in contemporary music as 25-string gayageum with a broader range of tones became more accessible.
