This is going to be next continuous of this project but you have to come to see the performance this week and you will see how this instrument is going to be shined on next one!… So excited to see this creature..and this Eye cello is built by Colin Ernst.
Working on the dress, IO and Ellen…
what a talented people I work with.. so blessed.. I am so excited…
Show is May 18 and 19th, you will see how this dress transformed…
The GaNADa project is a multidisciplinary performance installation integrating music, dance, animation, ritual and mudangism (Korean shamanism).
Mago is the creator goddess in ancient Korean mythology, central to the practice of mudang. The legend of Mago outlines this piece, which aims to express the interconnectedness of dreams and reality, past and present lives, karma and destiny, microcosm and macrocosm. Through an exploration of the myth of Mago and my own story, revealing this interconnectedness and its implications in one’s life. The work itself will be a cleansing/purging ritual, an intensely personal journey of birth, self-discovery, confrontation, action, and re-birth, and like all of my work, will embrace spirituality, politics and healing.
The ocean and peaches are two symbols that are threaded throughout the piece. The ocean is the dwelling place of Mago, and is omnipresent in the lives of the residents of Jeju Island, my hometown. Jeju’s strong shamanic tradition is centered on rituals involving the ocean. The ocean is Mother, mystery and life. In Korean folklore, the peach is a symbol of the creation of humanity. Also, my given name Dohee means “bright peach.” Curiosity about the history and meaning of my name was one impetus for this project.
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