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Interactive Performance Art Using Musical
Instrument Daegeum for Healing
YoungMi Kim
Singyoung-dong, Jongro-gu, 110-830, Seoul, South Korea
ymkimlab@naver.com
Abstract.
The piece called healing bamboo is a drawing concept utiliz-
ing daegeum interface as a performance interactive art. The piece has an
aim of manifesting spiritual culture of Bamboo healing by drawing fake
bamboo on screen while daegeum is being played. Drawing bamboo trees
was a representative healing method of the Korean ancestors. Although
joys and sorrows of our ancestors differ from those of modern day, the
idea of bamboo tree purifying consciousness and making mind upright
continued up until now. A performer draws pictures by meditating upon
the symbolization of bamboo trees and the old classical scholar' spirits.
Accordingly, the daegeum sound that embraces mental values of an ori-
ental culture and the bamboo tree drawing based on such sound offer
emotional elements to heal the mind and body of a performer. We rein-
terpreted the cultivation of mind of bamboo tree healing as a modern
tendency walking with the trend without discoloration of its meaning.
Keywords:
Healing Art, Interactive Art, Performance, Cultural Tech-
nology.
1 Background
With economical advancements, modern people take one step further from just
being rich and show high interests in managing healthy lives by healing mind
and soul. The healing fever is the reflection of our lives being weary and hard.
Because of that, it is necessary to first examine the cause before healing wounds.
The emergence of healing appears to be attributable to stress from prolonged
recession and demand to cure wounds from interpersonal relationships. Due to
such reasons, healing is a new trend culture in the modern world. Art heals
wounds in one's mind and soul and by that we can gain stability and pleasure. In
most cases healing occurred through drawings and listening to music; however in
this paper, we suggest art healing from the perspective of experience. Notably, in
the past years, our ancestors recovered and healed wounded self-regard through
art and music. In this paper, we focused on the Korean conventional culture
forming the base of an oriental culture for consideration.
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