Video
Cho Choong Do (草蟲圖)
2021
<Cho Choong Do (Paintings of plants and Insects)>
The piece began from the image of a spider, inspired by the downward gaze on fingers weaving through silk strings of the gayageum. It centers on a plucking technique that emphasizes the viscous tension between the flesh of the fingers and the surface of the strings—where touch clings and releases. Ambient sounds were layered with field recordings from Bukchon, Seongsan, and the Han River.
The title <Cho Choong Do (草蟲圖)> refers to traditional Korean and East Asian paintings of plants and insects—intimate studies of delicate, often overlooked life forms. The music draws from this sensitivity, capturing the tactile and ephemeral quality of motion and sound.
☞ video
Director, Concept, Music, Sound designer | Jo Seon Ah
Paint, Stop motion | Jang Daeun
Video edit | Kim Byeong Seok
Production Manager | Bae Sang Hee
Selected work sponsored by National Gugak Center
<초충도 (草蟲圖)>
명주실로 만든 가야금 줄을 넘나드는 손의 모습을 내려다보며 마치 거미같다는 생각으로부터 출발한 곡이다. 줄의 면과 손가락 살이 붙었다 떨어지는 점성에 집중하여 뜯는 주법을 중심으로 만들었다. 북촌, 성산, 한강에서 수집한 자연소리를 앰비언스로 넣었다.
국립국악원 국악아티스트랩에 선정되어 제작한 작업입니다.
The piece began from the image of a spider, inspired by the downward gaze on fingers weaving through silk strings of the gayageum. It centers on a plucking technique that emphasizes the viscous tension between the flesh of the fingers and the surface of the strings—where touch clings and releases. Ambient sounds were layered with field recordings from Bukchon, Seongsan, and the Han River.
The title <Cho Choong Do (草蟲圖)> refers to traditional Korean and East Asian paintings of plants and insects—intimate studies of delicate, often overlooked life forms. The music draws from this sensitivity, capturing the tactile and ephemeral quality of motion and sound.
☞ video
Director, Concept, Music, Sound designer | Jo Seon Ah
Paint, Stop motion | Jang Daeun
Video edit | Kim Byeong Seok
Production Manager | Bae Sang Hee
Selected work sponsored by National Gugak Center
<초충도 (草蟲圖)>
명주실로 만든 가야금 줄을 넘나드는 손의 모습을 내려다보며 마치 거미같다는 생각으로부터 출발한 곡이다. 줄의 면과 손가락 살이 붙었다 떨어지는 점성에 집중하여 뜯는 주법을 중심으로 만들었다. 북촌, 성산, 한강에서 수집한 자연소리를 앰비언스로 넣었다.
국립국악원 국악아티스트랩에 선정되어 제작한 작업입니다.