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Mirror City by Dasom Baek


2021 Arts Council Korea Creative Hub (New Work of the Year) Candidate Showcase @ Gunpo Culture & Arts Center

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"Mirror City" is an audio-visual performance by composer and performer Dasom Baek, presented at the 2021 Arts Council Korea Creative Hub Showcase. The piece sets the traditional Korean daegeum against real-time interactive visuals — the performed works "Human Machine" and "Deep Sea" moving through themes of identity, technology, and the inner life.

The audio-reactive visuals were built as a particle system driven by Dasom Baek's live daegeum. "Mirror City" pulls the audience into a space where ancient melodies meet a futuristic landscape, sitting comfortably with very different audiences — from listeners new to Korean traditional music or media art to specialists in either field.

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Performed Pieces:

  • Human Machine
  • Deep Sea

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  • Composer, Performer: Dasom Baek
  • Visual Director: Yangho Sinn
  • Visual Artist: Jaeyoung Shin
  • Sound Technician: Seunghyeon Kim, Junghun Lee
  • Stage Director: Jinsik Moon
  • Staff: Heejoon Kwak, Beomseok Oh

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Watch the performance

Mirror City Performance