The History of Korean Western Theatre
creation and direction Jaha Koo
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- 01/29 - 30 2022
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- Montjuïc. Sala Fabià Puigserver
Show completed
Timetable
21:00
Running time
1 h
Place
Sala Fabià Puigserver
Language
In Korean and English languages subtitled in Catalan
Price
€9 to €29 / Katharsis subscription €39 (3 tickets)
Description
South Korean theatre maker, videographer and composer Jaha Koo presents The Hamartia Trilogy in the Katharsis 2022 context. In Greek, hamartia means tragic flaw or shortcoming, a concept that Koo has interwoven into completely different guises throughout his three performances Lolling & Rolling, Cuckoo and The History of Korean Western Theatre.
In the trilogy, the far-reaching imperialism of the past and present, and its sometimes unexpected personal impact, are the common thread. In his intelligent and haunting documentary theatre performances, Jaha Koo intertwines personal stories with historical, political and sociological facts. Often themes that entail a clash of Eastern and Western culture: from the cutting of tongue belts to make it in the West, to the heavy personal toll of Western interference in the macroeconomic field.
The performances can also be enjoyed individually.
Celebrating the centenary of Korean theatre in 2008, the South Korean theatre maker / composer Jaha Koo realized that there is actually no space for Korean theatre tradition: what is regarded as Korean theatre is largely determined by the Western canon. But why are the South Koreans so proud of this Western interpretation? And why does everyone keep referring to Shakespeare? It raises questions about tradition, self-censorship and authenticity.
In this final piece of his Hamartia trilogy, Jaha Koo resolutely focuses on the future. Meticulously, he exposes the tragic impact of the past on our lives, unveiling the small cracks in modern Confucianism - an ideology that continues to define the moral system, way of life and social relations between generations in South Korea. With a new generation of South Koreans in mind, he attempts to break with a tradition full of self-censorship and keeping up appearances. Because only when based on an authentic version of history, he can pass on a future to the next generation.
What defines us? That is the question that is the focus of the 2022 edition of Katharsis, always associated with the origins of this special programme, in which we constantly ask ourselves what theatre is. Asking it ourselves means asking ourselves what we are as human beings and citizens. The boundaries that surround us create forms that define us politically, humanly, socially, culturally or artistically, even though we do not like some definitions, and we look for ways to change them from the fringes. This Katharsis features artists who use history, collective memory and even appearance to cross lines that make us rethink where we come from and where we are going.
Schedule
PERFORMERS
Jaha Koo
Seri
Toad
VIDEO AND MUSIC
Jaha Koo
DRAMATURGY
Dries Douibi
SETTING AND DRAWING
Eunkyung Jeong
ARTISTIC ADVISOR
Pol Heyvaert
HARDWARE HACKING
Idella Craddock
RESEARCH
Eunkyung Jeong and Jaha Koo
INTERVIEW
Jooyoung Koh, Kiran Kim and Kyungmi Lee
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE
Sang Ok Kim
TECHNICAL
Korneel Coessens, Koen Goossens, Jan Berckmans and Bart Huybrechts
PRODUCTION
CAMPO
CO-PRODUCED BY
Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Münchner Kammerspiele, Frascati Producties (Amsterdam), Veem House for Performance (Amsterdam), SPRING performing arts festival (Utrecht), Zürcher Theaterspektakel, Black Box teater (Oslo), International Summer Festival Kampnagel (Hamburg), Tanzquartier Wien, wpZimmer (Antwerp), Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris) and Festival d’Automne à Paris
RESIDENCIES
Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), wpZimmer (Antwerp), Decoratelier Jozef Wouters (Brussels), Doosan Art Center (Seoul)
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Beursschouwburg, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
CAMPO IS SUPPORTED BY
the city of Ghent and the Flemish Community
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