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The workshop explores artistic practices and research methods that respond to the urgencies of our time. Jaha Koo, creator of Haribo Kimchi, shares his working process, which investigates hybrid, synesthetic voices – what he calls “valid languages” – through various media including sound, music, video, robotics, text, and performance. The session reflects on artistic voices that engage with the complexity of contemporaneity, and connections across generations, time, and cultures.
Jaha Koo is a South Korean theatre and performance artist, composer and videographer. His artistic practice oscillates between multimedia and performance, encompassing his own music, video, text, and robotic objects.
His Hamartia Trilogy includes Lolling and Rolling (2015), Cuckoo (2017), and The History of Korean Western Theatre (2020). The trilogy represents a long-term exploration of the political landscape, colonial history and cultural identity of East Asia. Thematically, it focuses on structural issues in Korean society and how the inescapable past tragically affects our lives today. His newest creation Haribo Kimchi premiered in June 2024. Koo majored in Theatre Studies at Korea National University of Arts and earned a master’s degree at DAS Theatre in Amsterdam.
The workshop is held in English.
Schedule:
10:00–11:15 Presentation by Jaha Koo
11:15–12:00 Questions and open conversation with participants
All questions are welcome, do feel free to prepare questions in advance if you wish.
Tea will be served.
Presented in collaboration with Bergen Dansesenter and PRODA Vestland.
We at BIT are pleased that our audience consists of diverse people; individuals with different experiences and corresponding unique needs.
Some of our visitors enjoy being surprised, shocked, and challenged, while others may wish to avoid certain content. We invite anyone who wants to know more about one of our events, regardless of what or why, to contact Jay at jay@bitteater.no or by calling +47 55 23 22 35.
