Jaha Koo / CAMPO: Haribo Kimchi | Nov 22, 23 | Festsaal – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Jaha Koo / CAMPO:
Haribo Kimchi
Haribo Kimchi
English, Korean, with German and English surtitles
10€/15€
Haribo Kimchi is a heart-warming performance for all the senses about migration, home and the healing power of food. Jaha Koo invites the audience to a pojangmacha, a typical late-night snack bar that can be seen scattered across the streets of South Korea. Together with a baby eel, a singing snail and a gummi bear, he takes us on a culinary journey and explores food cultures as an approach to understand the structures of a society. In an autofictional setting, Jaha Koo shares touching, funny and absurd anecdotes about the diaspora of Kimchi culture, cannibalism during the great famine, the sour pain of unadulterated racism and the deep umami taste of home.
After Cuckoo in 2019 and The History of Korean Western Theater in 2021, both part ofthe Hamartia Trilogy (2021), in which he delved into the far-reaching imperialism in East Asia, the South Korean theatre maker and composer Jaha Koo returns to Sophiensæle with his newest creation. In his typical hybrid style, combining music, cutting-edge video and robotic performers, the artist reflects on cultural assimilation with all its conflicts and paradoxes. In an exceptional performance that plays with all the senses, he alters our perception of food for good. In his typical hybrid style between documentary and autofictional material, he blends pop, brightly colored videos, animations and musical compositions with tender, quiet and thoughtful moments.
The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).
Duration
- 70 minutes without break
Language
- English and Korean spoken language
- German and English surtitles
Lighting
- Stroboscope is used.
- The lighting mood is alternately bright and dark.
- There are many colorful projections.
- There are abrupt light changes.
Sound
- There are loud musical interludes
- There are no sudden noises
Smell
- There is an intense smell of prepared food
- The smells include garlic and chili.
Other
- There are video projections
- There are short documentary video sequences in which dead people can be seen.
Audience
- Seated grandstand
- 2 beanbag seats bookable subject to availability
- 2 wheelchair spaces bookable subject to availability
Early boarding
- Early boarding does not take place. An extended admission situation allows for relaxed seating.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, text, direction, music, sound, video: Jaha Koo
Performance: Gona, Haribo, Eel, Jaha Koo & two guests
Dramaturgy: Dries Douibi
Scenography, research collaboration, media operation: Eunkyung Jeong
Artistic advice: Pol Heyvaert
Technical coordination: Korneel Coessens
Technique: Bart Huybrechts, Babette Poncelet, Jasse Vergauwe
Production coordination: Wim Clapdorp
English proofreading: Jason Wrubell
Snail animation: Vincent Lynen
A production by Jaha Koo and CAMPO in co-production with Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Rideau de Bruxelles, Theater Utrecht, SPRING festival (Utrecht), Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris), Tangente St. Pölten – Festival für Gegenwartskultur, &Espoo theatre (Espoo), International Summer Festival Kampnagel (Hamburg), Sophiensæle, Meet You Festival (Valladolid), Bunker (Ljubljana), National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei, The Divine Comedy International Theater Festival / Teatr Łaźnia Nowa (Kraków) & Perpodium with the support of the taxshelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest & the Flemish Government. Kindly supported by Goethe Institut. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Jaha Koo is a South Korean theater/performance maker, music composer and videographer. His artistic practice oscillates between multimedia and performance, encompassing his own music, video, text, and robotic objects. His most recent project, the 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. Koo’s newest creation, Haribo Kimchi, premiered in 2024.
Koo majored in Theatre Studies (BFA, 2011) at Korea National University of Arts and earned a master's degree (MA, 2016) at DAS Theatre in Amsterdam.
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