Performance 
Jaha Koo

Lolling and Rolling

 
open mouth with 4 teeth, 2 fingers in it, black and white
Jaha Koo

In Lolling and Rolling Jaha Koo immersed himself in the phenomenon of tongue-tie surgery, an operation performed in South Korea to pronounce the English tip of the tongue-r. The performance thus touched upon linguistic imperialism in his native country. In 2021, Koo is revising this performance, because he no longer wants to focus solely on the linguistic aspect, which is just the tip of the iceberg. In the re-worked live performance, Jaha Koo now also highlights the more extensive process that goes with it, which tries to silence the “subaltern”, the minorities.

Because the denial or devaluation of a language also instigates the loss of an identity, of a minority, of a population group. In this way the subaltern are colonized not only linguistically, but also culturally. Jaha Koo has been living and working in Belgium for the past few years. The History of Korean Western Theatre is his first production for the Ghent-based, international touring arts centre CAMPO.

gujaha.com 

Credits

Concept, text, direction, music, video & performance  
Jaha Koo 
Dramaturgy  
Dries Douibi 
Scenography  
Eunkyung Jeong 
Artistic advice  
Pol Heyvaert 
Production (2015) 
OFFICENEINOFFICE 
Support (2015) 
DAS Theatre 
Executive producer 2021  
CAMPO in coproduction with Kunstenfestivaldesarts 
Supported by 

Lolling and Rolling

For production reasons, the performance of “The History of Korean Western Theatre” has to be postponed. As a replacement we will show “Lolling and Rolling”, the first part of Jaha Koo's “Hamartia” trilogy.

In Lolling and Rolling Jaha Koo immersed himself in the phenomenon of tongue-tie surgery, an operation performed in South Korea to pronounce the English tip of the tongue-r. The performance thus touched upon linguistic imperialism in his native country. In 2021, Koo is revising this performance, because he no longer wants to focus solely on the linguistic aspect, which is just the tip of the iceberg. In the re-worked live performance, Jaha Koo now also highlights the more extensive process that goes with it, which tries to silence the “subaltern”, the minorities. Because the denial or devaluation of a language also instigates the loss of an identity, of a minority, of a population group. In this way the subaltern are colonized not only linguistically, but also culturally.

Jaha Koo

In Lolling and Rolling Jaha Koo immersed himself in the phenomenon of tongue-tie surgery, an operation performed in South Korea to pronounce the English tip of the tongue-r. The performance thus touched upon linguistic imperialism in his native country. In 2021, Koo is revising this performance, because he no longer wants to focus solely on the linguistic aspect, which is just the tip of the iceberg. In the re-worked live performance, Jaha Koo now also highlights the more extensive process that goes with it, which tries to silence the “subaltern”, the minorities.

Because the denial or devaluation of a language also instigates the loss of an identity, of a minority, of a population group. In this way the subaltern are colonized not only linguistically, but also culturally. Jaha Koo has been living and working in Belgium for the past few years. The History of Korean Western Theatre is his first production for the Ghent-based, international touring arts centre CAMPO.

gujaha.com 

Credits

Concept, text, direction, music, video & performance  
Jaha Koo 
Dramaturgy  
Dries Douibi 
Scenography  
Eunkyung Jeong 
Artistic advice  
Pol Heyvaert 
Production (2015) 
OFFICENEINOFFICE 
Support (2015) 
DAS Theatre 
Executive producer 2021  
CAMPO in coproduction with Kunstenfestivaldesarts 
Supported by 
18.06./
19.06.
Fri/​Sat
19.30
18.06./
19.06.
Fri/​Sat
19.30
TQW Studios
€ 15/10

45 minutes, no intersmission

In Korean with English surtitles

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