MULJIL

물질

  • Show
  • Multidisciplinary

Jinyeob Lee

République de Corée / 2018 creation

In MULJIL, inspired by the haenyeo divers (해녀) of Jeju Island, the poetry of bodies suspended in water tanks confronts us with vulnerabilty and the fragile boundary between life and death.

MULJIL, Jinyeob Lee Sejong Center for the Performing Arts © Shinjoong Kim

Presentation

Inspired by the haenyeo (해녀) of Jeju Island in South Korea – women who free dive deep into the sea to harvest shellfish – MULJIL revolves around pools filled with water in which the dancers are immersed. Four characters – a worker, a pregnant woman, a transgender person, and a woman driven by the desire for physical transformation – each embodying a form of vulnerability, each subject to the pressures of our society. The bodies suspended in water evoke the fragile boundary between life and death, weaving close connections with the lived experience of refugees who attempt to cross the sea. 
MULJIL develops a collective reflection on solidarity and resilience, reminding us that even if individuals live like separate islands, they are all immersed in the same sea. 

제주도의 해녀에서 영감을 받은 물질(MULJIL)은 수조 속에 부유하는 몸들의 시적인 이미지가 인간의 연약하고 흔들리는 존재와 삶과 죽음 사이의 위태로운 경계를 환기시킨다. 

Distribution

With Joonbong Kim, Aeri Lee, Kwanghyun Ma, Hyunsung Seo, local performers (coming soon) 
Direction Jinyeob Lee 
Text Jaeuk Shin 
Sound Jimmy Sert 
Lighting Hayoung Jeong 
Costumes Gyonginn Kim 
Set management Wonsuk Choi 
Production Bongmin Choi 

Production

Production Elephants Laugh 
Une commande du Ansan Street Arts Festival et du Seoul Street Arts Creation Center  
In collaboration with Producer Group DOT 
Support Ministère de la Culture, des Sports et du Tourisme de la République de Corée, Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), K-arts on the Go

Korea Arts Management Service(KAMS) works to connect Korean artists and their creations with stages and audiences across the world, supporting the international circulation and global presence of Korean performing arts. 

 For its 80th edition, the Festival d’Avignon welcomes Korean as its guest language. Through performances, literature, and a constellation of artistic encounters, this programme offers an opportunity to share with audiences the vitality, imagination, and cultural depth of contemporary Korean arts.

This invitation has grown out of the longstanding exchange and collaboration between the Seoul Performing Arts Festival(SPAF), an annually held festival organized by KAMS, and the Festival d’Avignon. KAMS is proud and delighted to join this initiative as a main partner, introducing outstanding works representing Korea to Avignon after 28 years. On this occasion, the SPAF will continue to strengthen its collaboration with the Festival d'Avignon.    

 We hope that the openness, resilience, and artistic imagination carried by the Korean language will resonate with audiences around the world, creating new echoes and connections. May this collaboration open new paths for artistic encounters and dialogue between Korea and the international performing arts community.

KAMS website

Practical infos

Durée Duration : 1h

Last entry 15 minutes before the start of the show.

Full Price Carte Festival Carte 3 clés
Price G – single cat. 45 € 40 € 15 €

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