Performance
Jaha Koo / CAMPO
Haribo Kimchi
Aromas wafting through the air. The sound of knives. The hiss of the flames.
And the chatter of spirits taking a break at a food stall.
Jaha Koo has received international acclaim for his trilogy exploring imperialism in East Asia. Constructing works at the intersection of politics, history, and personal history, Koo performs alongside his own music and videography. His new work, Haribo Kimchi, centers on Korean food, which has become increasingly popular in the West in recent years. As something rooted in people’s daily lives, food culture can build the identity of a region as well as form a mirror that reflects the structure of a society.
Koo invites us on a culinary journey. The setting is a pojangmacha food stall like the ones that dot the alleys of South Korea at night. In a series of poignant and absurdist anecdotes, he recounts the story of his own migration to Europe, gives us insights into the evolution of kimchi culture and the significance of seaweed soup, and also shares the bitter taste
of forever being a foreigner and the deep savory flavors of home.
10.25 (Fri) 19:00 ★
10.26 (Sat) 14:30
10.27 (Sun) 18:00 ♡
★ Post-show talk
♡ Childcare Service (reservation required 7 days before each performance)
Duration: 60 min
English and Korean with Japanese and English surtitles
⚠️ Audiences may not enter after the performance has started. Recommended for ages 14 and above.
Advance tickets:
Adult ¥3,500
Youth (25 and under), Students ¥3,000
High School Students & Younger ¥1,000
Pair ¥6,500 (Advance tickets only)
Day tickets are the same price as advance tickets.
Seating: Unreserved
Jaha Koo
Ghent, Belgium and Seoul, Korea
Jaha Koo is a South Korean theatre/performance maker, music composer and videographer. 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. 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 has presented his work in theaters and festivals all over the world including Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Switzerland), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, Belgium), National Theatre and Concert Hall (Taipei, Taiwan), Seoul Performing Arts Festival (Korea), Push International Performing Arts Festival (Vancouver, Canada) and OzAsia Festival (Adelaide, Australia) among many others.
Concept, Text, Direction, Music, Sound & Video: Jaha Koo
Performance: Gona, Seri, Haribo & Jaha Koo
Dramaturgy: Dries Douibi
Scenography & Media Operation: Eunkyung Jeong
Artistic Advice: Pol Heyvaert
Technical Coordination: Korneel Coessens
Technique: Bart Huybrechts & Babette Poncelet
Production Coordination: Wim Clapdorp
Production: CAMPO
Co-produced by Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Rideau de Bruxelles, Theater Utrecht, SPRING festival, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de la Bastille, Tangente St. Pölten – Festival für Gegenwartskultur, & Espoo theatre, International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Sophiensaele, Meet You Festival, Bunker, National Theatre & Concert Hall Taipei, The Divine Comedy International Theater Festival/ Teatr Łaźnia Nowa & Perpodium
With the support of the tax shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest & the Flemish Government
The prototype of the eel was developed as part of Innovation: Lab's funnel
in co-production with Theater Utrecht and creative technologists Adriaan Wormgoor & Willem Vooijs.
Performance in Kyoto supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan | Japan Arts Council, Japan Foundation for Regional Art Activities [Thinking about the body, history and identity through the performing arts], Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Arts Council Korea, Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS), Center Stage Korea, Flanders State of the Art
Presented by Kyoto Experiment
