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Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė
BE THANKFUL, THEY SAID
Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim
Performance, Dance
2023 marked the 70th anniversary of the first transnational adoption from South Korea and the critical voices of adoptees have never been louder. In Be thankful, they said, the international artistic team around Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim humorously re-appropriates clichéd adoption narratives, confronts the erasure of their identities and shows how those affected reclaim their own stories.
Based on interviews with experts, artists and activists from the South Korean diaspora, who were themselves adopted as children into Western countries, the performance traces the aftermath of a history of global entanglements that still receives little attention. A history that was not only characterized by charity and humanitarian aid intentions, but also by the reproduction of colonial structures, white savior fantasies, patriarchal oppression, forced migration and human trafficking. How do transnational adoptees reflect on their childhood in retrospect? And what political demands arise today from the lived experience of transnationally adopted people?
Be thankful, they said is a multidisciplinary artistic exploration of (pop) cultural and media images of transnational adoption and the real individual perspectives of the people affected.
04.10./ 05.10. with German Sign Language interpretation of spoken language
05.10. With audio description
Artistic direction, choreography: Olivia Hyunsin Kim
Dance: Daniel Jeremiah Persson
Korean traditional coach: Ji Sun Hagen
Video design, lighting: Jones Seitz
Stage: Soojin Oh
Costumes: Kristin Gerwien, Arnita Jaunsubrena
Sound artist: Tatiana Heumann
Technical direction: Gretchen Blegen
Dramaturgy: Maria Rößler
Outside eye: Lena Sunhee Meierkord
Access consulting: Hyemi Jolee
Production management: ehrliche arbeit – freelance cultural office
Transcriptions, assistant director: Mel Brinkmann
Graphic design: Christian Cattelan
DGS interpreting in tandem: Hyemi Jolee, Aniella Tiedje, Lisa Leonhardt
Audio description: Hannah Aldinger, Ari Althaus, Johanna Krins
Guest appereance: Olivia Hyunsin Kim, Ji Sun Hagen
Thanks to: kimura byol lemoine, Mirae kh Rhee, Vic So Hee Alz, Tobias Hübinette, Kim Huber, Melanie Kleintz, Isabel, Le Dan, Chale Gobbet, Martine Lunshof, Timm Shik Therre, Erica Joonhee Blikman, Maïté Minh Tâm Maeum Jeannolin.
A production by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim in co-production with Sophiensæle. Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and with funds from the Capital Cultural Fund. Thanks to Uferstudios, PSR Kollektiv and Theaterhaus Berlin.
4. Okt. 2024
18:00
5. Oktober 20:00 | 6. Oktober 18:00 | 7. Oktober 20:00
Price:
15€ | 10€
Festsaal
Sophienstraße 18 | 10178 Berlin