Jaha Koo (KR) "Haribo Kimchi"

Schedule

Fri Oct 02 2026 at 07:30 pm to 08:40 pm

UTC+03:00
Location

Pikk 20, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia | Tallinn, HA

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EST
„Koo on tõeliselt mitmekülgsete oskustega looja, tema töö kõnetab kõiki meeli. Haribo Kimchi on üheaegselt peen ja toores lavastus elust riigis, mis ei ole sinu oma. Kõhust käivad läbi erinevad tunded, mitte ainult armastus, vaid lausa melanhoolia.“ - Floris Baeke, 2024, De Standard
“Lavastus, milles segunevad jäljendamatult Korea köök ja isiklikud lood, mõtisklused lohutustoidust, identiteedist ning migratsioonist.” - Pieter T’Jonck, 2024, pzazz

Merevetikasupi üllatav maitse, noa terav heli kurki lõigates, seente susisemine kõrvetaval tulel. “Haribo Kimchis” leiame end pojangmachast, tüüpilisest hilisõhtusest suupistebaarist, mida Lõuna-Korea tänavatel näha võib. Seal kohtume kolme tegelasega – teo, kummikaru ja angerjaga –, kes viivad meid kulinaarsele teekonnale, uurides toitu kui varjupaika neile, kes on oma juurtest võõrdunud. Intiimsete ja absurdsete anekdootide seerias jutustavad nad kimchi kultuuri arengust, puhtavormilise rassismi kibedast valust, meeleheitlike katsete häbist sulanduda massi ning kodu kirjeldamatust umami maitsest.
Pärast oma teose “The History of Korean Western Theatre” näitamist Baltoscandali festivalil (2022), mis keskendus Ida-Aasia ulatuslikkule imperialismile, naaseb Lõuna-Korea teatritegija ja helilooja Jaha Koo Eestisse. Tema isikupärane hübriidstiil ühendab muusikat, videot ja robotlikke etendajaid, loomaks mõtisklusi kultuurilise assimilatsiooni üle, koos kõigi kaasnevate konfliktide ja paradoksidega. Haaravas lavastuses, mis mängib kõigi meeltega, serveerib ta isiklikke lugusid, mis on marineeritud magushapus melanhoolias.

Jaha Koo (1984) on Lõuna-Korea teatri- ja etenduskunstnik, helilooja ja videograaf. Koo õppis Korea Riiklikus Kunstiülikoolis teatriteadust (BFA, 2011) ja omandas magistrikraadi (MA, 2016) Amsterdami Kunstiülikooli DAS Teatri programmis. Tema kunstiline praktika kõigub multimeedia ja etenduskunstide vahel, hõlmates tema enda muusikat, videot, teksti ja robotobjekte. Teda tuntakse Hamartia triloogia eest, mis hõlmab teoseid “Lolling and Rolling” (2015), “Cuckoo” (2017) ja “The History of Korean Western Theatre” (2020). Triloogia kujutab endast pikaajalist uurimust Ida-Aasia poliitilisest maastikust, koloniaalajaloost ja kultuurilisest identiteedist. Temaatiliselt keskendub see Korea ühiskonna struktuursetele probleemidele ja sellele, kuidas paratamatu minevik meie elu tänapäeval traagiliselt mõjutab.
Praegu arendab ta koostöös LOD muziektheateriga Gentis teost “Born to be K to be POP” koos visuaalkunstniku ja stsenograafi Eunkyung Jeongiga. Tema looming oli selle aasta Avignoni festivali fookuses, kus lisaks muule olid kavas ka tema lavastused “Lolling and Rolling” ja “Cuckoo”. 2026. aastal oli Jaha Koo esimene Aasia päritolu etenduskunstnik, kellele on omistatud mainekas rahvusvaheline Ibseni auhind, mida sageli nimetatakse Nobeli teatriauhinnaks, „tema uuendusliku ja sügavalt inimliku teatri“ eest. Koo elab Belgias Gentis ja on LOD muziektheateri, Utrechti teatri, CAMPO ja Seouli etenduskunstide festivali kaaskunstnik.

Konseptsioon, tekst, lavastus, muusika, heli ja video: Jaha Koo
Etendajad: Gona, Haribo, Eel, Jaha Koo ja kaks külalist
Dramaturgia: Dries Douibi
Stsenograafia, teaduskoostöö, meediahaldus: Eunkyung Jeon
Kunstiline nõu: Pol Heyvaert
Tehniline koordineerimine: Korneel Coessens
Tehnikud: Bart Huybrechts, Babette Poncelet, Jasse Vergauwe
Produktsiooni koordineerimine: Wim Clapdorp
Inglise keele korrektuur: Jason Wrubell
Teo animatsioon: Vincent Lynen
Produktsioon: CAMPO
Kaasproduktsioon: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Le Rideau, Theater Utrecht, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de la Bastille, Tangente St-Pölten, & Espoo Theatre, Kampnagel International Summer Festival, Sophiensaele, Meet You Festival, Bunker, National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei, Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival, Perpodium.
Külalisetendused Tallinnas toimuvad Eesti Kultuurkapitali toel.
Angerja prototüüp töötati välja Innovation:Labi projekti raames koostöös Theater Utrechtiga ning loominguliste tehnoloogide Adriaan Wormgoori ja Willem Vooijsiga.
Kestvus: 70’
Inglise keeles
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ENG
"Koo is a jack-of-all-trades, appealing to all your senses. Haribo Kimchi is both a refined as well as a raw performance about life in a country that isn’t yours. Not only love but even melancholy are feelings that go through the stomach." - Floris Baeke, 2024, De Standaard
"A performance that inimitably mixes Korean cooking with personal stories and reflections on comfort food, identity and migration." - Pieter T’Jonck, 2024, pzazz

The surprising flavour of seaweed soup, the sharp sound of a knife slicing cucumber, the hiss and sizzle of mushrooms on a scorching fire. With Haribo Kimchi, we find ourselves in a pojangmacha, a typical late-night snack bar seen on the streets of South Korea. There, we meet three characters—a snail, a gummy bear, and an eel—who take us on a culinary journey, exploring food as a shelter for those estranged from their roots. In a series of intimate and absurd anecdotes, they recount the evolution of kimchi culture, the bitter pain of unadulterated racism, the shame of desperate attempts to blend in with the crowd, and the indescribable umami taste of home.
Following the success of his The History of Korean Western Theatre at the Baltoscandal festival in Rakvere (2022), which delved into the far-reaching imperialism in East Asia, South Korean theatre maker and composer Jaha Koo returns to Estonia. His patented hybrid style combines music, video, and robotic performers to craft a reflection on cultural assimilation with all its conflicts and paradoxes. In a gripping performance that plays with all the senses, he serves up personal stories marinated in sweet-and-sour melancholy.

Jaha Koo (1984) 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 University of Arts.
His artistic practice oscillates between multimedia and performance, encompassing his own music, video, text, and robotic objects. He is recognized for the Hamartia Trilogy, which 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.
He is currently developing Born to be K to be POP in collaboration with LOD muziektheater in Ghent, with a premiere scheduled for early summer 2027. It will be created together with visual artist and scenographer Eunkyung Jeong. His works where in the focus of this years Festival d’Avignon with performances of Lolling and Rolling and Cuckoo. Jaha Koo is the first recipient of Asian descent to win the prestigious International Ibsen Award in 2026, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of theatre, for ‘his innovative and deeply human theatre’. He is based in Ghent, Belgium, and is an associate artist of LOD muziektheater, Theater Utrecht, CAMPO, and Seoul Performing Arts Festival.

Concept, text, direction, music, sound and video: Jaha Koo
Performance: Gona, Haribo, Eel, Jaha Koo and two guests
Dramaturgy: Dries Douibi
Scenography, research collaboration and media operation: Eunkyung Jeong
Artistic advice: Pol Heyvaert
Technical coordination: Korneel Coessens
Technicians: Bart Huybrechts, Babette Poncelet, Jasse Vergauwe
Production coordination: Wim Clapdorp
English proofreading: Jason Wrubell
Snail animation: Vincent Lynen
Production: CAMPO
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Le Rideau, Theater Utrecht, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de la Bastille, Tangente St-Pölten, & Espoo Theatre, Kampnagel International Summer Festival, Sophiensaele, Meet You Festival, Bunker, National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei, Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival, Perpodium.
Performances in Tallinn with the support of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
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 and Willem Vooijs.
Duration: 70’
In English
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