The time of disillusionment and lethargy meets the portrait of ourselves in despair

The performance finds a motif from the poem by Korean poet Yeongtae Kim; written in the memory of the late poet Su-Young Kim on his anniversary of death. In his poem, Yeongtae Kim praises Su-Young Kim as an artist with a daring and rebellious spirit, while lamenting his own lethargy.

Those who failed to enter their graves lose destination and hover in time and space where life and death co-exist, like the coffins scattered on the stage. Coffin, grave, wind, and opposing movement are the main components of the performance. Through these four elements, it shows the sense of lethargy and despair of our contemporaries living today.

will encourage us to find our own stark faces; faces that lead the life in this age of despair.

Synopsis

A group of people appear carrying a coffin; seems laborious but they are well-accustomed to it. They hover and stray around the dead bodies of the victims. Even with no physical defects, they are incapable of hiding their shameful faces. Thus they succumb to lethargy and wander aimlessly.

Company

Theatre Momggol

Theatre Momggol is part of the Momggol Group, along with the Momggol Imagination Training Center that bridges the local residents with its community, and the Arts and Culture Leader Ggol which specializes in designing art projects. In its early years, Theatre Momggol gained a reputation for its productions covering social issues by employing body and object, and has performed mainly on stages outside of conventional theatres. The company never stops grafting unfamiliar languages onto its works, taking risks by gathering minority artists and bringing a sense of justice to the stage that our society has forgotten or ignored.

Credits

Writer/Director  Jong-yeoun Yoon
Dramaturge       Hye-sin Hwang
Stage Manager    Chan-mi Jung
Lighting Designer  Eun-joo Jung
Music            Howling Macha(Kyung-soo Kim, Jae-duck Koh)
Planning          Jung-a Bae, Hye-won Shin, Hyun-jin Yim
Cast                Jong-tae Park, Jae-yeong Seol, Ki Min, Jeoung-eun Kim, Jea-hyun Noh, Jae-wook Shin