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Geumhyung Jeong

Copyright information:Haewook Park, courtesy of Art Sonje Center

Intimate solo in which the naked body transforms through movements of objects. The work of Geumhyung Jeong (Seoul, 1980) is characterised by its use of technology. Find, Select, Copy and Paste sees her return to the essence of movement, without robots or objects – just her body.


The movements she performs are not new: they come from her previous performances, in which she transformed objects. But what happens when this same move is no longer applied to a machine or dummy, but the body itself? Instead of interacting with robots and everyday objects, she now puts her own body onstage as the sole instrument.


'After making heavy installations with robot sculptures for years, I suddenly decided to show only the body. Nakedness makes clear there are no other objects, that the body itself is the material.'

— Geumhyung Jeong

 



The transformation from object to body invites reflection on control, autonomy, and how bodies are programmed - through choreography, but also through societal structures more broadly. By reclaiming object-oriented movements with her body, Jeong challenges our ideas around ‘the human performer’.


Geumhyung Jeong will perform twice at this year’s Holland Festival: 

19 June - Find, Select, Copy and Paste (2020), as part ofWelcome to Asbestos Hall.

24-26 June - Under Contruction (2024) at Frascati.

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dates

Thu June 19 7:00 PM

Thu June 19 9:00 PM

prices

  • default € 15
  • CJP/student/scholar € 13

information

  • Language no problem

  • 1 hour 10 minutes (zonder pauze)

  • Find, Select, Copy and Paste

    Haewook Park-Courtesy of Art Sonje Center

  • Find, Select, Copy and Paste

    Haewook Park-Courtesy of Art Sonje Center

  • Davide Meneghello

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