Yu Jin Gyu
<Everyone is Ill> starts from <Chibyeongsoyorok>, a book of narrative poetry by poet Mun Jeo-on. Everyone is ill. The play frankly reveals human existence and the inner side of humans using the human body, in the era of COVID-19, as a medium. Director Yun Si-jung, who recently joined the project, seeks to take various perspectives on contemporary human crises. Impromptu musician Gang Hae-jin joins them along with Mun Jeo-on, a poet and doctor of oriental medicine, who administers acupuncture on the stage. <Everyone is Ill> is a live performance with maximized visual, audio, olfactory and tactile elements. It offers a combination of mime, music, literature, video and acupuncture (oriental medicine) elements on the stage.
Synopsis
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has brought anxiety, isolation and depression to both the body and the mind. If your mind is sick, so is your body. An illness called life, a symptom called love, words that come out like groans, a death close to us, and the body where all these take place in are performed in four episodes.
He said as he opened up his chest. 2. I also know who I want to kill. 3. I don’t know the dead person. 4. How ill are you?
What should art do in today’s time? <Everyone is Ill> offers a message that “we can survive” even in the pandemic.
Creation·Mime Yu Jin Gyu
Yu Jin Gyu started working as an actor and a mime artist in 1972 when he joined experimental theater company Ejeotto. Yu’s works often ask fundamental questions on existence, art and society. As the first-generation mime artist in Korea, he realized the limitations of western mime and has been producing artist-centered performances. He wanted to further advance mime in Korea; in 1989, he took Korea Mime Festival to Chuncheon, establishing Chuncheon International Mime Festival and making it one of the three biggest mime festivals in the world. He spread Korean mime both domestically and internationally, proposing models that strengthen the traditional characteristics of festivals.
<A Beautiful Person> (1979), <Stroking the Body> (2016), <Declaration on South and North Matjib> (2019), <Asking about Jungdo> (2020), <I Did It My Way> (2021), <Asia Solo Performance Festival·Geochang 2022> (2022)
Creation ｜ Yu Jin Gyu
Direction ｜ Yoon Sijoong
Cast ｜ Yu Jin Gyu, Moon Jeon, Kang Haejin
Stage Art ｜ Lee Myungwoo
Music Director ｜ Kang Haejin
Lighting Designer ｜ Park Kwangsun
Sound Designer ｜ Jung Jihye
Stage Manager ｜ Park Hanwoo
Video Designer ｜ Park Minkook
Producer ｜ Jaehwa Jennifer Lee
존재와 예술과 사회에 대한 근원적인 질문을 화두처럼 가지고 작품을 하는 유진규는 1972년 실험극단 에저또에 입단하면서 연극과 마임을 시작했다. 그때 이미 기성연극 보다는 실험연극으로 작가주의의 길을 정했다. 한국 마임의 중흥을 위해 춘천마임축제 예술감독으로 세계 3대 마임축제로 키워냈다. 2021년에는 마임인생 50년 ‘내가 가면 그게 길이지’로 그간의 예술활동을 정리 발표하였다. 동시대의 몸짓으로 존재에 대한 질문을 던지며 그 파장이 사회를 구원하는데 기여했으면 좋겠다는 바람을 가지고 있다.
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