Commemorating the 140th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and the United Kingdom:
The second piece of work, i-Zombie, was created as a joint effort by a Korean and English production company to commemorate the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and the UK. The work may be interpreted differently depending on when it is introduced and where it is consumed.
“The people living in today’s society are all zombies in some sense.”-ILOVESTAGE-
The dissolution of the family, the crisis of relationships, the malfunctioning of social systems and institutions, the devaluation of labour due to artificial intelligence, the enslavement of machines, and the smartphone zombies we see every day on the streets in London.
It’s not normal to live in this world as if nothing is wrong, is it? I thought that the zombies in my recent work could be interpreted as a tool to reveal the dark side of human society and socio-cultural anxieties. In other words, zombies are a portrait of our soul or mental state…
If any of you theatre producers out there are heading to Busan this summer, please get in touch with me, who is back in London after a short business trip, or the producer @심문섭, who will be frantically looking after the production in Busan. I’d love to invite you to experience the unfamiliar.
Illustration by one of the two writers, Daniel Kettle, drawn in London recently ahead of the script’s publication. // A shot after working with the British writer/director + Korean actors.
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