Hello

In the organizer's words:

North Korea appears to many as an intangible country, inhumane and completely closed off. Based on research and interviews, the participatory performance "Hello" questions superficial and one-sided assumptions about North Koreans.

In three differently designed rooms, small groups of visitors get to know the situation of various people whose mobile autonomy has been and continues to be restricted by the state. Using a specially developed system, the audience will find blind dates that tell semi-fictional stories beyond grand state acts, propaganda, parades and other showcase measures and also provide insights into everyday North Korean culture. Through music, movement, customs, games and food, "Hello" invites viewers to make encounters beyond political dividing lines, to rethink prejudices and to imagine the personal and complex lives of North Koreans.

How do political borders shape identities and how are authoritarian systems infiltrated? Between official narrative and personal experience, between the known and the hidden, invisible migration stories and hybrid biographies that connect North and South Korea and reach as far as Europe become legible in the course of the performance.

If possible, please bring a smartphone to the event. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the event.