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Jin Hi plays the electric komungo, wearing all white in front of a projection of folks in hazmat suits.

Jin Hi Kim | photo by Livia Sa

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Jin Hi Kim

Jin Hi Kim | photo by Livia Sa

Location
Bridgeport, CT
Project Title
A Ritual for Covid-19
Fiscal Year Awarded
2021
Grant or Program
New Work New England
Grant Amount
$12,450

Electric komungo performer and Guggenheim Composer Fellow Jin Hi Kim creates A Ritual for Covid-19 in memory of 400,000 deaths in the USA and 2 million deaths worldwide during the pandemic. The work, inspired by Korean Shamanistic ssitkimkut ritual that purifies the deceased spirit. Kim presents a live interactive performance on the world’s only electric komungo as she presents a range of projected images reflective of the coronavirus pandemic. A Community Covid Processional enters the performance space where a 100-yard white cloth is symbolically used in a shaman ritual to release the grief. This performance is in the spirit of healing of the apocalyptic years of 2020-21 created in collaboration with with Joe Lavasseur (stage/lighting design) and Jorge Morales Pico (video design).

This project is funded through the Rebecca Blunk Fund, in memory of Rebecca Blunk (1953-2014).

Work Samples

On dark stage, lit by an eclipse-like orb, four dancers in all white perform in front of Jin Hi who plays a string instrument behind them.
photo courtesy of Jin Hi Kim
In stage lighting, Jin Hi holds up a white cloth over her komungo instrument.
Jin Hi Kim | photo by Livia Sa
On a stage, four folks, and Jin Hi, hold up a white cloth. behind them, a projection of a person with a white cloth.
"A Ritual for Covid-19" performance participants | photo by Karl Rabe
On a stage, two folks, in white, hold up a white cloth, it drapes and is see through in front of them.
"A Ritual for Covid-19" performance participants | photo by Karl Rabe

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