“Verbogen, Verborgen”(EN: Bent, Veiled), performance, basis Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2025 (Photo: Astrid Karger)

Verbogen, Verborgen (EN: Bent, Veiled)

Performance, Old organ pipes, bells, quilts, glassware, pebbles, water, 1 speaker, 2025

Solo Performance “Verbogen, Verborgen — 7 Performances und 7 Klänge” (EN: Bent, Hidden – 7 Performances and 7 Sounds), basis Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2025

EN)

Stressful situations such as states of compulsion and anxiety lead to repetition and intense inner movement. In the performance <Verbogen, Verborgen> (EN: Bent, Veiled), these impulses are reflected and physically intensified: emotions and sounds emerge spontaneously from the actions themselves—not as a staged dramaturgy, but as immediate bodily reactions.

In Hyunju Oh’s performance <Verbogen, Verborgen> (EN: Bent, Veiled), such fleeting moments are brought into a state of heightened presence. The performer investigates how psycho-physical tensions are released through the body and how unintended sounds, breaths, and vocal fragments condense into a raw, improvised language.

The solo performance consists of seven consecutive actions involving everyday gestures and various objects. Through repetition, mutation, and escalation of sounds and movements, no linear narrative emerges; instead, a fragmentary structure of impressions takes shape—a temporal continuum interrupted by unpredictable bodily reactions.

DE)

Stresssituationen wie Zwangs- und Angstzustände führen zu Wiederholungen und intensiven inneren Bewegungen. In der Performance <Verbogen, Verborgen> werden diese Impulse reflektiert und körperlich zugespitzt: Emotionen und Laute entstehen spontan aus dem Handeln selbst – nicht als gespielte Dramaturgie, sondern als unmittelbare Reaktionen des Körpers.

In Hyunju Ohs Performance <Verbogen, Verborgen> geraten solche flüchtigen Momente in einen Zustand erhöhter Präsenz. Die Performerin untersucht, wie sich psychisch-physische Spannungen über den Körper entladen und wie sich nicht intendierte Geräusche, Atmungen und Stimmfragmente zu einer rohen, improvisierten Sprache verdichten.

Die Soloperformance besteht aus sieben aufeinanderfolgenden Aktionen mit alltägliche Handlungen und verschiedenen Objekten. Durch Wiederholung, Mutation und Eskalation von Klängen und Bewegungen entsteht keine lineare Erzählung, vielmehr ein fragmentares Gefüge aus Eindrücken – ein zeitliches Kontinuum, das von unvorhersehbaren körperlichen Reaktionen durchbrochen wird.

KR)

강박과 불안 상태와 같은 스트레스 상황은 반복과 강렬한 내적 움직임을 유발한다. 이러한 충동들은 퍼포먼스 <Verbogen, Verborgen> (EN: Bent, Veiled)에서 반영되고 신체적으로 극대화된다. 감정과 소리는 연출된 드라마투르기가 아닌, 행위 그 자체로부터 자발적으로 발생하는 신체의 즉각적인 반응으로서 드러난다.

오현주의 퍼포먼스 <Verbogen, Verborgen> (EN: Bent, Veiled)은 이러한 덧없는 순간들을 고도의 현존 상태로 끌어올린다. 퍼포머는 심리적·신체적 긴장이 어떻게 몸을 통해 표출되는지, 그리고 의도되지 않은 소리, 호흡, 음성의 파편들이 어떻게 거칠고 즉흥적인 언어로 응축되는지를 탐구한다.

이 솔로 퍼포먼스는 일상의 행위와 다양한 오브제를 포함한 일곱 개의 연속된 행위로 구성된다. 소리와 움직임의 반복, 변형, 그리고 고조를 통해 신체적 반응에 의해 선형적인 서사는 형성되지 않으면서도, 예측할 수 없는 틈입하는 인상들의 파편적 구조—시간적 연속체가 생성된다.