Po-tent City in Seoul

Creation/performance: Art Action Earwig
Tech Support team: Playshooter
Website/mobile app development: GunWoo Kim
Onsite Squat manager: GunWoo Kim
Promo/marketing: Hyunji Park

Photo/graphic: Kim-sol/Ordinary Phenomenon

Projection mapping mentor: Parjad Sharifi
Translation/visual advisor: Hyung-min Yoon

This virtual/digital adaptation of Potent City in collaboration with the Seoul crew onsite/ Vancouver collaborators online was made possible through the support from Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, and Canada Council for the Arts.

Read: Review in Korean language, written by poet/director of CCOT(꽃), Lee Chulsung: “팬데믹 시대의 텐트형 예술행동”, <연극 in>

Pre Show:

Potent City posters and banner welcome participants arriving at Oil Tank #2, at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul, Mapo-gu (마포 문화비축기지) .

Potent City posters and banner welcome participants arriving at Oil Tank #2, at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul, Mapo-gu (마포 문화비축기지) .

Potent City posters and banner welcome participants arriving at Oil Tank #2, at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul, Mapo-gu (마포 문화비축기지) .

Potent City posters and banner welcome participants arriving at Oil Tank #2, at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul, Mapo-gu (마포 문화비축기지) .

Workshops & Home Squat Home mobile app distribution:

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Participants work from their tents, first examining their clothing and discussing the origins of those clothes, then plotting them onto the Potentcity.space website to see a visual representation of the pattern s of clothing migration. In the second workshop, participants discuss climate change, then create shadow signs expressing their thoughts and feelings to project onto their tent or other available surface to capture and upload onto Potentcity.space to create a mosaic of the Earth from the collected shadow signs. The light wanes and dusk comes as the second workshop progresses. A tent with the QR code to download the Home squat Home mobile app in Korean can be seen on the stage.

Show Time:

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

Korean Sign Language Interpreter gestures at Potent City Seoul. After darkness, a series of videos are projected onto the section of wall remaining of Oil Tank #6. These videos include: A welcome/ introduction to the event in Korean. A music video for My Carbon Body with Korean subtitles. A short documentary, Shadows We Cast, with Korean subtitles. and the Climate Action Series (Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet) in Korean All videos have Korean Sign Language (수어), performed live and also projected onto the wall beside the main video. Our onsite MC and app developer GunWoo Kim steps up to perform the Climate Karaoke between Midnight Mirror and Mo’s Closet.

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