Obang @ Be Bold Festival | Sat 7th Oct
Theatre for babies 6-16 months old
by UB and Ewen
presented by Be Bold Festival Brimbank
WHEN
Saturday 7th October 2023
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
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Festival Program Here
Booking Page Here
WHERE
The Bowery Theatre
33 Princess Street, St Albans VIC 3021
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DURATION
50 miute
COST
Free but booking is essential
ENQUIRY
hello@impermanenceproductions.com
ABOUT
Obang is a performative installation space designed for babies aged 6 to 16 months along with their care-givers and siblings and it is inspired by the traditional Korean concept of Obang. In this work, Obang refers to five primary colours and explores the spatial meaning of home.
You are invited to a Korean parent’s home for a meal. Together you will experience her daily life, including cooking, singing, washing and story-telling. Obang is a joyful and interactive experience featuring puppetry, story and free-play in an immersive environment.
Recommended age: For babies aged 6 to 16 months along with their care-givers and young siblings.
What is Obang in Korean Language?
There are five colors – known as ‘O-Bang (meaning ‘five direction’) Saek (meaning ‘color’) – which are considered especially significant as Korean color symbolism.
These five colors are blue, red, white, black, and yellow. You will find these colors to be prominent in ‘Hanbok’ (Korean traditional attire), Korean paintings, musical instruments and festivals, architecture, flags and traditional symbols, and food.
Not only do the five colors represent directions: east (blue), south (red), center (yellow), white (west) and north (black), they are also said to symbolize the ‘five elements of life’ according to traditional Korean teaching. The five elements of life are wood (blue), fire (red), earth (yellow), metal (white) and water (black). All of these elements – and all of these colors – were considered necessary for a healthy, prosperous, and long life. More recently, green has also come to be used commonly alongside the five original colors.
Credit
Co-creator, performer, installation design UB
Co-creator, performer, installation desgin Ewen
Lighting design Bronwyn Pringle
Sound design Dale Gorfinkel
Creative Producer & Marketing design Taka Takiguchi
Stage Manager/Lighting & Sound operator Celina Mack
Production photography ArtPlay
Promotional Video ArtPlay
Documentation Video Cobie Orga
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bowery Theatre and Creative Brimbank
City of Brimbank
Auspicious Arts Projects Inc.
ImPermanence Productions
CREDITS
Promotion Video: ArtPlay