Sounds of Ji-ôk [Hell] is a retrospective sound that conveys the historical activities of Community Space Litmus. Through the form of a radio drama, Sounds of Ji-ôk documents cultural diversity issues and Litmus’s ongoing processes of forming cultural relations since its 2007 inception in Wongok-dong in Ansan, an area so-called “Little Asia” for its density of migrants. After interviewing five former directors of Litmus, they plan to edit it into five installments, each installment containing a former director’s mission and specific activities at Litmus. “Ji-ôk” is a pun, and the result of overidentification of local (Ji-yŏk) phobias prevalent in the society. The idea that process-oriented art is simply replaced by “local activity” and that this signals an adaptation to certain primitive passion is kind of a self-mocking complaint of today’s flattened perspective. However with accepting the cliche of local art, they rather willingly attempt to pleasure with becoming them. In the drama one related to Litmus would simulate the historical voice of him/herself or companies as an amatuer actor. This work might be the raw sounds resonating from Ji-ôk/Ji-yŏk.
“Episode 1: Dangerous Crossroads”, 2016. radio drama. 23 min 24 sec. Scenario: Ahyoung Song, Starring: Qrator, Soohyun Koo, Jee Song, Mokyeon Yoo
“Episode 2: A Broken Triangle”, 2016. radio drama. 25 min 52 sec. Scenario: Qrator, Starring: Soohyun Koo, Jee Song, Daewoong Ahn, Mokyeon Yoo
“Episode 3: Being on the move”, 2016. radio drama. 31 min 5 sec. Scenario: Ahyoung Song, Starring: Soohyun Koo, Jee Song, A-young Song, Daewoong Ahn, Jaemin Jung, Gu ni Jang
“Episode 4: As the White Dragon Flies”, 2016. radio drama. 40 min 5 sec. Scenario: Qrator, Starring: Soohyun Koo, Taekyun Kim, Jea H. Rieu, Jee Song, Daewoong Ahn, Cameo: Bokyung Koo, Eunha Kim, Hyeonji Kim, Kyunji Kim, Dongmin Lee, Ganggyu Lee, Jiye Bang
“Episode 5: WONGOK PRET-A-PORTER”, 2016. radio drama. 36 min 6 sec. Scenario: A-young Song, Qrator, Starring: Soohyun Koo, Taedeog Ghim, Jea H. Rieu, Jee Song, Mokeun YI, Daewoong Ahn, Qrator, Gu ni Jang
