In the end, a good life

This event was a public program organized in conjunction with the artwork In the end, a good life by Women with Disabilities Empathy, Disable Women’s Theatre Group 〈Dancing Waist〉, a participating artist group in the 10th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Eu Zên.

Women with Disabilities Empathy, Disable Women’s Theatre Group 〈Dancing Waist〉 established in 2003, aims to express the lives and human rights of such women with Disabilities. Through critical and participatory dramas, often crossing the border between the stage and the audience, 〈Dancing Waist〉 attempts to communicate with and criticize the world. Through the disabled women’s bodily experiences, they create their own unique movements and body language. Through these creative projects, they try to meet other social minorities. Ultimately, through these practices, they suggest a movement that may change the world. 〈Dancing Waist〉 has organized educational, theatrical, and performative programs. Selected projects are Suddenly (2003), Ten Fingers Ten Toes (2010), Turtle Radio (2011), Germination: the Bud of Independence (2014), Turtle Radio 3 (2015) and Radio of Flooding Complaints (2017).

In the end, a good life is a project in progress; the work itself consists of the processes involved, not striving for completion. Women with disabilities are permitted access to a limited extent in public spaces. In these spaces, it is difficult for them to attain independence or autonomy. In this biennale, 〈Dancing Waist〉 rejects the exhibition of the bodies of the disabled women and demonstrates their voices, bodies and spaces. In the end, a good life is a performance that raises questions on the body and normality, art and specialty. The total duration of the performance covers the entire process, from setup and preparation to the wrap-up.