The second premiere of the month in the Sophiensæle from April 25, 2024: Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim with Baby, I’m Sick Tonight. Using the means of stand-up, pop and performance, Olivia Hyunsin Kim and her team counteract prejudices and connect the cultural history of hysteria and body images to the contemporary performance, dance and theater scene.
From the perspective of a queer woman of color with chronic illnesses, Olivia Hyunsin Kim experiments with the stand-up comedy format. Together with other chronically ill artists, she looks for forms of self-empowering humor.
Current discourses critical of capitalism often romanticize or simplify people with chronic illnesses. They are read as resistant bodies that work against capitalism – for example through other …
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Image above: Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim: Baby, I’m Sick Tonight © Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė