- Screening
Cosmos Ottinger movie program - Die koreanische Hochzeitstruhe
In cooperation with Kino Moviac, Baden-Baden
Dates
- Su 20.03., 17:00
Artists
- Ulrike Ottinger
Language
- German
Admission
To the exhibition
In South Korea, the wedding chest, a massive wooden box filled with festive fabrics, silver spoons, a decorated belt or beans with magical powers, is part of the rituals surrounding the marriage. Embedded in an invented myth about the incarnation and love of two ginseng roots, Ulrike Ottinger follows the astonishing and highly complex preparations for a modern Korean wedding in Seoul.
In "The Korean Wedding Chest", Ulrike Ottinger spreads out a colorful, seemingly exotic world. She takes the viewer on a journey through the wintry city and leads them to places and situations where traditional customs and rituals meet and intertwine with modern lifestyles and business models. Beautiful dresses, fascinating rituals and perfectly staged moments are all part of the experience. Nevertheless, Ottinger does not judge what she observes: "I arrived in Seoul one day and looked at everything, drove and walked around and, above all, looked. And that's exactly how I filmed. I used the camera to collect things that caught my eye." The result is a modern ethnographic fairy tale, a treasure trove of impressions and moods.
"When I opened a Korean email in the fall of 2007, I had no idea that only a short time later I would open a well-filled wonder box whose inspiring contents would become a movie. THE KOREAN WEDDING CHEST. Although this wooden chest, carefully packed, wrapped and tied according to ancient rules, follows tradition, or perhaps because of it, it provides amazing insights and perspectives on modern Korean society. It made me take a closer look at the old and new rituals to find out what is new in the old and old in the new. A modern fairy tale about the astonishing phenomenon of mega-cities emerging everywhere and their contradictory societies in a balancing act. Bon voyage to the present!" Ulrike Ottinger