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Sifa 2023: Talking rice cookers in Jaha Koo’s Cuckoo tell South Korea’s dark history
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South Korean artist Jaha Koo presents Cuckoo as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF RADOVAN DRANGA
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SINGAPORE – Talking rice cookers take centre stage in Jaha Koo’s Cuckoo and they do more than croon that your rice is ready. These ones smile, sing songs and deliver a dose of social commentary.
“I find them quite beautiful objects. But I wanted to develop their speaking, expression and emotional skills,” says the South Korean artist, who will perform with his modified Cuckoo-brand cookers at the Drama Centre Black Box on May 27 and 28 as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa).
