Jungwoong Kim: Beyond Vision and Sound

Beyond Vision and Sound is a one-hour performance that begins with the act of leaving home and walks a path that imagines the experience of those who cannot see or hear.

Moving beyond sight and sound, Jungwoong Kim explores alternative ways of sensing while confronting life as a journey of suffering and resilience. Through slow, embodied movement, the work becomes a meditation on perception, empathy, and the courage to face pain moment by moment, inviting audiences to reflect on new ways of understanding both the body and the human experience.

Performance & Concept by Jungwoong Kim

Sound Design by Bhob Rainey

In conversation with co-creator Morgan Andrews & Germaine Ingram

Photo by James Wasserman

Beyond Sound and Vision takes place in Studio 34's intimate back space (Studio B) and will have limited seating. Reserve now—Walk-ins on show day may miss out!

For questions, please email: morgan@studio34yoga.com

Beyond Sound and Vision is an extension of Jungwoong Kim's Move By Faith—Not By Sight research sessions recently featured as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Both of these projects will feed into his next workshop series, I'm All Eyes and Ears—Every Molecule starting October 15. Click here for info and registration.

About the Arists:

Jungwoong Kim, born and raised in South Korea, has been a dance/performing artist, choreographer, curator, actor, theater choreographer and arts educator for 25 years. He is trained in Korean martial arts and traditional dance/ritual of Korean shamanism, which strongly inform his aesthetic and artistic vision.  Kim describes his practice as "a dynamic dialogue between my training and background in South Korean traditional dance and music and my embrace of western improvisation, especially Contact Improvisation, as a performance medium." His performance practice spans a spectrum of improvisational solos, durational ensemble work, site-specific engagement with visual and media artists, and characterizations for mainstage and experimental theater. He has performed with noted Contact Improvisors such as Karen Nelson and Christine Simpson. His work has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the Knight Foundation among other funders.

Bhob Rainey is a Philadelphia-based composer, saxophonist, and sound designer celebrated for his innovative contributions to contemporary, experimental, and improvised music. A recipient of the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts and co-founder of the influential improvisational duo nmperign, Rainey has garnered acclaim for his groundbreaking work across disciplines, including collaborations in theater, dance, and visual art. With performances and commissions spanning prestigious venues and festivals worldwide, his work continuously challenges boundaries of musical thought and instrumental technique.