HWA RECORDS
Co-founded and co-led by Roger Kim, Saewon Oh, C.Ryu, & Kayla Tange
https://hwafirerecords.wixsite.com/my-site
Using somatic movement and performance techniques inspired from traditional Korean folk art practices, Hwa Records hosts free workshops that are intimate sessions of 7 participants for our Korean heritage and diaspora communities living in the United States. Hwa Records upholds a safe and completely private space for these members to process, meet, heal, and discuss topics of Korean Hwa (pent up emotions or rage in the body). Hwa Records provides space for the collective group to witness oral histories that are living and haunting in our bodies. We become witnesses and/or living records of these histories, even if they are not recorded in textbooks. We believe in the power of active listening to heal and piece together our own migrational truths. Hwa Records debuted in 2021, and was created during the Trump administration (2017-2021).
Hwa Record Premiere: Zoom workshops, July 15th - September 16th 2021
July 15th: Hwa Break Release
July 29th: Meeting our Hwa with Poisonous Plants
Aug 26th: Hwa Family Stories and Korean History Workshop
Sept 16th: Dancing Away the Patriarchy in your Family
*Funded through the Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art @the Frontier Grant, The Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry