Jaerin Son
Spring 2022 Co-MISSION Fellow
Jaerin Son is a director, puppet artist and set designer from Korea. Since moving to Chicago, she's been working with the Chicago Puppet Studio as a puppet maker and teaching artist. Her works include plays, experimental puppet theaters and installation arts. She believes a theater should be a space of overthrowing.
PROJECT AT LINKS HALL
Dogs or Cats; Augmented Body | June 2022
Dogs or Cats; Augmented Body is an interdisciplinary experimental puppetry show that combines bunraku-marionette puppetry and shadow puppetry. Based on Jaerin Son's immigration experiences, DC;AB tells the story of a female robot and her human physical therapist’s burgeoning friendship.
Artist Credits
Cast: Kelly Nesheim, Kevin Michael Wesson
Dramaturg & Translator: Jihye Kim
Composer: Ben Zucker
Assistant Director: Fletcher Pierson
Associate Producer: Jihyun Ha
Photos by Jovan Landry
