BE MY GUEST - 돼라 내 손님이 - SEI MEIN GAST

•  SYNOPSIS 

  
  “Be My Guest 돼라 내 손님이 Sei Mein Gast”
  is a performance that uses filmmaking as its foundation to question the hierarchy embedded in the relationship between host and guest. The work takes place on an actual film set and uses errors that occur during the shooting process as a medium to explore the boundaries between social norms and exclusion.
  
  The piece reconstructs the presence of the “unwelcome guest,” who appears to be welcomed on the surface but is ultimately pushed aside and rejected. This dynamic reflects how migrants and minorities are often regarded as a kind of “error” within social systems. Inspired by the concept of KopFino (Head Cinema), the work uses cinematic techniques such as cuts, retakes, and shifts in perspective. Unexpected errors that emerge during filming, along with repeated acts of correction, form a structure that reveals how social norms define errors and how those definitions shape the exclusion or inclusion of marginalized people.
  
  The 2024 presentation in Berlin focused on the perspectives of Asian migrant women, while the 2025 presentation in Seoul expanded the viewpoint through the voices of multinational protagonists, reconsidering the meaning of migration and the structural contradictions within social systems.
  
  After completing the performances in both cities, the project is now in the film editing stage.      

•  FULL CREDITS 

  
  Performance - 임지애 Jee-Ae Lim, 
  Maricarmen Gutiérrez Castro, Mmakgosi Kgabi 
  Cinematography / Lighting - Greta Markurt 
  Sound / Music - Jimmy Sert 지미 세르
  Editorial Design - 김정연 Jungyun Kim
  Stage Manager - 양정현 Jeong-hyun Yang
  Camera & Lighting Assistant - 방형권 Hyungkwon Paul Phang
  Script / Concept / Visualization / Direction - 
  박종빈 Jongbin Park, 박재평 Jae-Pyung Park
  
  Part of the 2025 Seoul Marginal Theatre Festival
  Organized by Lost Theater
  Co-organized by Seoul Marginal Theatre Festival
  
  Supported by
  Seoul Metropolitan Government
  Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
  Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Arts Support Program (Interdisciplinary Art)