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Seongji Jang(they/them), born in Seoul, is a stage and costume designer and video designer. After studying in animation at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul in 2013, they moved to Berlin and completed a bachelor's and master's degree in stage design at the Berlin University of the Arts under Prof. Hartmut Meyer and Prof. Janina Audick.

Seongji Jang designed stage and video works for Marie Schleef, such as for “Once I Lived With A Stranger” and “Kim Jiyoung, born 1982” at Schauspiel Köln and for “the Mushroom Queen” at Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg.

They also created video works in collaboration with Asarela Orchidia Dewi for “RISKANT. VÖGEL AUFSCHEUCHEN” at Ballhaus Naunynstraße and with Sascha Malina Hoffmann on the set and costume design for “ON/OFF WAVES” at the
Münchner Kammerspiele. The production was invited to the Körber Studio Junge Regie in 2024 and was shortlisted by the jury as one of the productions shown.

In the 24/25 season, Seongji Jang conceived and animated the video work of the installation performance BUTCHPOSITION (UA) and is part of the four-member production team at Staatstheater Darmstadt.

Seongjis artistic practice includes set and costume design, comics and hand-drawn animation, researches related to gender, queerness and memory.

In 2022, Seongji Jang's project “metamorphoses of women” was funded by
NEUSTART KULTUR- Residenzförderung des Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.

Education

BA/MA Universität der Künste Berlin | Bühnenraum — 2014-2021
BA Korean University of Arts | Animation — 2008-2013

Work

2024

Video Butchposition(Direction: Sascha Malina Hoffmann) at Staatstheater Darmstadt

Scenography, Costume On Waves(Direction: Sascha Malina Hoffmann) at Werkraum, Münchner Kammerspiele

2023

Scenography, Video Kim Jiyoung, geboren 1982 (Direction: Marie Schleef) at Schauspiel Köln

Video RISKANT. VÖGEL AUFSCHEUCHEN (Direction: Asarela Orchidia Dewi) at Ballhaus Naunynstraße

Video The Mushroom Queen (Direction: Marie Schleef) at Schauspielhaus Hamburg

2022

Scenography, Video Once I Lived with a Stranger (Direction: Marie Schleef) at Schauspiel Köln

Scenography assistence Symphony Of Intimacies Performance of Nguyễn + Transitory at Radialsystem Berlin

Research „metamorphoses of women“ NEUSTART KULTUR- Residenzförderung des Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.

2021

Scenography Alcina (Direction: Barbara Beyer) at Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Scenography Freak show (Direction: Sina Eslami)

2020

Scenography, Costume Geh-Fühle (Direction: Oana Cirpanu, Sandra Rasch) Cooperationsprojekt RambaZamba und Banda Agita at Gripstheater

2019

Scenography, Costume Murmel Murmel (Direction: Katka Schroth) at Schauspielschule Chalottenburg

2018

Scenography Onshore at Southampton (Direction: Danting Chen) Film
Scenography Trois femmes (Direction: Frank Hilbrich) at Uni.Ttheater

2017

Scenography Theatre lovers (Direction: Saddiq Abubakar) Film
Costume Die Ermordung des Kaisers Elagabal (co-work with Charlotte Rueter) (Direction: Lara M. Tacke) at BAT Studiotheater

2016

Costume Elektrakomplex (Direction: Lara M. Tacke) at BAT Studiotheater
Scenography, Poster and credits design Der Spatz (Direction: Ma Sai, Filmuniversität Babelsberg)

2015

Monthly comic series <독일유배기>, Webzine Bigfrog — 2015-2016
Monthly comic series <말하는 네모>, Webzine 인디안밥— 2015

before 2014

Screenplay, Concept, Production <Farewell, summer> (Direction: Seongji Jang) — 2013

INDIE-ANIFEST 2014 10TH KOREAN INDEPENDENT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL : THE STORY OF A FAMILY

KURZFILMWANDERUNG 2014

INDIEJÚNIOR 2014, INDIELISBOA 2014

PISAF2014 ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION 2014

8TH KUKI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH BERLIN, BEST OF KUKI 2015

LITTLE KMBO< PROMENONS-NOUS AVEC LES PETITS LOUPS> 2016

EL BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL KUKI 8 - ANIMACIÓN PARA NIÑOS 2016

Monthly comic series <바삭바삭>, Webzine <인디안밥> — 2012-2013

Character design <how shall we live?> (Jonghoon Lee, Minhee Jang, Seongji Jang) — 2011

Screenplay, Concept, Production <Raindrops> (Direction: Seongji Jang) — 2010

Screenplay, Concept, Production <뾰족뾰족별> (Direction: Seongji Jang) — 2008

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