Seoul-born performer, maker, searcher
퍼포먼스, (리)서치 🔦, 매개(媒介)
BA Yonsei University, Comparative Literature
MFA Smith College, Choreography & Performance (current)
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Seoul-born performer, maker, searcher
퍼포먼스, (리)서치 🔦, 매개(媒介)
BA Yonsei University, Comparative Literature
MFA Smith College, Choreography & Performance (current)
ALL
CHOREOGRAPHY
PERFORMANCE
FACILITATION
(Re)SEARCH
Verbs on the screen are fragments from censored parts of a film script. Verbs associated either with women, female ghosts, animals, Buddhist rituals written into scenes for Lady Hong the Beauty (1969), directed by South Korean auteur Kim Ki-Young.
The deletes and edits were made for the “concern that they will harm public order and standard of decency,” according to the censorship committee set up by Park Chung Hee’s military junta (1961-1979)
Bonebag is a collection of scenes made with rituals and gestures derived from censored verbs, our attempt to breathe life into what was redacted, silenced
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This solo dance was crafted in dialogue with found material: avatar dances developed by SK Telecommunications company, one of the largest conglomerates that contributed to rapid modernization of South Korea, Citizen's Exercise with commands by Yun Geun-rim, Korean Army Exercise choreographed by Yu Geun-rim, and text translated from Korean to English from commercials made during Park Chung Hee's presidency. "I've been thinking about control" premiered at Smith College on December 14th, 2023.
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