2024, multi-channel video installation, variable size, commissioned by Seoul Museum of Arts
This project explores the relationships and possibilities between The Third Tongue and five other works featured in the special themed exhibition Fantasia of the Archives at the Art Archives SeMA. It investigates counter-narratives by creating new meanings through innovative connections and compositions of video footage collected without specific intent since the early 2000s.
Portraying Archives seeks to reveal the potential of fragmented video clips that remained hidden on hard drives, never forming a complete work. By applying various formal techniques to these once-dismissed videos—considered meaningless and passive—and giving them seemingly unrelated titles, this approach encourages viewers to form new connections in their subconscious, fostering thinking that transcends conventional boundaries.
Little Women – video sketch
3-channel video installation, HD, black and white, silent, 3:00
Filming Year: 2002
Filming Location: North Broadway Street, Chicago
Description:
Filmed the Chicago Pride Parade in 2002 near my home.
It is presumed to have been shot with a Canon Scoopic camera.
The Moving Finger
2-channel video installation, HD, color, sound, 2:40
Filming Year: 2006
Filming Location: Haeundae Beach, Busan
Description:
Filmed at Haeundae Beach during a moment of leisure after the NDIF project pitching at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival.
The title Moving Finger is borrowed from Agatha Christie’s novel.
Psychopeace
HD, Color, Sound, 2:50
Filming Year: 2014-2015
Filming Location: Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai
Description:
Filming of the Fairmont Peace Hotel across from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency during the stay.
The Lady from Shanghai – character sketch
2-channel installation, HD, sound, 3:30
Filming Year: 2012 / 2014-2015
Filming Locations: Jeju / Shanghai, Sichuan, Chongqing, and others
Description:
- 2012: Filming of Y, a friend from Shanghai, during her visit to Jeju Island
- 2014: Filming of Y, who lives in Shanghai, during my visit to China
The Seagull
HD, B&W, Silent, 6:00
Filming Year: 2014
Filming Location: Tiger Leaping Gorge, China
Description:
Footage of the fierce, yet monotonous, waves at Tiger Leaping Gorge in China.
The title Seagull is derived from Anton Chekhov’s play.
Self-Portrait: 2000-2008
Single-channel video installation, HD, Color, Sound, acrylic box, mobile phone, 4:49(loop), variable size.
Filming Year: 2008
Filming Location: Exhibition Hall, MMCA Changdong
Description: Uncut scene from Re-Search (2018).