Lyrics 1, 2, 3
2013 - Film & Video (Film & Video)
2:39 minutes, 6:12 minutes, 3:21 minutes (looped)
siren eun young jung
Lyrics 1, 2, 3 is part of siren eun young jung Yeoseong Gukgeuk Project (2008–). The work closely follows first and second generations of Yeoseong Gukgeuk actresses, who later became an important source of inspiration for the artist. Formally, this genre of theater draws from Westernized aspects of traditional Korean music performance, as well as from adaptations of pansori , a Korean genre of musical storytelling, to create a staged version of traditional Korean opera. This genre of all-female traditional theater was widely popular in the 1950s before and after the Korean War. Yet, though Yeoseong Gukgeuk met considerable success, it gradually lost momentum after the 1960s. Today, this genre is almost extinct because it’s not being taught or invested in. The video work Lyrics 1, 2, 3 analyzes and reassembles images of the interiors and exteriors of the stages that were once occupied by first and second generation female Yeoseong Gukgeuk actresses So-ja Lee, Young-suk Cho, and Deung-woo Lee. Widely known as gadaggi , a villainous supporting role; sammai , a skilled person’s supporting role; and nimai , a leading role, these outstanding actresses playing male characters are seen getting ready offstage for their onstage performance. The work highlights their affection for the stage by focusing on their daily activities offstage, wandering through landscapes, discovering objects, remembering past moments, acting, and singing.
With a practice deeply engaged with feminism and LGBT rights issues, siren eun young jung reveals the subversive power of traditional culture, one unknown in the Korean modernization period, and provides unique perspectives and documentation of important communities. Through their long-term research projects bridging different generations of women, jung keenly addresses questions of gender as a norm of “becoming.” Their early works have examined the struggles of a younger generation of women against androcentrism and violent patriarchy and subsequent projects have addressed issues surrounding environmental change, human rights, activism, and homosexual rights. jung’s pivotal work Yeoseong Gukgeuk Project (2008–2016) engages the existing queer community in South Korea by focusing on Yeoseong Gukgeuk , an all-female traditional theater genre existing since the 1950s, after the Korean War. The ongoing project tells an empowering story of gender-becoming in the mid-20th century. Unveiling traditional yet subversive narratives that existed during the transitional period of a country moving towards a modern society and challenging the myth of Korean “andro-modernization” achieved by a rapid masculinism of national development.
Colors:
Related works sharing similar palette
© » GALERIE MAGAZINE
5 Museum Exhibitions to See in Miami During Art Basel - Galerie Subscribe Art + Culture Interiors Style + Design Emerging Artists Discoveries Artist Guide More Creative Minds Life Imitates Art Real estate Events Video Galerie House of Art and Design Subscribe About Press Advertising Contact Us Follow Galerie Sign up to receive our newsletter Subscribe Installation view of "Hernan Bas: The Conceptualists" at the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach...
© » SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
French artist’s sea-life sculptures amaze and terrify in Hong Kong exhibition at Tai Kwun | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement Art + FOLLOW Get more with my NEWS A personalised news feed of stories that matter to you Learn more French artist Jean-Marie Appriou with some of his sea-life sculptures at his exhibition “Magnetic” at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong...
© » ARTS EQUATOR
The ArtsEquator Logo Challenge: How Well Do You Know Your Southeast Asian Capitals? Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints January 22, 2019 Hands up if you’ve ever wondered what the ArtsEquator logo symbolises! 🙋 Few can identify all the Southeast Asian capitals represented by the red dots on the logo...
© » KQED
Charles Lee at SF Camerawork: Black Cowboys and Their Horses | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer The Do List SF Camerawork Show Honors the Relationship Between Black Cowboys and Their Horses Nia Coats Dec 13 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link An installation view of Charles Lee's show 'sweat + dirt' at SF Camerawork...
© » KADIST
Sharon Lockhart
2008Lockhart’s film Lunch Break investigates the present state of American labor, through a close look at the everyday life of the workers at the Bath Iron Works shipyard—a private sector of the U...
© » LENS CULTURE
In Pieces - Photographs by Sophia Bulgakova, Lia Dostlieva, Ola Lanko, Katia Motyleva and Kateryna Snizhko | Book review by Sophie Wright | LensCulture Feature In Pieces In this imaginative collection of photobooks “made with a child in mind,” five artists of Ukrainian descent explore the everyday heroism of life in wartime...
© » HYPERALLERGIC
10 Art Books to Add to Your Shelf This December Skip to content Kareem Khubchandani's Decolonize Drag , Sonya Clark's newest catalogue, and more books we're reading this December (photo Lakshmi Rivera Amin/ Hyperallergic ) If you’re shamefully counting the titles you didn’t get around to reading this year, know that you are not alone...
© » KADIST
Maya Watanabe
2021Maya Watanabe’s video installation Bullet unfolds within the context of the Peruvian justice and forensic systems...
© » ARTS EQUATOR
Pandemic in the Philippines: A cultural sector on its own | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles August 17, 2020 By Katrina Stuart Santiago (2,200 words, 8-minute read) When I was first asked to write about “cultural leadership” in the Philippines, I turned up a blank...
© » KADIST
Meschac Gaba
2010The headdresses, woven from artificial hair braids, symbolize historical icons including Martin Luther King, Kwame Nkrumah, Fela Kuti and King Guézo of Dahomey...