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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.59,0:00:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[KIMSOOJA]\NIn this video, I'm facing the nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.06,0:00:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and behind is the human\Nwatching me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.94,0:00:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My arm is totally outstretched\Nonto the nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.52,0:00:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My desire is abandoned,\Nand my will is abandoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.96,0:00:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that duration of performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.54,0:00:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I experience\Na certain transcendence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.68,0:00:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.73,0:00:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully\Naudience does too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.76,0:00:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was, in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.84,0:00:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking of doing kind of\Na walking performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.96,0:00:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't know exactly where\Nand how.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.36,0:01:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we just walked around the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.64,0:01:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city more than an hour,\Njust walking and walking
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.72,0:01:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walking, and then I arrived\Nto Shibuya area, where so many
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.56,0:01:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people were passing by.\Nand I was totally overwhelmed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.92,0:01:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the crowds around me,\Nand my body was full of energy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.12,0:01:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accumulated by this walking\Nand thinking of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.12,0:01:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at that moment, I aware the–\Nthe distinction between my body
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.72,0:01:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the crowd in the street,\Nand I had to stop there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.72,0:01:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just couldn't walk anymore.\NI had to stop there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.40,0:02:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first video using my own body
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.60,0:02:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a symbolic needle was \N"A Needle Woman" in Tokyo, '99.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.20,0:02:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is like– almost like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.40,0:02:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting, inserting, a needle\Nonto the earth, in a way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.52,0:02:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's more about my energy\NI had at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.16,0:02:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My system is very much rooted to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.92,0:02:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of sewing, that\Nuses the needle onto fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.48,0:02:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to a conclusion that\NI can be a needle woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.40,0:02:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.04,0:03:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm using the pedestrians\Npassing moment as slow motion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.52,0:03:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if they are weaved through\Nmy body as a needle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.48,0:03:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about showing my identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.12,0:03:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it should be from\Nbehind, not to show my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.24,0:03:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The camera lens is my eyes, that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.68,0:03:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sees my back,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.15,0:03:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sees the\Nother people in front of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.97,0:03:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is three different perspectives in my\NNeedle Woman performances.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.28,0:03:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work, in a way, has never
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.76,0:03:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been completed as a single\Npiece, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.64,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've thought always my work is\Nin transition,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always in process.\NI can ever really finalize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.20,0:04:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is completed,"\Nor, "This is finished."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.12,0:04:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever I have a new question,\NI would always like to continue
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.84,0:04:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see through different\Nperspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.40,0:04:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Korea, we lived in a house\Nwith a straw roof and very cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.56,0:04:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really, really cold.\NAnd even though we had a stove
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.76,0:04:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the room, when I woke up in\Nthe morning, there was frost all
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.28,0:04:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over on the wall around the\Nroom, and I'd been scratching
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.88,0:04:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of it, making, like,\Nlines and drawings on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.48,0:04:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that's my first\Ndrawing piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.04,0:04:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chuckles]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.04,0:05:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always discover artistic\Nquestions and answers from our
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.64,0:05:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daily life activities.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.32,0:05:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bottari" was one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.80,0:05:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bottari in Korean means\N"Bundle."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.64,0:05:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually we carry it whenever we\Nhave precious things to keep.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.52,0:05:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottari as a three-dimensional\Nsculpture, it was at P.S.1 Studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.48,0:05:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I looked back and there was a\Nbottari, which
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.52,0:05:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made but didn't realize\Nbefore, because I'd been always
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.92,0:05:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having these bottaris
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.49,0:05:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stack and to keep fabrics in it. \NAnd that bottari
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.04,0:05:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked totally\Ndifferent from the ones before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.84,0:06:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first discover bottari in different formalistic way of\Nsculpture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.74,0:06:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started those for some time, \Nlike a couple of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.64,0:06:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then when I returned to Korea, where \Nthe bottari is our reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.85,0:06:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started seeing them\Nin a different way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.64,0:06:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more realistic way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.91,0:06:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bottari that is more social-, cultural-related object rather\Nthan formalistic sculpture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.20,0:06:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't realize until I did this\N"Cities on the Move" Bottari Truck Performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.89,0:06:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how actually my bottaris are very much\Nrooted to my family history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.04,0:06:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were always on the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.92,0:07:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father, because of the Korean\NWar, he had to go to military,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.20,0:07:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he stayed in military service.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.00,0:07:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always had to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.64,0:07:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's part of our family
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.56,0:07:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,history that had a little bit\Nof a nomadic life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.29,0:07:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Laundry Woman" installation with Tibetan monk chant...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.76,0:07:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that examine the audience's body
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.36,0:07:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a needle that weaves through\Nthe laundry field.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.64,0:07:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use used bedcovers from newly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.68,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,married couples that has all\Nthe symbols and embroideries
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all wishes we want to carry\Nin our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.84,0:08:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as long life, love, peace,\Nand fertility.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.80,0:08:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[faint chanted music playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.76,0:08:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was invited to create
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.44,0:08:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new set-specific project\Nin Brussels.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.32,0:08:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a perfect installation for\Nthat space, I thought of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.76,0:08:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lotus: Zone of Zero."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.52,0:08:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sound you hear in this piece
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.96,0:08:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a mixture of Tibetan monk\Nchant, Gregorian chant,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.92,0:08:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Islamic chant.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.04,0:08:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zone of Zero is a \Ncentral location where
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.62,0:08:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the audience\Nperceives the three different
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.76,0:09:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious chants merged together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.61,0:09:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[merged chanted music playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.94,0:09:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used Buddhist lotus-shape\Nlanterns in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.84,0:09:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a train station\Nconnected to the space,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.12,0:09:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many people walking by,\Nyou know, through every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.56,0:09:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the morning and coming back\Nin the evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.68,0:09:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's like a repeated ceremony\Nof peace for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.84,0:09:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw the crystal palace a few\Nyears before.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.00,0:09:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was really struck by the\Nbeauty of that structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.44,0:09:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to do something.\Nand I started thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.36,0:09:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This space should be empty,\Nand use it as space itself."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.12,0:10:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By not really creating something\Nphysical inside, but putting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.94,0:10:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diffraction grating film\Nthat defuses the light into rainbow spectrum,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.49,0:10:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then put mirror all over the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.56,0:10:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,floor that reflects the whole\Nstructure of the Crystal Palace.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.08,0:10:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are invited to this space\Nthat is filled with my breathing sound in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.35,0:10:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in and out is another
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.52,0:10:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way of weaving and\Nanother way of sewing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.92,0:10:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see the crystal palace piece as a \Nbottari of light and sound
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.40,0:10:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reflection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.36,0:10:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always try to find a transcendent\Nmoment in space within my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.16,0:11:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My intention is to reach to the\Ntotality of our life and in art.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.40,0:11:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's always one reason\Nmy practice is quite broad
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.68,0:11:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and diverse:\Nto reach that complexity
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.00,0:11:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and comprehensiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.36,0:11:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know in the end
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.28,0:11:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I could reach,\Nbut I would like to get to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.64,0:11:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comprehensive totality\Nin my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.98,0:11:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[the sound of one person\NInhaling and exhaling playing]
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