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Lakwon Park (b. 1940) on the Korean War, Life’s Big Choices, Love, Religion, and Death.
2023, Performance, 20:44 min.
Lakwon Park is invited to give a talk about his life at a university, hosted by his grandson Yoonsik. The two engage in dialogue across two dimensions, each reality intertwining with one another. Although Lakwon is present throughout, he refuses to present direct answers to the questions Yoonsik presents him with. This is a frustration Yoonsik has become long accustomed to. Some questions never get answers, and sometimes, alll that can be done is to keep asking into the void.
Archival footage available as single-channel video: link
* Supported by NYUAD Theater Program & NYUAD Art Gallery.
* Image documentation by Ilya Akimov, edited by artist.
* Video and sound documentation by Matthew Tan, edited by artist.
* Screened at College Art Association #112, Chicago, USA (2024); and Performance Studies international #29 - Assemble, London, UK (2024).
Particular thanks to Katia Arfara, Jonathan Pettigrew, Matthew Tan, Joanna Settle, Brídín Clements Cotton, Robert Deguzman, Michele Bambling, Myungki Baek, Majd Alloush.
Brochure for performance (front and back scan), inkject print on recycled-paper envelope, 7x10in.
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