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Flowing Violence: and be our body, multi-sensory installation

흐르는 폭력: 그리고 한 몸으로, 멀티센서리 설치


a drink dispenser filled with water with hints of iron and smoke, blue gel light filter, fog with scent of blood and ashes, dimensions variable, Dec 2024



<흐르는 폭력 Flowing Violence>은 한국계 미국인 시인 김경희와의 협업으로 제작된 멀티센서리(multi-sensory) 설치 작업이다. 시간과 국경을 초월하는 전지구적 물의 흐름과 연결되어 함께 흐르는 폭력을 다룬다. 한국전쟁 학살 희생자들을 태운 재, 한강에 갓난 아기와 투신하려던 할머니의 피눈물, 그리고 현재 이루어지는 폭력의 현장에서 흐르는 모든 잔여물들이 흘러 ‘우리’의 몸에 닿는 순간을 상상하도록 이끈다.


Flowing Violence (2024) is a multimedia installation made in collaboration with Korean American poet Kyunghee Kim. It invites the audience to imagine how silenced violence may flow with water, reaching the land and the bodies we live in, transcending borders and time.

The installation component of the work, and be our body (2024), features fog and drinkable water in a fountain which is commonly used in a party or celebration in the United States. The fog is immediately absorbed into the skin of the entering audience. This fog carries a layered scent of blood, smoke, bullets, and burnt ashes. The audience is encouraged to drink the water, which contains iron supplements and liquid smoke. These subtle yet palpable hints of violence, represented through different forms of water, surround and circulate within the bodies of the audience – everyday, and therefore, inevitably. In this way, the audience becomes an integral part of the flow, sensing that their bodies are intertwined with the flow of violence.











Installation by Okyoung Noh
Scent layerd by Roland Derin Deschain
Work inspired by a conversation with Seunga You