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Sewing into Walking – Istiklal Cadessi (Turkey)

Sewing into Walking – Istiklal Cadessi (Turkey)

2 Channel Video
17:11 loop, Stereo Sound(Street Sound, Tibetan Monk Chant)
Istanbul, Turkey
Edition of 4 plus 2 artist's proofs

1997

Deductive Object – Dedicated to My Marriage

Deductive Object – Dedicated to My Marriage

Fragments of Fabric from Used Clothes and Bedcovers

1997

Installation at The 5th International Istanbul Biennale: On life, beauty, translations and other difficulties, Istanbul, Turkey

Cities on the Move – 2727 Kilometers Bottari Truck

Cities on the Move – 2727 Kilometers Bottari Truck

Performance Video
Single Channel, 7:33 loop, Silent
Edition of 2 plus 1 artist's proof

The original performance took place in the context of the project, "Cities On the Move", and illustrated the special state of mind of people who are forced due to their life circumstances to move their homes again and again. The resulting special relationship to space and time, typical for migrants, which is usually hard to comprehend for non-migrants, becomes especially apparent in the “Bottari Truck“. The artist described it as follows: ’ “Bottari Truck” is a processing object throughout space and time / locating and dislocating / ourselves to the place / where we came from / and where we are going to.’1There are few works, which focus on the topic of migration and how it seizes people again and again in the same way,with such precision, yet, without falling into any kind of the ideology. Bottaris are bundles, in which Korean people, in particular women, are traditionally tying together their belongings in cloths, to take with them when moving–out of necessity or voluntarily-to another place. The cloths are usually bed cloths or bedspreads, given as the traditional Korean wedding gift. Thus they are closely bound to their owners, often accompany them until the end of their life, also because the motifs, inserted into the cloths,represent the well wishes of the giver, which are hoped to be fulfilled during the course of life.


원작 퍼포먼스는 〈떠도는 도시들〉 프로젝트의 맥락 안에서 수행되었으며, 삶의 조건에 의해 반복적으로 거처를 옮겨야 하는 사람들의 특별한 심리 상태를 드러내는 작업이었다. 이러한 이주민 특유의 시간·공간에 대한 감각은 그것을 경험해보지 못한 이들에게 이해하기 어려운 부분이 있음에도 불구하고, 〈보따리 트럭〉에서는 그것이 유난히 명확하게 드러난다. 작가는 이를 다음과 같이 설명한다.
“보따리 트럭은 시간과 공간을 가로지르는 과정적 오브제이며, 우리가 어디에서 왔는지, 어디로 가는지를 끊임없이 위치시키고 이탈시키는 존재이다.”
이주 문제를 다루면서도 어떤 이념적 입장에도 기울지 않은 채, 이주가 사람들에게 반복적으로 다가오는 방식을 이토록 정확하게 포착한 작품은 드물다.
보따리는 한국에서, 특히 여성들이 이동할 때 자신의 소지품을 천으로 싸서 묶어 가지고 다니던 전통적 방식이다. 보통 신혼부부의 침구나 혼수로 받은 이불보 등이 사용되며, 이러한 보따리들은 주인의 삶 전체를 함께하는 경우가 많다. 그 천에 새겨진 문양들은 선물을 준 이가 품은 길상적 염원을 담고 있으며, 삶의 여정 속에서 그 소망이 이루어지기를 바라는 마음을 표현한다.

1997

A Laundry Field

A Laundry Field

Used Korean Bedcovers
Variable

1997

Installation at Kimsooja, A Laundry Field — Sewing into Walking. Looking into Sewing, Oakville Galleries, Ontario, Canada

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothing
Dimensions Variable

1997

Installation at Kimsooja, Deductive Object, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, Solo Exhibition

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

Used Korean Bedcovers
Dimensions Variable

1997

Installation at Setagaya Art Museum Group Exhibition

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