JANG Sumi’s participatory performance proposes an encounter between the individual body and the social phenomenon as a sensorial subject. The performer’s body exists as a medium in the process of embodiment. Various senses intra-act with each other, as the remnants of inner space-time and present stimuli of external space-time intertwine. The collective sensorial act shaped by the performer’s experience explores the process of forming a shared belief with the audience in a way unfamiliar to the cultural grammar of the place.
Jang Sumi’s performance takes place on Wednesday September 4, 4pm, and on Saturday September 7, 12pm.
Frieze LIVE 2024 is presented in partnership with DYAD, a private members’ club launching in the heart of Cheongdam in 2025.
Credits
Artist: JANG Sumi
Performer: Kim Hyunjin, Kwon Lyoneun, Im Eunjoung, Yoo Jiyoung, Kyung Jieun, Lee Yun, Lee Sawyer, Hoh Sunguk, Jeon Eunseo, Jang Sumi
Sound Artist: Park Mint
Dramaturg: Kim Jungah
About the artist
JANG Sumi (b. 1973) performatively studies unlimited-sensorial relationships between affect, embodiment and physicality within the environment. Her work Philia, Tuning, scream es-say, Dead-body Being, Queering Voice_sensing and togethering, Oblique sensation; has been presented at Zurich Theatre Spectacle, Theater Freiburg, SPAF, Festival Heidelberg, Berlin Art Week, Sophiensaele Berlin, Uferstudios Berlin, LIG Art Center Seoul and DMZ Art Project. She lives and works between Seoul and Berlin.