In addition to presenting works by young Japanese and South Korean artists on the theme of “family” from a queer perspective, this special exhibition included a streamed talk featuring guest experts from a wide range of fields including a queer cinema scholar, family law researcher, and a Korean film director. Becoming a father; becoming a husband; opening one’s heart to another and forming a “family”: with a feeling of estrangement from such simple life goals, three artists born and raised in Japan and South Korea in the early 90s use a variety of methods to express their own interpretation of “family.” The new approaches to family and questions for contemporary society as expressed in their diverse genres of sculpture, photography and documentary video not only resonate with queer people, but also tie into the reality faced by many in today’s society.
Terada Kento
Primarily through performance and photography, Kento’s creative practices follow the radical feminist statement that “the personal is political,” driven by his interest in bio-politics in which people’s behavior and thought are determined through various societal norms relating to sex and birth identity.
Sanghyun Park
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