Soojin Chang
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Soojin Chang is a California-born, Glasgow-based performance artist, art director and filmmaker.[1][2]
Notable works include the animated visuals provided for Brooklyn-based musician Shilpa Ray’s track “Burning Bride[3] and the State of Possession – Performance at the ICA in London which provided support for the band These New Puritans.[4][5]
Chang is known for their use of shock tactics and taboo to gain attention; involving nudity, violence and ethnography. An example of this is evident in a Jerwood Survey commission, where their film ‘Bxby’ included sensitive footage of ‘deer being culled and images of cervical self-experimentation done at the artist’s home.’ The work caused institutional unrest, and was censored by the Leeds Art Gallery. At this time, a mediator was hired to work through communication issues among the artist and their collaborators. In response, ‘the artist decided to work on a piece that questions censorship and the role of Western art institutions in shaping ethical values and depictions of violence.’[6]
Biography
[edit]Chang was born in San Francisco, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where she studied English. She graduated from the MFA program at the Glasgow School of Art. [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Soojin Chang (California, 1991)". Soojin Chang.
- ^ "Iceland with filmmaker Soojin Chang". The Wild Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Laura, Mahot (6 November 2015). "EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: 'BURNING BRIDE,' SHILPA RAY". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Paul, Moody (18 March 2019). "THESE NEW PURITANS SPEAK ON THEIR EXPERIMENTAL ICA EVENT". Another Man. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "21-MARCH-2019 : INSIDE THE ROSE : A PUBLIC VIEW : LIVE AT THE ICA". These New Puritans. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "SOOJIN CHANG, on animacy & non-hierarchical encounters". Clot Magazine. 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Soojin Chang". Girls Club Asia. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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