Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall | Exhibition

Seoul Art Space Geumcheon Exhibition Space

57 Beoman-ro 15-gil Geumcheon-gu Seoul Seoul 08583 South Korea COPY Direction

Event Date: End 2023-12-23 10:00 ~ 2024-01-04 18:00

Project Key : #intersection, #queer, #Film/Video, #Installation

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Tang Han, Still from Ginkgo and Other Times, 2023, 4K UHD, colour, sound, 15 min. Courtesy of the artist.

Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall | Exhibition

Seoul Art Space Geumcheon Exhibition Space

57 Beoman-ro 15-gil Geumcheon-gu Seoul Seoul 08583 South Korea COPY Direction

Event Date: End 2023-12-23 10:00 ~ 2024-01-04 18:00

Project Key : #intersection, #queer, #Film/Video, #Installation

https://geumcheon.blogspot.com/
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Backstroke (or back crawl), next to butterfly, is one of the most difficult swimming strokes to master. In their initial positions, the swimmers performing the backstroke lie flat on their backs, supported by the body of water. Legs extended backwards. Arms and fingertips stretched in the forward movement. Direction? Unknown. ‘Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall’ cannot see where they are going. They are unaware of the upcoming dangers that lie ahead of them; unaware of the waterfall that they are heading towards.

But what if we see this waterfall not as an upcoming catastrophe but as a hopeful rupture? As an alternative, non-linear temporality meant to challenge the heteronormative, anthropocentric view of history? Here, the back crawl represents an intentional refusal of the past to arrive at a new, queer future – the swimmers look away from the expectations and limitations employed by the past and turn towards a bright, blue sky. What will they see there?

Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall⁣
December 23, 2023 ― January 4, 2024︎⁣
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Participating ︎Artists: Zheng Bo, Lee Sop Cho, Tang Han, Park Wunggyu, TJ Shin, Woo Min Jung︎⁣
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Visitor Information⁣
· Open from Monday to Sunday / 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM⁣
· Free admission / No parking available⁣
· No reservation needed, walk-ins welcome⁣
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Accepted 2023-12-20 09:07

*This program is subject to change by the Organizer's reasons, so please refer to the website or the Organizer's notice for more information.
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Activity Area : Local/Town Space

Contacts/Email : Join us for Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall⁣, an exhibition exploring the intersection of art and queer ecologies. Let's all swim backstroke!..

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Contacts/Email : Join us for Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall⁣, an exhibition exploring the intersection of art and queer ecologies. Let's all swim backstroke!