sunday 29 march – 5 pm
FMAV – Palazzina dei Giardini – Modena
Geumhyung Jeong (KR)
Live demonstration tour
live action, première
The focus on Geumhyung Jeong extends from Bologna to Modena through the partnership between Live Arts Week and FMAV, expanding the gaze of an artist who questions the relationship between her body and technologies with a delicate obsession and strong sensuality.
Live demonstration tour is a performative action especially devised for Upgrade in Progress, the first solo exhibition of Geumhyung Jeong in Italy, where she interacts with the objects and mechanical devices forming the installation at Palazzina dei Giardini. The operations take place like in an anatomical theater of the future.
Geumhyung Jeong is a South Korea-based choreographer, visual and performance artist. She studied Acting at Hoseo University in Asan, Dance and Performance at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul and Animation Film at the Korean Academy of Film Arts in Seoul. Jeong’s work explores the potential of the body, its sensuality and its power to change its surroundings, combining languages and techniques from the fields of contemporary dance, performance, puppet theatre and the visual arts. Performances: Oil Pressure Vibrator, 7 ways, Fitness Guide, CPR Practice, Rehab Training, Homemade RC Toy. Exhibitions and installations: Private Collection: Unperformed Objects, Spa & Beauty. She has exhibited works and performed internationally at Tate Modern (London), Kunsthalle Basel, Liveworks Festival (Sidney), PuSh Festival (Vancouver), Atelier Hermes (Seoul), New Museum Triennial (New York), Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zurich), Delfina Foundation (London), SPIELART Festival (Munich), ImpulsTanz Festival (Wien), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Time-Based Art Festival (Portland), Kyoto Experiment, Taipei Arts Festival and many others. In 2016 was the winner of the Hermès Foundation Missulsang award, and in 2009 of the Excellence Award for Alternative Vision at the Seoul New Media Art Festival.
concept, performance Geumhyung Jeong
production FMAV