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Twelve

Forum Expanded 2017
© Jeamin Cha
The South Korean Minimum Wage Commission is an entity that negotiates and decides the next year’s minimum wage. Established in 1978, the commission’s meetings have been held behind closed doors. Thus, we can only assume and imagine the discussion of the 2015 meeting to find out how the 2016 minimum wage was decided. That is, to understand a decision about the present, we have to look back to the situation of a past meeting where the future wage was negotiated. The scenario of the 3-channel video installation Twelve is based on the content of a 2015 meeting with reference to various documents. Twelve characters represent the twelve times of the meeting. In addition, a sequentially operating, repetitive machine movement is juxtaposed with the meeting scenes. The work emphasizes the fact that what is called formal, public, and a human discussion is being held only behind closed doors or in a private space, while simultaneously questioning what the future of a nation and its democracy should be.
by Jeamin Cha (Written and Directed by)
with Si Hyun Cho, Sook Hee Song, SungDae Yoon, Donghoon Lee, Yo Han Choi, An Young Shin, Jong Sup Hwang, Sang Jin Baik, Changwan Park, Hyunkwang Jin, Ji Hyun Jung, Hye Young Kim South Korea 2016 Korean 33' Colour

With

  • Si Hyun Cho
  • Sook Hee Song
  • SungDae Yoon
  • Donghoon Lee
  • Yo Han Choi
  • An Young Shin
  • Jong Sup Hwang
  • Sang Jin Baik
  • Changwan Park
  • Hyunkwang Jin
  • Ji Hyun Jung
  • Hye Young Kim

Crew

Written and Directed by Jeamin Cha
Cinematography Youngjik Cho
Sound Design Morceauxx J. Woo
Assistant Director Seung Namgung

Produced by

Jeamin Cha

Seoul, Korea

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Jeamin Cha

© Bryan Reinhart

Jeamin Cha is an artist based in Seoul whose practice spans film, performance, installation, and writing. Cha’s work deals with the relationship between the psychological, emotional, and physical. She approaches the reality of individuals through processes of field studies and notes personal interviews of hard-to-articulate experiences. Cha has participated in numerous group exhibitions and festivals and has recently held solo exhibitions at Ilmin Museum of Art, Salzburg Kunstverein, and Kadist San Francisco. Following Autodidact (2014) and Twelve (2016), this is her third participation in Forum Expanded.

Filmography

2013 Fog and Smoke · Trot, Trio, Waltz · Chroma-key and Labyrinth 2014 Autodidact · Hysterics 2016 Twelve 2018 On Guard · Almost One 2019 Sound Garden 2020 Ellie’s Eye · Working on the Chairs 2022 Maneuver in Place · Nameless Syndrome 2024 Photosynthesizing Dead in Warehouse

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