"If you look straight ahead and open your arms, you can balance well.”
Installation view in Zwitschermachine, Berlin, 2022
Man muss die Balance halten (We must keep the balance) is a video produced in Berlin in 2017. That year, I moved from Seoul to Berlin. Berlin had people from various backgrounds, and many people were dreaming various dreams. As one of them, I also entered this city hoping to become an artist. But in reality, I had to learn German first. When my friends exhibited and worked in my hometown, it was difficult to accept the reality that I had to learn a new language like a child. But being a foreigner living abroad was my new identity, and I had to absorb this new identity given to me. I had to balance what I wanted and what I had to do. It’s hard to keep the balance in life, but let me try. - 2022, Berlin
Man muss die Balance halten, Video, 8m 41sec, 2017