Speaking Body
2024~
3-channel video installation, FHD, B&W, silent, (L)32m 8s, (M)36m 45s, (R)38m 5s, loop, prompter brackets, monitors, printed matters
Dimension variables
Speaking Body delivers the stories of individuals who are trying to work less and question the productivist tendencies in life. The three participants are intersectional in that they are women, cultural workers, and temporary or part-time employees. They answer approximately 30 questions about their current work experience, their attitudes toward work, their attempts to work less, refusal to work, the relationship between work (productivity) and home (reproductivity), and their ideals and demands. "What are you refusing?" is a key question asked twice, once in relation to production at work, and again in relation to women's reproductive labor. Their words appear on teleprompters positioned outside the stage. The screens display the text at the speed of the interviewee’s speech, as if it were a script for an audience on the stage. This establishes a relationship between the interviewee and the audience, as not only speaker and listener, but also involved parties and their representatives.
Participants: Chojeongsu, L, Ant
Video editing: Route 254
Questions for Speaking Body (Ant):
-What do you do?
-How did you come to do your work?
-have gender influences your choice of work?
-What are the positive aspects of your work? What are the negative aspects?
-Have you ever experienced physical or mental exhaustion from work?
-What is the worst situation you can imagine at work?
-Do you do any unpaid work?
-Who do you work for?
-What does work mean to you?
-What have you given up because of your work?
-What do you do when you’re not working?
-How do you feel about how others evaluate or misunderstand your attitude toward work?
-Have you ever felt that you no longer want to work like this?
-Can you currently choose to work less?
-How would you feel if you were unable to work?
-If you had more non-work time, what would you like to spend it on?
-What are you currently refusing to do?
-What is the relationship between your current work and your family, either current or future?
-What is most important in your life?
-If you don't want to date, could you explain why?
-If you don't want to get married, could you explain why?
-If sex is not important to you, could you explain why?
-If you don't want to have or raise children, could you explain why?
-If you don't want to consume, what is the reason?
-Then, how can you live a long life without feeling lonely?
-What are you currently refusing?
-If another world were possible without any restrictions, what would your ideal world?
-What do you want to leave behind in this world?