Young-jun Tak: I need to switch myself
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COMA is pleased to present a solo exhibition, titled I need to switch myself, by Berlin-based artist Young-jun Tak (b. 1989, South Korea), on view 1 – 30 March, 2024 in the Darlinghurst gallery. This is the artist’s first solo presentation with COMA.
Rooted in his South Korean background and queer identity, the filmic and sculptural works of Berlinbased Young-jun Tak (b. 1989) address a global rise in religious and politically led polarization, leading to shifts including an increase in homophobia. Looking at our communal spaces—from those of clubbing to holy worship—his practice explores how populist patriotism drives forward new behavioral restrictions in a posttruth era.
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Young-jun Tak
Space, body, body, space, 2024
lenticular print, dibond, wood, edition 1 of 5
22.5 x 40 x 2.5 cm 8 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 1 inchesTwo pairs of queer bodies move and wraith, elegantly distorting their limbs to the beat of their surrounding structures, a Church, Kirche am Südstern, and a queer club, SchwuZ, in Berlin. To produce this film, two choreographers and two dancers were paired to compose an original dance for a church and a queer club. Each pair was assigned a different Bach piano piece for four hands. After days of rehersals and when the performances were complete, their designated venues were swapped. Forced to reprogram their chereography on the day they arrived, each artist changed and adapted their movements to fit the mould of their new architectural surroundings. Tak utilises this experiment, the performers sensitive bodies and corporela movements, to spotlight the heteronormaty of architecture and place, emphaising how sexual minorities have had to adapt themselves in given structures. -
"I am generally interested in human beliefs, ranging from religions as their sophisticated realization to simple objects worshiped by many. Both have close relationships with our politics, economy, society and culture. German culture is deeply rooted in Christianity, though one feels emancipated from any suffocating beliefs in Berlin. That trace could be found even in a vegetable: the white asparagus, or spargel."
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