I see you

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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery
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I SEE YOU (2017), Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery

To see me is to see you first.

This performance draws inspiration from the iconography of parades. Symbols like the flag, the procession, and the public following the person leading the parade are recontextualised in the setting of an art exhibition. Normally, they act as markers that distill identities (national, social or individual). Here, they also act as highlighters of the inherent desire of belonging — how individuals want to be accepted as part of a group and how they deal with their “separateness” of it. As the human body innately synchronises and acts collectively, especially in such rituals, the procession becomes one large body, forming a choreography of people coming together.

I see you
Participatory performance
Commissioned by K-Gold Temporary Gallery