Where the bodies go

After the market, Saturday 14 September at 12:30 pm, our scholarship holder Eunju Hong will introduce and show her video „Where the bodies go“.

Taiwan boasts one of the highest rates of recycling in Asia, alongside its renowned semiconductor industry. As technology advances, countless digital devices are manufactured and eventually discarded once they reach obsolescence. This cycle of production and disposal has made the extraction and management of scarce natural resources a focal point of intense geopolitical competition.

During her residency in Taiwan, Eunju Hong delved into the lifecycle of these machines. She became intrigued by how these devices coexist with our bodies, and what becomes of them once they reach the end of their usefulness. To her, these machines embody not only technological integration but also repositories of our residual memories.

She will show the video she realized in Taiwan, “Where the Bodies Go,” in which she traces the journey of discarded devices, exploring the process of their rebirth. Adopting an archaeological approach to digital bodies, she seeks to trace their trajectory from creation to eventual demise, while also pondering the potential for renewal and circulation.

Eunju Hong lives and works in Germany and Korea. Drawing on her research on the evolution of technology, she explores through video, installation, and performance how technology can be used as a metaphor to reveal personal history and emotional aspects such as memory, trauma, and fear. She interweaves fictional narratives through film, found footage, performance, and installation.

She graduated from Korea National University of Arts and studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München in the class of Julian Rosefeldt with the master scholarship from DAAD. She had a solo exhibition at Gallery 175 in 2022, and she participated in the numerous group exhibitions in Seoul, Berlin, Munich, Paris, and Tokyo. In 2024, she won the Media Art Prize of the Kunststiftung Ingvild und Stephan Goetz, and she participated in the residency at Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, Taiwan.

Admission is free.