The Midday Symptoms
한낮의 징후
2024
Moving Image
17min
Commissioned by Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
Human civilization, seemingly at its zenith, is as precarious as a wing of wax melting in the midday sun. The blue crayfish, the symptomatic animal, wakes from a sleepless dream. The sky is barren, and intense sunlight pierces the surface like an arrow. The crayfish's wrinkled stomach twists and turns. This is how my midday symptoms begin, and it's quite uncomfortable. Throughout the day, it is plagued by strange symptoms. It tries to fight it, but eventually falls deeper. It falls into the belly of a primeval jungle. It can't measure the size of the universe, but in this moment, it seems to know the truth of the universe. It thinks about how to live in the guts of the earth. It goes through many thoughts, and wonders whether it should be a mannerist, an accelerator, a handstand, or a decompositionist. It decides to be a handstander. After failing to molt, the blue crayfish swims through the empty space of the ocean. “Good luck. All of us.”