Les Volcans meeting

Chan Sook Choi’s interdisciplinary practice explores narrative experimentation through physical and mental migration. She addresses social issues by recording the vibrations and traces of vulnerable human and non-human beings.

The work concerns the population living in the DMZ, the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas (which are still officially at war). Beyond this, it addresses issues of belonging, land ownership and migration—as is often the case with this artist—in a simple, subtle and frequently unsettling manner. Chan Sook Choi links local narratives to global issues of land appropriation, ranging from Korea to the Chilean Andes. The title associates the village’s name with a sensory fragility, highlighting the way in which political forces and historical layers shape our relationship with the places we inhabit.