And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land records a durational performance in which Mrs. Kim sits before a towering platter of grapes in her garden. She chops each grape with a garden spade, as dusk sets in. In the sound track, a young Korean woman reads passages about discrimination and debt from John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land, 2018
Single channel video, suitcase, sound
Running time: 78:00 minutes (6:11 minute excerpt)
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land is part of A New Face, a chapter in The Food Groups.
Performance by Sook Ja Kim
Audio narration by Jin Sook Jang
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land records a durational performance in which Mrs. Kim sits before a towering platter of grapes in her garden. She chops each grape with a garden spade, as dusk sets in. In the sound track, a young Korean woman reads passages about discrimination and debt from John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land, 2018
Single channel video, suitcase, sound
Running time: 78:00 minutes (6:11 minute excerpt)
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land is part of A New Face, a chapter in The Food Groups.
Performance by Sook Ja Kim
Audio narration by Jin Sook Jang
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land records a durational performance in which Mrs. Kim sits before a towering platter of grapes in her garden. She chops each grape with a garden spade, as dusk sets in. In the sound track, a young Korean woman reads passages about discrimination and debt from John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land, 2018
Single channel video, suitcase, sound
Running time: 78:00 minutes (6:11 minute excerpt)
And Such Was Their Hunger for the Land is part of A New Face, a chapter in The Food Groups.
Performance by Sook Ja Kim
Audio narration by Jin Sook Jang
