THEY, THEM AND THEM

Jung Sik Lee

Info: THEY, THEM AND THEM begins with the tension and pleasure of gay cruising, moving through the precarity of sex work, rumors that linger after murder, and confessions that emerge in the face of an HIV diagnosis, tracing fragments of gay life within Korean society. Yet the exhibition does not remain at the level of presenting particular cases of identity. It also reveals universal human gestures – surrendering oneself in order to love, to be loved, and to survive while bearing the weight of one’s livelihood. The they of the title does not refer only to a specific other within Korean society. They are me and you, us and others. They may seem separate, but in the end, it is a name that anyone can come to bear. The four videos in this exhibition begin with the confession of one person, Jung Sik Lee, and arrive in Germany as the story of a universal human being. (…) The Artist will be present at the opening.