Movement research of the Korean verb “to love” (saranghada, 사랑하다) within a projected immersive environment to the diptych’s original song. Suran Song: lyrics, melody, vocals, movement research with bench. William Weis III: bass, movement research. The video is 4 minutes 9 seconds.

Unsafe Storage, 2022. Installation of assemblages made from post-consumer materials embedded with original songs and music videos. The proposal video is 2 minutes and 33 seconds.

These three works are connected to my late father, who was a gay Korean immigrant to the U.S. in 1948, and the first Korean to graduate from Dartmouth in 1953. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1957.

They reflect his identity as a non-binary American and the aftereffects of my Korean family’s diaspora. Even The Tokabis From Dad’s House Was Displaced! is a diptych I created at age 52, reflecting my father’s experience immigrating to America at age 16. At age 16, I wrote and recorded a song called “Cribbage In Provincetown” with my rock band, exploring my understanding of his experiences, his admiration of Thomas Jefferson, Christianity, Buddhism, and his desire to belong and be free.

Featuring the original music within a projected immersive environment of Provincetown, I also created this movement research piece titled Separate Staves, focusing on the Korean verb “to love” (saranghada, 사랑하다 ).

Additionally, I’d like to share a short video for Unsafe Storage, an assemblage of dwellings I made for the legendary nature spirits/gnomes/goblins from Korean folklore called tokabi ( 도깨비 ) shown in the right panel of my diptych.