Guston Sondin-Kung /Interhistoricity/
In Storm’s Fold, a photographic series by Guston Sondin-Kung and Jane Jin Kaisen, explores sochang, a long white cotton cloth that carries deep spiritual meaning in Korea. Used in rites of passage, it symbolizes life, death, and a connection to the spirit world, as well as everyday practices like baby-carrying and funeral rites. Captured in the summer of 2023 on Jeju Island during record rainfall, the cloth weaves through a Korean coastal village amid characteristic lava rock fences and brightly coloured rooftops, embodying a space of memory and generational change. The village, marked by continuity and rupture, stands at the edge of modernity, where long-practiced customs are fading.
Guston Sondin-Kung is an artist, filmmaker and writer whose work focuses on memory and the body, explored through situated knowledge. These themes inform the formal aspects of his work which spans video installation, experimental film, photography, sound, writing/text and performance. His projects typically involve long term collaborative research, requiring engagement across various disciplines and discursive sites.