Che Go Eun explores through different media the effects of today’s online pornography and how they translate into pop culture, education and beauty ideals. In her collages, she assembles explicit internet sex content that stands in sharp contrast to the conservative sex education in Korea, into ostentatious, altar-like formations.

  The Latin title of her work Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi refers to a liturgical prayer that can be translated into ‘Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world’. It is commonly used during Mass in the Roman Catholic Church and was set to a great variety of melodies especially during the Middle Ages.   -Jacob Fabricius

I want to talk about issues of gender, hierarchy and race discrimination, all of which I have experienced as an Asian and as a woman. That's why I created the character 'Chego'. 

(chego)To see more drawings, click CHEGO CHECK on right-top.(/chego)

My project attempts to redefine Cheo-nyeo-mak. From this point the project will address the concept of virginity in the Korean setting and it also connects to similar cases in other countries. For example, cheo-nyeo-mak, is called maagdenvlies in Dutch. Maagden means virgin and vlies is membrane and Jungfernhäutchen in German as same reason. From the dictionary of the UK, it addresses Hymen as a symbol for virginity. [1] It proves that even western countries which are considered progressive also has same issue with Korea. It is the phenomenon: language oppresses gender unconsciously.

Signifiant or origin of this term is different each country, but signifié is same. Whatever we call about hymen and cheo-nyeo-mak, it always exists as a term of women’s virginity.

In this video work, people know about cheo-nyeo-mak but they can not explain clearly. Even one of them do not know and do not call the name of female genital. Through this response, I titled it “Everyone knows but I can’t explain it”

[1] http://www.memidex.com/imperforate-hymen

HISK Open Studio 2018

Asian version of Asia, Solo show at A01 Gallery, Naples, Italy

Nihao, I am a ninja and Kung fu master. I eat dog sushi and fight against the villain Kim jung un. Chong. Chong. Chong.

~My life in the Europe as an Asian woman~