Miss Kim Lilac

Jisoo Chung / Republic of Korea (South Korea) / 2024 / European Premiere / 18 min.

synopsis

A herbarium of lilac varieties opens up with historical and etymological narratives and provides insight into the consequences of colonial history, the objectification of women, and the commodification of natural goods. Miss Kim, the name of a lilac brought to America from Korea and named by an American botanist, is a pejorative archaic term with connotations of a subservient woman in a typical secretarial position. Through the cataloguing of plants and things, the author seeks to create a new, multivalued and free nomenclature.

biography

Jisoo Chung (1990) is a multimedia artist and experimental filmmaker who works alternately in Seoul and Los Angeles. In her videos and installations, she explores the impact of the weakening of cultural identity, noting the echoes of its disappearance in mistranslations and misinterpretations. She she holds a degree from the Department of New Genres at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).