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When Kim Hak-soon, a victim of the Japanese military sexual slavery, came forward for the first time in Korea to give public testimony, another victim, Moon Pil-gi, who saw the scene, repeated, ‘That’s what we did, that’s what we did.’ This soft sentence did not heighten the resolution of historical truth nor describe the intensity of pain. However, these were clearly moments when the sense of pain changed into the recognition of pain, when personal pain became social pain.

This exhibition focused on these moments of transition in the issue of the Japanese military sexual slavery. We tried to bring out things that we had believed we knew well and had not looked into, things that we had heard repeatedly but had not imagined as our own problems. We believe that what support the bones of history are not only undeniable evidence, but also the comrades’ fine muscles that wrapped around and held onto the bones, in that we are trying to awaken the sensory cells that activate historical imagination.

Even if we can no longer hear the victims’ voices someday, we will take their words as our own. That’s what we did.

Artists: Ahn Haeryong, HongLee Hyunsook, Itoh Takashi, Joo Yongseong, Jun Jinkyoung, Jung Jungyeob, Kim Jipyeong, Koizumi Meiro, Seo Pyoungjoo, Song Sanghee, Uhm Jieun

Curator: Ahn Sohyun, Suh Young Kul

Assistant Curator: Lee Jinseon

Women’s Human Rights Institute of Korea Research Institute on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery

Organisation: A&T story

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Since its inception in Seoul Forest in 2011, Page Gallery has established itself as a hub that mediates the development of the contemporary Korean art scene and introduces cutting-edge international art to the Korean audience. The gallery represents not only many top Korean Artists, including Choi Myoung Young, founding member of the Dansaekhwa group, IM Heung-Soon, Silver Lion winner of the 2015 Venice Biennale, and Yeesookyung, recognised worldwide for her ‘Translated Vase’ sculptures but also international artist such as a Turner Prize nominee Nathan Coley. The gallery endeavours to challenge viewers with unfamiliar visual practices and engage with museums and institutional organisations to promote these artists and their thought-provoking practices. Page Gallery aspires to contribute and communicate with the audience as a cultural and artistic venue for sharing ideas and elevating the Korean art scene.


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