Walls filled by a projected image. In the center is a bird's eye view of a figure on a hospital bed.

Chanee Choi | Remembrance: Magma

April 22–June 17, 2022

Visits by appointment only, M-F, 10am-5:30pm
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit

Artist Talk: Friday, June 3, 7pm (archived video)

International Examiner: Remembrance: Magma is a poignant simulation of memory degeneration

Remembrance: Magma incorporates modern tech, cutting-edge research on the aging brain, East Asian crafting aesthetics, and Korean shamanic traditions as it examines the nature of the brain as a sensor that desires data even as it slowly fails. Culturally intersectional, Remembrance explores the poetic and painful processes of memory degeneration.

Artists

Chanee Choi

Chanee Choi has developed a ritualistic craft-based art practice that transcends the conservative and isolationist roots of traditional East Asian craftwork by focusing on a celebration of feminist theory…

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Sound Clips

  • An animation still of a woman's face with red marks on it, wrapped in bandages. Eyes, nose, and lips are visible.
    Chanee Choi New Media Gallery Interview