Young-jun Tak 卓永俊
Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday 爱你星期四干净的脚, 2023
single channel 4K video, color, 5.1 sound 单频道4K彩色录像，5.1立体声
18' 53''
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
'Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday' is the second from the choreography film series by Young-jun Tak. The video challenges the conventional binary presentation of genders through queer male bodies...
'Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday' is the second from the choreography film series by Young-jun Tak.
The video challenges the conventional binary presentation of genders through queer male bodies and movements. It juxtaposes the hypermasculinity staged by Spanish Legion soldiers’ spectacular 'Maundy Thursday' ritual carrying the crucifix in Malaga during the Holy Week that leads to the Easter Sunday, and the hyperfemininity worshiped by numerous male dancers constantly lifting up and carrying the eponymous female protagonist in Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet 'Manon' (1974).
Throughout the film, while alternating with the Christian ritual, six gay male dancers’ choreography in Berlin’s popular gay cruising forest Grunewald fills the gap between the polarized gender presentations by showing apparent differences and revealing bizarre similarities.
The video challenges the conventional binary presentation of genders through queer male bodies and movements. It juxtaposes the hypermasculinity staged by Spanish Legion soldiers’ spectacular 'Maundy Thursday' ritual carrying the crucifix in Malaga during the Holy Week that leads to the Easter Sunday, and the hyperfemininity worshiped by numerous male dancers constantly lifting up and carrying the eponymous female protagonist in Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet 'Manon' (1974).
Throughout the film, while alternating with the Christian ritual, six gay male dancers’ choreography in Berlin’s popular gay cruising forest Grunewald fills the gap between the polarized gender presentations by showing apparent differences and revealing bizarre similarities.
Provenance
Supported by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Burger Collection, Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Stiftung Kunstfonds and NEUSTARTplus-Stipendium.The video was made possible thanks to the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès.
展览
2024Hovering, Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti)
2023
Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday, Atelier Hermès, Seoul, South Korea
