Language, as described by artist Jesse Chun, serves as a powerful and intricate tool in her work, aiming for immersive poetics to be felt rather than read, exploring the essence of language beyond established structures of power and legibility.
Chun's diasporic upbringing across Korea, Hong Kong, Canada, Seoul, and New York influences her exploration of language, seeking a polyphonic perspective rooted in her varied linguistic experiences and histories.
Jesse Chun's intricate and thought-provoking artworks, showcased globally including at prestigious venues like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitechapel Gallery, delve into creating new cosmologies of language through sculptural drawings and abstracting the English language.
Her work at the Seoul Mediacity Biennale features the ongoing series 'score for unlanguaging (2021 onwards)' where she dissects, distorts, and reconfigures English using various materials to construct new forms of language and communication.
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