Photo Still: GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래Ganggangsullae, credit Albert Wong
GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래 Ganggangsullae
On view from September 22 – December 2
Closing Screening | Thurs, December 1 | 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Join us for a final opportunity to view the GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래 Ganggangsullae film and meet artist Soyoung L Kim. This 16 minute performance art film served as the inspiration for Pao Arts Center’s current exhibition of the same name on view through Friday, December 2.
Through GHOST ROOTS, multi-disciplinary Artist Kim explores the possibilities of a future of solidarity, care, and celebration through the stories of two Asian American women. In this interactive exhibit, Kim asks, “Can America’s attempt at reconciliation/Extend beyond black and white?/Can America’s embrace include/The yellow of my skin?”
The GHOST ROOTS film is made possible by a Live Arts Boston grant from the Boston Foundation.
Masks are required for this event. View our visitor policy.
GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래 Ganggangsullae
Soyoung L Kim Creator/Director
Soyoung L Kim and Fernadina Chan Spoken Word
Fernadina Chan and Soyoung L Kim Choreography
Soyoung L Kim Visual Art/Stop Motion Animation
Jeremy Stanley Filming and Editing
DoYeon Kim Original Music
Marvin Kim Sound Engineering and Mixing
Performed by Soyoung L Kim and Fernadina Chan
About the Artist:
Headshot, Soyoung L Kim, photo credit Mel Taing
Soyoung L Kim’s work blends several practices, including painting, sculpture, writing, stop motion animation, and performance. As 교포 Gyopo, as part of the Korean diaspora, she moves freely across artistic disciplines to create new works that blend those disciplines and to break those boundaries. Her work is influenced by her own childhood of many moves and displacements and the many stories she has gathered over the three continents she has called home. Kim’s work aims to transport us to a place of liberation, where we are free from colonization and the burdens of racism, fear and hate.
GHOST ROOTS collaborators:
Fernadina Chan was the Founding Artistic Dean and Dance Department Chair at the Boston Arts Academy (BAA). She is the recipient of the Surdna Arts Teacher Fellowship in 2001, Teacher of the Year from the International Network of Schools for the Advancement of Arts Education in 2005, Boston Educator of the Year in 2011, and 2013 Dance Champion from Boston Dance Alliance. Ms. Chan founded Continuum Dance Project (CDP) as a laboratory for choreography with BAA alumni in 2013, and was awarded the 2017 Boston Center for the Arts Choreographer Residency. CDP under the Co-Directorship of Fernadina Chan and Adriane Brayton received two LLC Grants from The Brookline Commission for the Arts, and was the recipient of a 2020 LAB grant from The Boston Foundation. Most recently, Brayton and Chan are 2022 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Finalists, and received an AiR residency at the Somerville Arts Council’s ArtAssembled. Chan's work has been presented at High School Dance Festivals in Miami, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; South Vermont Dance Festival, Rebound Festival and numerous festivals in the Greater Boston area. She is a Certified GYROKINESIS ® and GYROTONIC® Instructor.
Jeremy Stanley is an accomplished filmmaker residing in Brooklyn, NY. He has spent the last 20 years working in various aspects of the film & television industries. In addition to his entertainment endeavors, much of his time is spent working on documentary and public awareness projects in the post-conflict and developing world. His work has been featured in and he has been a Producer on multiple Emmy award winning television series.
DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning virtuoso of the gayageum (a traditional Korean string instrument). In addition to traditional Korean music, DoYeon specializes in free jazz, jazz, and improvisation. She regularly performs solo and group concerts worldwide in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. As a graduate of the New England Conservatory, and protégé of the world’s leading gayageum master Yi Jiyoung, DoYeon has performed alongside many distinguished improvisors, including Joe Morris, Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy and Tyshawn Sorey. Her 2017 album Gapi was nominated for a Korean Grammy award, and her latest album Macrocosm, with Joe Morris, received international critical acclaim, and Grammy.com recognized her as one of 7 Musicians Pushing Ancient Asian Instruments Into The Future (2021). DoYeon’s approach to playing the gayageum, as well as improvised music, is a singularly unique experience.
Marvin Juneyoung Kim (nanum.wav) is a music maker and audio engineer based in Boston, MA. Graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2021, his musical background is rooted in wide ranges of sound from Classical and Jazz music to Rock and Hip-Hop music. As a producer, his work focuses on revealing the artists’ truest and most honest voices, encouraging them to take risks and allow vulnerability to bloom in their music. In studios, nanum.wav lives to capture the moment that will only exist once into an immortal digital recording. He has worked with artists including Autumn Jones, Shakale Davis, Christourfer Schrock, Sheroz Mazhar.