Soojin Chang Explained

Soojin Chang is a California-born, Glasgow-based performance artist and filmmaker.^{[1] [2]}

Notable works include the animated visuals provided for Brooklyn-based musician Shilpa Ray’s track “Burning Bride^[3] and the State of Possession – Performance at the ICA in London which provided support for the band These New Puritans.^{[4] [5]}

Chang is known for their use of shock tactics and taboo involving nudity, ethnography and violence in their works. Chang’s Jerwood Survey commission, ‘BXBY’ caused institutional unrest and was censored by Leeds Art Gallery, due to its ‘sensitive content, including documentation of a deer being culled and images of cervical self-experimentation done at the artist’s home.' ^[6]

Biography

Chang was born in San Francisco, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where she studied English. She graduated from the MFA program at the Glasgow School of Art. ^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soojin Chang (California, 1991) . Soojin Chang.
2. Web site: Iceland with filmmaker Soojin Chang . The Wild Magazine . 7 October 2019.
3. Web site: Laura . Mahot . EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: 'BURNING BRIDE,' SHILPA RAY . Interview Magazine . 6 November 2015 . 7 October 2019.
4. Web site: Paul . Moody . THESE NEW PURITANS SPEAK ON THEIR EXPERIMENTAL ICA EVENT . Another Man . 18 March 2019 . 7 October 2019.
5. Web site: 21-MARCH-2019 : INSIDE THE ROSE : A PUBLIC VIEW : LIVE AT THE ICA . These New Puritans . 23 March 2019 . 7 October 2019.
6. Web site: SOOJIN CHANG, on animacy & non-hierarchical encounters . Clot Magazine . 4 December 2022 .
7. Web site: Soojin Chang . Girls Club Asia . 17 November 2022.