Installation view: Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Photos: David Stjernholm

BRAIDING AND MENDING, 2020

Dual-channel video installation. 4K. B&W with sound. 6:03 min., synchronized and looped

A group of women of several generations sits in a circle arranging each other’s hair; combing it and braiding it in calm, almost meditative movements. The camera slowly revolves around them, all are preoccupied by the endeavor – each woman’s hands touching the hair of the woman in front of her, connecting them all. The women in the work are the artist herself in the company of her sisters and nieces. While Kaisen was adopted to Denmark as an infant, her sisters and nieces all grew up in Jeju, Korea. The careful slow act of braiding becomes a mutual healing and memory-making gesture.

Braiding and Mending - Excerpt

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Directed and Edited by: Jane Jin Kaisen. Director of photography: Guston Sondin-Kung. Sound composition: Guston Sondin-Kung ft. Udo Lee. Cast: Bu Yunshim, Bu Hyekyung, Kim Juhee, Kim Juhyun, Hwang Juyeon, Hwang Jeongyeon, Hwan Seonyeon, Koh Jooyoung, Koh Hayoung