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Life is like a play in a big theatre and each of us plays different roles or persona. The concept of formless and shapeless consciousness was introduced to me when I attended philosophy lectures in an effort to investigate the subject of identity.

The blurring faces become a transformational state or process of creating a new persona by playing a certain role. One's persona is constantly changing and it does not have any solid shape or form - just as our consciousness has no shape or form. In "Blurring" series, the blurring faces are derived from the formless and constantly changing property of our ego creating a new identity. Blurring is the moment when a new identity is formed and at the same time the old identity is lost. The blurring faces put the definitive permanent identities to an end.

Excerpt from Blurring Performers: Carrot Cutting
video, 12min 52sec, 2008 - 2010, performance by Yoon Cho

Blurring Performers: Carrot Cutting

The carrot cutting performance exemplifies a woman's stereotypical role in the kitchen. As she gets more consumed in her role playing, her face becomes blurry reflecting her persona in transition. Her perpetual work in the kitchen never ends like Sisyphus, the king in Greek mythology who must roll a boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down forcing him to push the rock back up again and again.

Blurring Performers: Carrot Cutting, Rockers & Philosopher's Discourse, 12min 52sec, 2008
As each video panel progresses, the character's head becomes blurred in and out at different times.


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