“너 같은 딸 꼭 낳아라”
아빠는 곧 이런 저주같은 말을 퍼 붛었다
내가 남자아이로 태어났다면
맏아들 으로서 이름이 용호 였을꺼야
NO PAIN NO GAIN
하지말라면 더하고싶은 심리는 과연 무엇일까
마냥 청개구리 처럼 말이야
미대다니 더니, 타투하고, 이제 여자도 좋다니!
다음은 뭐, 감옥가겠네?
우리 이쁜 딸
아빠같이 듬직한 남편 만나야지
좋은 남자 만나서 시집가서, 집사고 아이 나야지
마냥 싫은건 아니지만 괜히 싫어
넌너무 independent 해!
Miss independent
Cher 가 인터뷰에서 그녀의 어머니가
“돈많은 남자랑 결혼해”는 말에
“Mom I am a rich man” 라고 답한걸 보며
와 멋있다고 생각됐다
꽃도 좋지만 난 나무가 돼고싶어
아빠는 나의 문신을 매우 싫어한다, 엄청많이
내 문신을 감자깍기 로 깍고 싶어할정도로
GO BIG OR GO HOME
어느 일요일, 엄마는 나의 쩍벌다리와 근육을
만들겠다는 나의 집착이 못마땅한듯, “딸” 이라는
단어를 반복했다, 마냥 충분히 반복한다면
그단어가 나에 몸에 박힐것처럼
그날따라 그단어가 매우 거슬리게 들렸다
나딸안하고싶어
그럼 아들할래?
아니 딸도, 아들도 싫어,
그냥 엄마의 자식이면 안돼?
…알겟어 아딸 어때?
이제 효도 좀 해야할듯하다
이글을 만약 엄마아빠 가읽는다면
나한테 번역사 한번 해보라 하겠지
“I hope your daughter turns out to be just like you”
He would say like a curse
If I was born as a boy, I’d be the first son to the family and my
name would be dragons and tigers
NO PAIN NO GAIN
I’m a born rebel, you can’t tell me what to do!
What’s with that
First you went to art school, you got tattooed, then you like
women! What’s next, jail?
My pretty daughter
You must meet a man like your dad
Get married, buy a house, have children
It’s not that I am opposed to this, but yeah
You’re too independent!
Miss independent
In an interview with Cher, she responds to her
mother’s wish “settle with a rich man” with
“Mom I am a rich man”
I thought thats hot
Flowers are great but I want to be a tree
Dad hates my tattoos, a lot
He would say he’d peel them off with a potato peeler
GO BIG OR GO HOME
One sunday afternoon, mum unimpressed by my wide spread
legs and my obsessions of getting swole
She repeated the word ‘daughter’, as if saying it enough times
will ingrain it on my body
It disturbed me particularly on that day
I don’t want to be a daughter
Would you like to be a son?
No I don’t want to be a daughter neither a son,
can’t I just be your child?
… okay, how’s 아딸?
I think it is time I come around to the ‘Filial piety’
If my parent’s were to ever read this, they would suggest me
to seriously consider the career of being a translator
EJ Son is a Sydney-based artist, born in the ‘Good Korea’. They aim to be a creature of an uninhabited existence through reframing the way we engage with socially constructed paradigms and binary. They favour honesty and humour in their practice, exploring ideas around rebellion and disobedience. Their practice ranges from video, installation to ceramics and examines personal and cultural narratives, often referencing Korean proverbs and Aesop’s Fables, in the hopes of finding the wisdom ‘to do life well’.
They completed their Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) at Sydney College of the Arts in 2018. They're a recent finalist for the Emerging 2020 at the Gosford Regional Gallery, exhibited in W.I.P at The Waiting Room Project (2019), 10 Degrees Hotter at Pari (2019), I will never run out of lies nor love at Bus projects (2019), Potential Space at the Kennards Storage facilities (2019) and I’m not that angry anymore at Electrocities (2019).
아딸
EJ Son, 2019
Video, 7min, 2sec
아딸 (2019) is a documentation of them tattooing the word ‘아딸’ a combination of the word son and daughter in Korean which their mother had created during their discussion conflict around gender. By tattooing this word on them, they feel as though it is a marking of personal evolution.
“너 같은 딸 꼭 낳아라”
아빠는 곧 이런 저주같은 말을 퍼 붛었다
내가 남자아이로 태어났다면
맏아들 으로서 이름이 용호 였을꺼야
NO PAIN NO GAIN
하지말라면 더하고싶은 심리는 과연 무엇일까
마냥 청개구리 처럼 말이야
미대다니 더니, 타투하고, 이제 여자도 좋다니!
다음은 뭐, 감옥가겠네?
우리 이쁜 딸
아빠같이 듬직한 남편 만나야지
좋은 남자 만나서 시집가서, 집사고 아이 나야지
마냥 싫은건 아니지만 괜히 싫어
넌너무 independent 해!
Miss independent
Cher 가 인터뷰에서 그녀의 어머니가
“돈많은 남자랑 결혼해”는 말에
“Mom I am a rich man” 라고 답한걸 보며
와 멋있다고 생각됐다
꽃도 좋지만 난 나무가 돼고싶어
아빠는 나의 문신을 매우 싫어한다, 엄청많이
내 문신을 감자깍기 로 깍고 싶어할정도로
GO BIG OR GO HOME
어느 일요일, 엄마는 나의 쩍벌다리와 근육을
만들겠다는 나의 집착이 못마땅한듯, “딸” 이라는
단어를 반복했다, 마냥 충분히 반복한다면
그단어가 나에 몸에 박힐것처럼
그날따라 그단어가 매우 거슬리게 들렸다
나딸안하고싶어
그럼 아들할래?
아니 딸도, 아들도 싫어,
그냥 엄마의 자식이면 안돼?
…알겟어 아딸 어때?
이제 효도 좀 해야할듯하다
이글을 만약 엄마아빠 가읽는다면
나한테 번역사 한번 해보라 하겠지
“I hope your daughter turns out to be just like you”
He would say like a curse
If I was born as a boy, I’d be the first son to the family and my
name would be dragons and tigers
NO PAIN NO GAIN
I’m a born rebel, you can’t tell me what to do!
What’s with that
First you went to art school, you got tattooed, then you like
women! What’s next, jail?
My pretty daughter
You must meet a man like your dad
Get married, buy a house, have children
It’s not that I am opposed to this, but yeah
You’re too independent!
Miss independent
In an interview with Cher, she responds to her
mother’s wish “settle with a rich man” with
“Mom I am a rich man”
I thought thats hot
Flowers are great but I want to be a tree
Dad hates my tattoos, a lot
He would say he’d peel them off with a potato peeler
GO BIG OR GO HOME
One sunday afternoon, mum unimpressed by my wide spread
legs and my obsessions of getting swole
She repeated the word ‘daughter’, as if saying it enough times
will ingrain it on my body
It disturbed me particularly on that day
I don’t want to be a daughter
Would you like to be a son?
No I don’t want to be a daughter neither a son,
can’t I just be your child?
… okay, how’s 아딸?
I think it is time I come around to the ‘Filial piety’
If my parent’s were to ever read this, they would suggest me
to seriously consider the career of being a translator
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Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.