Video
I Scream Minjihee
Toronto, Canada 2011
This video is a documentation of a performance, combined with an animation.
In 2006, I walked downtown Montreal, screaming “ice cream” and my Korean name “Minjihee”.
I put my last name before my first name, which is the way individuals are identified in Korea, and hence, the way I was called during my childhood.
The cart I was pulling had hundred of ice cream bars, on which my name in Korean was scribbled in cocoa powder. I shared these ice cream bars to street by passers as I screamed out my identity.
A Video
00:01:36
Banff, Canada 2005
I am female and Asian, living in a multicultural society.
As visual identity is most associated with face, my social identity has always been defined by the differences in my visual representation when compared to other Caucasian Canadians. This short video is my response to the struggle of assimilation, of identifying a persona in our societal framework.