mogyoktang 목욕탕
Video documented by Emma Sobel
In mogyoktang 목욕탕 (2022), I transform into a monstrous loofah—the very object that caused my injury—to reclaim power and confront my trauma. Set within a ceramic-tiled shower booth, the piece envisions my body as its walls. Through scrubbing, squeezing, and scouring, I purge scabs and stains, confronting violence, colorism, and self-reclamation.
© yeejae kim, 2022. All rights reserved
In mogyoktang 목욕탕 (2022), I transform into a monstrous loofah—the very object that caused my injury—to reclaim power and confront my trauma. Set within a ceramic-tiled shower booth, the piece envisions my body as its walls. Through scrubbing, squeezing, and scouring, I purge scabs and stains, confronting violence, colorism, and self-reclamation.
© yeejae kim, 2022. All rights reserved