Dismemberment
Sara Sejin Chang’s (Sara van der Heide) artistic practice is dedicated to spiritual evocations, historical research, decentering eurocentrism, and unraveling colonial narratives to create works that act as historical repair and healing.In her newly created film installation Dismemberment (2024), she presents a political and shamanistic allegory where a gallerist, embodying Enlightenment ideals, undergoes a ‘dismemberment gut,’ a ritual inspired by the traditional Korean healing practice Ssitgim gut.*