Boreum Oh & Nina Park : S:KINSHIP

24 Aug-26 Aug 2017

Overview

In Korea and Japan, the word ‘skinship’ refers to the process of physical bonding between mother and child, between friends and lovers. Washing, suckling, hugging, kissing, caressing, holding hands… Skinship recognises the need for touch beyond an over simplified notion of sexuality. ‘Kinship’ sits at its core, the forging of family beyond blood. As such, skinship recognises the emotional, developmental and political need for meaningful, promiscuously undeterminable connections.