Young Joo Lee

My work investigates the concept of “the other” and “the otherness” found in history, mythology, mass media, as well as in my own experiences of living across three different cultures: South Korea, Germany, and the USA. I utilize animation, performance, drawing, sculpture, and digital media to make tangible experiences of these investigations. Having grown up in a divided country, South Korea, the notion of “the other” is bound to the history of the Cold War and colonialism. The experience of being “the other” living in foreign countries taught me about racial discrimination, the societal structure, and the ideology that affects perceptions of another body. The experience of being a woman and an artist made me more aware of the stories of “the other” that are often unheard and forgotten.