
Mouth to Mouth
Mouth to Mouth
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Coréia do Sul, Estados Unidos
1975
Videoarte
Curta-Metragem
English and Korean words appear on the screen, a mouth forms the shape of an "O," then opens and closes. Is this the beginning of language? In this early videotape, Cha isolates and repeats a simple, physical act — a mouth forming the eight Korean vowel graphemes — so that this ordinary action becomes something primal and riveting.
INFORMAÇÕES GERAIS
Seleção Oficial
9° Festival ECRÃ
Data e Hora
MAM
Cinemateca do MAM
27/07/2025
14h
Duração (min.)
8
Estreia
Classificação Indicativa
L / Free for all audiences / Livre Para Todos Os Públicos
Conteúdos
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
From the mid-1970s until her death at age 31 in 1982, Korean-born artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha created a rich body of conceptual art that explored displacement and loss. Informed by French psychoanalytic film theory, her video works use performance and text to explore interactions of language, meaning and memory. Cha's posthumously published book Dictée is an influential investigation of identity in the context of history, ethnicity and gender.


1975, 8 min, b&w, sound