NAME Project (2019 - ongoing)

Series of videos on name

NAME Project is a series of short stories on names. Each story tells a brief yet meaningful narrative of a personal journey of (re)defining identity. These stories are empowering, heartfelt, and witty. The participants come from a wide range of backgrounds: immigrants who adopt a different name, immigrants who refuse to change their name, artists with pseudonyms, people with a special attachment to their name, etc.

The project is at its early stage, and I am looking for more volunteers willing to share the personal stories associated with their names. Please feel free to contact me: at contact@junepak.ca 

<NAME Project>는 이름에 관한 짧은 비디오 시리즈이다. 각각의 이야기는 정체성을 재정의하는 개인적인 여정에 대해 짧지만 의미 있는 이야기를 들려준다. 이 이야기들은 힘이 되고, 진심이고, 재치 있습니다. 참가자들은 이민 후 자신의 이름을 바꾼 사람들, 이름 변경을 거부하는 이민자들, 가명을 가진 예술가들 등 다양한 배경을 가지고 있습니다:

이 프로젝트는 아직 초기 단계에 있습니다. 나는 이름과 관련된 개인적인 이야기를 기꺼이 나눌 더 많은 참가자를 찾고 있습니다.

관심 있으신 분 은 연락 주세요: contact@junepak.ca

Four stories by Sheetal Prasad, Park Young-Sook (박영숙), bh Yael and Carmine Angelo Scioscia from the series were shared during the <nomansland; 사람 없는 땅. 땅 없은 사람> exhibition at the Alternative Artspace Ipo in Seoul, Korea (Oct. 14 - 31). The exhibition will then travel to RAUM für RAUM  in Düsseldorf (November 2022). In spring 2023, it will be presented at the Kyoto City University of Arts in Japan. 

Credit:
Stories by Sheetal Prasad, 박영숙 (Park Young-Sook), bh Yael and Carmine Angelo Scioscia
Camera and Editing: June Pak
​Sound Editing: Mike Filippov

Credit:
Story by 손진경 (Sonh Jin-Kyeong)/Sabrina Sonh
Camera and Editing : June Pak
Sound Mix: June Pak

NAME Project: Open-Studio at Alternative Artspace IPO, Seoul, KR. It functioned as a place for me to work, talk about my work to visitors, and 'headquarter' for the NAME Project to record name stories from participants.