LEE Soyung

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LEE Soyung

Participating Project	Research Residency Program
Activity Based	Seoul
City / Place stayed	Tokyo
Period	2026.2 - 2026.3

Purpose of the residency

Participating in this program allows me to advance a long-term project investigating "selective forgetfulness"—the process by which social forces shape or distort what we remember. Building on my previous inquiries into migratory histories and the language of settlement, I am exploring Tokyo as a critical site where rapid societal shifts impact individual memory. My work focuses on the tension between external pressures and personal history, examining how individuals navigate narratives that society may overlook. Through interviews and collaborative workshops, I plan to record the language and gestures of local residents on video, seeking to understand how individual will can resist manufactured forgetfulness and reclaim personal narratives.

Plan during the residency

• Spatial Research: Identify "blank spots" in Tokyo where personal memories of accidents or incidents conflict with the current landscape, using archival juxtaposition to contrast historical records against contemporary sites.
• Narrative Collection: Conduct in-depth interviews with residents and scholars to uncover how social pressures cause individuals to selectively forget or distort personal truths.
• Thematic Synthesis: Distill these findings into "Memory Scripts"—short sentences that capture the tension between private recollection and public erasure.
• Embodied Workshops: Translate these scripts into a vocabulary of micro-gestures and rhythms, exploring what the body remembers when language fails.
• Video Documentation: Create a research archive that captures the process and the physical testimony of participants as the primary residency output.

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