Massage Shop Codes: Palace Kneading, 2026
Video, 10 minutes, color, 4K single-channel
Massage Shop Codes is a multisensory project that archives the movements of female massage workers as intergenerational knowledge, carrying histories of healing, care, intimacy, and women's labor.
The artist closely traces individual massage movements she previously collected through kinetic interviews conducted in massage shops.
In its first study, titled Palace Kneading, six different drumming massage techniques are translated into notation drawings and interpreted kinetically by the artist and vocally by an experimental pansori singer.
Concept: Yon Natalie Mik
Camera: Jueng Hye-jin
Movement Performance: Yon Natalie Mik
Vocal Performance: Eunsil Noh
Editing: Jueng Hye-jin, Yon Natalie Mik
Title & Credit Design: Hyunkyung Son
On-set Support: Jo Mal
Production Support: Arts Council Korea/Sue Jeong Ka, apexart
Residency Support: Taipei Performing Arts Center, Bâtard