Commissioned by Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Center, The Maternal River of No Return is a collaborative video work by Young Joon Kwak and Kim Ye that presents a fragmented storyline of a fictional family holiday. Drawing attention to the constructions of gender in an intentionally exaggerated performance of femininity, Ye plays a “mommy” […]

Categories: 2018, collaboration, EVERYTHING, things, vids, work • Tags: Banff Center, Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Christopher Bussey, Commissioned by Walter Phillips Gallery, Jennifer Chiasson, Jessica Whittman, Kim Ye, Kim Ye Banff, Kim Ye collaboration, Kim Ye Young Joon Kwak collaboration, Marilyn Monroe, Marvin Astorga, Maternal River of No Return, Young Joon Kwak