This essay, written by artist Alex Hetherington and edited by Kai-Oi Jay Yung considers Yung’s practice in the context of altermodern and her deployment of video as a means to consider multiple identities and the fragility between fact and fiction. This accompanies an audio interview, Alex Hetherington in conversation with the artist, allowing a different insight into Yung’s practice. Listen to a 5 minute extract here…
5 min extract – Alex Hetherington interviews Kai-Oi Jay Yung on Interval; A Narrative Psychosis by CornerhouseMCR
Alex Hetherington speaks to Kai-Oi Jay Yung on the motivations, intricacies and ambitions of her current project Interval; A Narrative Psychosis. It sets into context the psychological, political and empathetic investigations extending from Yung’s video works, considering the parallels between artifice and truth, documentary and narrative and the problem of verisimilitude.