SCORE FOR UNLANGUAGING

score for unlanguaging. no082721
graphite, pigment, vellum paper, pins, 8.5 x 11 inches

score for unlanguaging. no082721, close-up

score for unlanguaging. no081021, 8.5 x 11 inches

installation view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, 2021

score for unlanguaging. no070521, framed, 10.5 x 13 inches

score for unlanguaging. no010522, 10.5 x 13 inches

score for unlanguaging. no010622, 10.5 x 13 inches

scores for unlanguaging, installation view, Gallery TPW, Toronto, 2022

score for unlanguaging (천지문 and cosmos, no.042823)
graphite, vellum paper, pigment, pins, 4 artist frames, 15 by 11 inches each
2023, installation view at Ballroom Marfa, TX

score for unlanguaging (천지문 and cosmos, no.042823)

score for unlanguaging (천지문 and cosmos, no.042823), close-up

score for unlanguaging (no.042623)
2023, graphite, vellum paper, pigment, pins, artist frame, 10 1/2 by 13 inches

score for unlanguaging (천지문 and cosmos; no.042423),
graphite, vellum paper, pigment, pins, 2 artist frames, 15 by 11 inches each
installation view at Ballroom Marfa, TX, 2023

score for unlanguaging (천지문 and cosmos; no.042423), close-up

close-up

score for unlanguaging, billboards, Toronto, Canada, 2022

score for unlanguaging
ongoing --
graphite, pigment, vellum paper, roman alphabet stencil, pins, eraser, artist's frame

score for unlanguaging fragments and abstracts the global lingua franca, English, into new cosmologies. Using a Roman Alphabet stencil, Chun unfixes, reimagines, and layers its linguistic and visual structures to propose new semiotic trajectories. The abstract scores consider the nuanced and circular passages of language, meaning, and legibility.

The scores are also activated through performances and collaborations with other artists. Chun invites them to translate the scores according to their own interpretation and form. The first activation was performed by Li(sa) E. Harris and her collaborator Abijan Johnson in May, 2023 in a sonic and choreographic performance; the second activation will be performed by JJJJJJerome Ellis in Sept, 2023.