Join Korean artist Minkyung Choi and Singaporean artist Weng San Sit in discussion with Elise Hu, author of FLAWLESS, a journalistic exploration of the present and future of beauty through the lens of South Korea’s booming “K-beauty” industry and the culture it promotes, for a screening, presentations, and conversation at GYOPO's headquarters.

From 1–1:50 PM, you are invited to an optional screening of A Manual for Timeless Youth (영원한 젊음을 위한 매뉴얼), 2024, which has been exhibited extensively in Korea. This is a special opportunity to experience “Timeless Youth," a collaborative project by Minkyung Choi and Weng San Sit that investigates our individual & collective aspirations for “youth” and newness. The project attempts to understand the ways in which the phenomena is echoed in all aspects of our lives; from identities to our bodies to urban spaces, and in social, cultural, scientific and virtual spheres. Focusing on the Korean and Singaporean societies, ”Timeless Youth” explores this pursuit for youth and modernity and its often contentious relationship with our history and memory.

At 2 PM, the artists with Elise Hu, host of TED Talks Daily, co-host of Forever 35, and host-at-large for NPR, will share about their work and engage in a conversation afterward.

Contact us with any questions or accessibility requests. ASL interpretation will be provided upon request (please email info@gyopo.us).

Please be advised that this event will be photographed and filmed and that GYOPO may use such photos and videos in print and online, including in social media. By RSVPing and attending this program, it signifies your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded.

Minkyung Choi is a South Korean visual artist, currently based in Seoul. Based on video, performance and often engaging in collaborations with other women, Choi’s practice explores the issues of image and desire from a female perspective. Choi is interested in creating forms of resistance, while recognizing the ambivalence of one's position and desire in the society. Choi has screened, exhibited, and took part in artist residencies around the globe including the 18th & 21st Seoul International New Media Festival, the 13th DMZ International Documentary Festival, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Tokyo Art Space, Akiyoshidai International Artist Village (Japan), Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center (Palestine), Pier2 (Taiwan), among others.

Weng San Sit is a Singaporean artist and educator currently based in Los Angeles. Working primarily with still and moving images, San's practice engages with the systems and power structures that contribute to the dissonance between simplistic, homogeneous representations of marginalized bodies and the reality of their complex, multifaceted identities. Her ongoing project, Routine as Repertoire, examines the routines that women and non-binary individuals adopt as they navigate embodied transformations or physical challenges.

San was a recipient of the Sundance Institute Uprise Grant, and her work has been presented at, amongst others, Angel Gate Cultural Center, Vincent Price Art Museum, USC Keck School of Medicine, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Objectifs - Centre for Photography & Film, and the International Center of Photography. She is currently an Assistant Professor at El Camino College.

Elise Hu is a journalist, podcaster, and author whose debut non-fiction book, Flawless, explores her time as the founding NPR bureau chief in Seoul and the way digital media is changing what we expect of our bodies. She hosts TED Talks Daily and Forever35, among other shows.

Timeless Youth

with Minkyung Choi, Weng San Sit, and Elise Hu