“THE GLORIOUS LAMENT” encounters the recumbent body of a fallen tree, which unfolds a stage for new connections and relationships and, thus, new life. It explores the process and ways we envision the ecological cycle of life and death, joy and grief in it, and beyond. In doing so, “THE GLORIOUS LAMENT” celebrates the life of the dead tree and expands our perception of belonging to the more-than-human being.
Ellie Kyungran Heo is a London-based artist who explores socio-ecological solidarity, conflict and coexistence through time-based media (primarily film) and inter-/transdisciplinary research.
Following graduation from the Royal College of Art in London (2015), Heo has exhibited and screened her work widely, including at the Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Alabama; Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; Whitechapel Gallery, London; LUX Moving Image, London; Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht; and e-flux Video & Film, New York.
