esse 106 | Pain short films Hung Duong and Grace Samboh

Hung Duong and Grace Samboh

and at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art from May 10 to July 13

they propose

sound-bite samplers and media jammers of the current day

Ledare made an instant splash with his extraordinary 2008 book Pretend You're Actually Alive

esse 106 | Pain short films Hung Duong and Grace SambohIn recent years, the question of pain, whether physical or psychological, has become a hot topic in media and scientific discourses. This issue reflects on the place that pain claims in contemporary art through the production of forms and images of suffering that dont forget the care, dont ignore the trauma, and take the affects of the aesthetic relationship into account.