Dew Kim reproduces the insult ‘Ttongkko-Chung 1’ by giving it a physical presence, via a purification ritual inspired by many religions. However, the place where Ttongkko-Chungs hold the purification ritual is nowhere else but a bathroom (Latrinxia), and the holy water comes from the toilet. Toilet water is dirty, and is far from what water normally symbolizes: cleanliness. This paradox becoming pure at last only after cleansing yourself with dirty water implies a certain kind of queer action: flipping what is vulgar and what is noble upside down, erasing the border between the two. / written by Junyoung Lee
Chronic Infection, or, Permits for Pipelines, Canals, and Wells of Helis Oil and Gas, Chevron Corporation, Shell Oil Company, and Others in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA. Year: 2020 Data: LDNR.