PARKing CHANce, an artist collective consisting of the photographer Park Chan-wook (who had a solo exhibition at Kukje Gallery Busan in 2021) and the contemporary artist Park Chan-kyong, is participating in Sacred Threads at Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, Switzerland. The exhibition examines how ancestral knowledge has evolved and continues to influence contemporary life and art. The narratives that connect us to our past and future are drawn from various social devices such as governance structures, the signifier and the signified, and the relationships between nature and technology.

PARKing CHANce’s Night Fishing (2011), winner of Golden Bear Award from the International Short Film category at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, explores Korean rituals and shamanism. The work studies gut, a spiritual ceremony in Korean shamanism that creates a space of contemplation, where one can feel connected to transcendental beings. Through this ritual, PARKing CHANce examines Korea’s ancestral religions while exploring the realm of human existence, crossing the boundaries between reality and virtuality. As the Park brother’s first co-production, the film has been applauded for expanding the boundaries of Korean cinema.

Sacred Threads runs through April 28, 2024, with five artists(teams) from different continents, telling stories of identity, history, and displacement employing various spiritual elements.