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Objects of the Wind (2024) is a panoramic memorial dedicated to the contract-working Korean nurses who worked in Germany, portraying their collective traditional music practice of pungmul, rooted in drumming, dancing, and singing, as a participatory practice of gathering, longing, and sonic rebellion.

The installation draws parallels between these women’s stories and the transformative journeys of Barigongju (Princess Bari) and Shim Cheong from Korean folklore. Created from conversations with Korean nurses, archival research, and collaborative sound performances, this panorama reflects the nurses’ roles as caretakers and their engagement with pungmul as a means of connecting to the complexities of belonging. Drumming served as a form of expression and protest, countering their stereotypical portrayal as silently hardworking and well-integrated.

Objects of the Wind (2024) is the artist’s largest work to date and was commissioned by and initially shown at the 15th Gwangju Biennial, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud (2024).

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Mira Mann, Objects of the Wind, 2024

Light score for 56 light bulbs, translated from Pungmul drumming performances with the
Association of Korean Nurses and Nursing Assistants in Berlin, mirrors, stainless steel boards, acid prints, buk drum, Janggu drum, Jing brass gong, Ggaenggari small brass gong, Jingo buk chum drum, cotton cloth drum belts, drum sticks, gong rackets, metal tweezers, stainless steel instrument holder cup, vases, newspaper, aspirin bottle, perilla seeds, plastic bag, stethoscope, mineral water bottles, hospital system dishes: cups, plates, egg holders, glass syringe, paper boxes, CD Player, Binyeo costume headpiece, deaconess caps, Korean 1970s plastic nurse cap, Sangmo headpiece feathers, sunglasses, nursing school books, magazines, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights (Korean translation), Emily Bronte Sturmhöhe (German translation), photographs from the private archives of Kim Mi-Soon, Kim Kum Sun, Jang Won-Joo, Haeng-Ja Fischer, Jang Kyung-Ok, Bochum Minjung Munhwa Club, Association of Korean Nurses and Nursing Assistants in Berlin, and the Archive of the Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development

110 × 960 cm / 43 ¼ × 378 in