Then They Still Live Today
Artitst Book
2022, digital printed on paper, 21 x 15.5 cm
Zine Reading Room : From trees, 2022, Space Illi, Seoul, KR
In Cha’s garden, diverse forms of care bloom, fade, and endure. Through these cycles, Bahc reflects on the necessity and profound meaning of 'care': a process that begins with self-affirmation, eventually extending outward to the respect and nurturing of other beings.
By delving into the experiences of Korean migrant women—working with Korean seeds and sharing meals in a Berlin vegetable garden—Bahc discovers how they have dissolved the boundaries between "host" and "stranger" through the practice of autonomous care. This book is an essay that presents contemporary meanings and proposals regarding the act of caring.
Through this work, Bahc asks: Can 'autonomous care' serve as a foundational act and ethic for transforming society? And from this, can we envision the emergence of a politics and economy of solidarity?