Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The Memoir of the fourth finger represents an underrepresented personal voice within the collective identity constructed through familiar political and sociological contexts and interprets intergenerational trauma. It is focused on the unique family lineage of Korea’s peace fighter, Ahn Joongeun, who is recognized as a hero by both North and South Korea, Ahn Yeonseang, his mother, and Lee Jihyun (Jessie). Through an autobiographical approach, Art as Healing, Research+Creation approach, the haunted voice becomes a guidance to reclaim soul sovereignty, igniting intergenerational healing by creating a transcultural space, the third space. The transdisciplinary project, The Memoir of the Fourth Finger (documentary), screened at the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers and exhibited in room 118 (transdisciplinary installation), accompanied by a guerrilla public-intervention project, “Peace Act 2026: How to hold space”, which took place at Butterfield Park. Together, they brought inherited and embodied knowledge, cinematic voice, performance, journaling, and installation, which included painting, glassblowing, ceramics, weaving/quilting, scent-making, and projection as outcomes of the MFA research-creation.
Author: Lee, Jihyun (Jessie) / JHL
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7160681964