Eunju Hong studied Fine Arts at the Korea National University of Arts and later attended the Academy of Fine Arts Munich as a DAAD master’s scholarship recipient. She currently lives and works in Korea and Germany.
Installation view of 《Shadow Play》 (Faction, 2025) ©Eunju Hong
In traditional East Asian theatre, mysterious and non-human beings
frequently appear—monsters, ghosts, and spiritual apparitions. These figures
symbolically embody human joy, suffering, and conflict. Puppet and mask
theatre, in particular, serve as a portal through which the human body
transforms into something “other” and enters into different realms.
《Shadow Play》 originates from the artist’s inquiry into the absence of
Korean traditional theatre, a question that emerged through her encounters and
research during a residency in Taiwan. Tracing the remnants of performances
that were systematically erased during the Japanese colonial period, the work
explores intersecting emotions and memories within the shifting boundaries
between puppet and performer, character and actor.
