We are excited to announce the first solo exhibition of Sojung Jun in a UK institution, The Showroom, London, I Do Nine-Tailed Fox, from September 26 to January 31, 2026.
Jun’s work explores the nomadic identities of transformation and metamorphosis through the East Asian mythic figure, Gumiho (Nine-Tailed Fox), along with the narrative of the seed from Octavia Butler’s ‘Earthseed’, which is transported by natural elements like wind, animals, or water, to represent the idea of survival and return within the planetary crisis.
The film follows the story of Koreans who relocated to Central Asia – Kazakhstan – during the Soviet era and tells the multifaceted story of shifting between geographies and temporalities, while facilitating the iconography of Gumiho as an apparatus of metamorphosis, branching, and polyvocality, combining an archaeological tale with speculative imagination.
The exhibition features groups of inflatable sculptures that function as both refugia and theatre that manifest the identity of said nomads' lifestyle: low-cost, portable, adaptable, and itinerant.
