Na Mira explores Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's unfinished film in Tucson exhibition

Na Mira presents an exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson engaging with the unrealized work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. The Korean artist investigates Cha's incomplete feature film White Dust From Mongolia, which exists only as archival fragments from 1980. Cha's artistic practice was cut short by her 1982 murder in New York shortly after publishing her novel Dictée. Mira's installation Subrosa features two darkened chambers containing video works TETRAPHOBIA (2022) and Noraebang (2023). One projection depicts a character climbing through empty theater seats toward a blank screen, representing Cha's intended final scene. Another shows a woman reciting words in English and Korean while operating a clapperboard. Noraebang incorporates sounds from Korean karaoke rooms and feedback from a practice amp, mixed with radio transmissions from Los Angeles station Radio Korea. The exhibition includes footage from Mira's research trip to Korea exploring matrilineal shamanism in her family history. Mira previously showed related work Night Vision (Red as never been) at the 2022 Whitney Biennial. The exhibition continues through October 22, examining how artistic lineages develop through time and translation.