left left left right left / 왼발 왼발 왼발 오른발 왼발 Book Launch
June 9, 2026 – June 9, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bungee Space
13 Stanton St, New York, NY 10002
Bungee Space will host the celebratory launch of left left left right left with an evening of conversation between Gi (Ginny) Huo and Lumi Tan, presented by Small Editions.
The discussion will begin with a screening of a short film and Huo’s research for this project, which involved returning to her birthplace in Hawai‘i after 20 years. Led by Tan, who recently co-curated Huo’s work in an exhibition at DOOSAN Gallery in Seoul, they will then dive into the book, covering Huo’s interest in the connection between spiders, balloons, reconnaissance, camouflage techniques, and the ways in which they intertwine with her own family’s history.
left left left right left is an artists’ book in the form of a double-sided map. One side of the map features a text written by Huo; the other features pixelated aerial photographs of Lā‘ie, Hawai‘i, the artist’s birthplace, along with 16mm stills from a film made on O‘ahu in 2025. The book takes its title from a common U.S. military chant used to synchronize soldiers during a march. This cadence is repeated throughout the text, tying together a visual essay that touches on themes of migration, military, and morality.
This book exists in two editions: one in English (left left left right left), and one in Korean (왼발 왼발 왼발 오른발 왼발). The English version plays with the multiple meanings of “left” and “right” in relation to military coordinates (moving left and right), belief systems (edicts on good/bad/right/wrong), and patterns of immigration (the things we leave behind). The Korean version, translated by Michelle Ho, has been adapted to work around the untranslatability of the words’ multiple meanings in English.