Control
by Yuyoung Chung
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
For the final project, the class contributed to a book titled "Performance Theories For Now." Our chapters, Body, Politics, Ghosts, and Understanding, loosely resemble our curriculum for the semester. I contributed to the Body chapter, acting as a bridge between the Body and Politics by exploring 'control' across the context of sport and the gendered body. My creative process began by mapping the definitions and mechanisms of excellence in sports psychology, and realizing the gap between the method and actual accumulation of control. I used performance theory and drew testimonies from guest speakers and teammates to learn how other performers, both artists and athletes, approach embodied presence during their performances.
YUYOUNG'S BIO:
Yuyoung is a Performance Studies major at NYU Tisch and a student-athlete on the NYU Women’s Golf Team, earning UAA and Liberty League All-Academic honors. She is a content creator with a background in photography and videography, and recently made her modeling debut at NYFW. Her work spans short films, including a 3D film screened in Cannes, as well as music production and songwriting. She is the co-founder and curator of Performance&, an interdisciplinary podcast and digital magazine exploring performance and global culture, informed by her transnational upbringing across Korea, the U.S., Italy, and Singapore.