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진병으로 인해9월 3 일 까지 연기됨 (당초 8월 27 일 예정)
해외입양 한국인 예술가 자신의 친가족을 찾기 위해서, 그리고 친가족을 찾고 있는 수많은 다른 입양인들을 대표해서 달린다.

2024년9월3 일, 오전 10시 30분, 해외입양인 예술가 이미래 (Mirae kh RHEE) 씨는 자신이 태어난 서울시 동대문 근처에 위치한 (구) 동연하의원이 자리했던 곳에서 출발하여 서대문구 연희동에 위치한 자신의 입양을 주관했던 동방사회복지회 (구 한국기독교 십자군연맹)를 향해 달린다.  (구) 동연하의원이 자리했던 종로구 창신동, (현) 박영길 휘트니스 클럽 앞에서 출발하여8.8 km를 달려 서대문구 신촌동 동방사회복지회 앞에서 미니 레이스를 끝을 낸다.  이번 예술적 행동은 친가족을 찾고 있는 수많은 해외입양인들에게 초점을 맞추어 주의를 끌고, 작가가 참가할 2024년 11월3일 개최될 JTBC 서울 마라톤 42Km완주를 예시한다.

이미래 kh (Mirae kh RHEE) 는 2024년 4월 초에 “나의 가족을 향해 뛰어라” 라는 캠페인을 1998년부터 찾고 있던 자신의 친가족을 다시한번 찾아 보기 위해 시작했다.  2024년 11월 3일 개최되는 JTBC 서울 마라톤을 뛰기 위한 자신의 장거리 달리기 훈련을 보통 여성이 회임 하는 기간인 40주간동안 온라인으로 기록한다.  작가는 세계 여러 나라에서 친가족을 찾고 있는 해외입양인들을 자신과 함께 프로젝트에 참가하도록 초대했다.  프로젝트에 참가하는 해외입양인들은 레이스 번호표 레이스빕 대신 각자의 입양케이스 번호표를 레이스빕으로 받는다.  아이들이 입양되기 전 그들을 돌보던 보모 아주머니처럼 이미래 작가는 K-고아들의 입양번호표들을  그의 등에 붙여 그들을 상징적으로 업고 결승선까지 완주한다.  세계적인 큰 규모의 JTBC 마라톤에 참가함으로 이미래 작가는 지구력의 실행을 예를 보이고, 예술적 사회 중재로 친가족을 찾고 있는 해외입양인들에게 초점을 두어 자신의 뿌리를 찾을 수 있는 권리를 강조한다.

“나의 가족을 향해 뛰어라” 는 친 가족 찾기 캠페인 이며, 마라톤 달리기 도전이고, 사회적 아트 프로젝트 이며, 자신의 뿌리와 가족의 병력을 찾는 인간의 지구력과 회복력을 보여주는 친밀한 여행이다.

10시30: 출생지부터 입양기관까지 미니레이스: https://naver.me/GYCu6q68

출발장소: (구)동연하의원, (현)박영길 휘트니스 클럽: 종로구 창신길 24

결승선: 동방사회복지회 (구 한국기독교 십자군연맹), 03784 서울특별시 서대문구 연희로 26

어떻게 지원 하시겠습니까?

1. 해외입양인 (OAK – Overseas Adopted Korean)에 대해 알아보기
2. 팔로우 & 쉐어 & 태그 @runtowardsmyfamily
3. runtowardsmyfamily.com 에서 후원할 여러 방법을 찾아 보세요.

Press Packet
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AilbSw-7qUC8g8oPHkJM-trudtwbGA?e=GeEc5o

Postponed until September 3^rd because of illness (originally on August 27^th)
On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 10:30am, the overseas transracially adopted artist Mirae kh RHEE will run from her birthplace, the former location of the Dong Yeon Ha Clinic in Seoul, nearby the Dongdaemun (East Gate), to her adoption agency, Eastern Social Welfare Society, formerly known as Korea Christian Crusade, which sent her overseas to be adopted. The route straight down the large Jongno street will begin in Changshin-dong in front of Bagyeonggil Fitness, which currently occupies the building where she was born. The mini race will end after 8.8 KM at Eastern Social Welfare Society. This artistic action, meant to bring attention to the numerous adopted Koreans who are still searching for family, foreshadows the 42 KM that is waiting for the artist to complete on November 3, 2024, at the JTBC Seoul Marathon.

Mirae kh RHEE launched the project Run Towards My Family in early April of 2024 to search for her birth family, of whom she has been looking for since 1998. During a period of 40 weeks (the average time of a baby’s gestation in the womb) RHEE documents her training online to run the Seoul JTBC Marathon on November 3, 2024. The artist invited other overseas adopted Koreans (OAK) who are searching for their first families to participate. Each participating OAK will receive a race bib with their featured adoption number, instead of a race number. Like foster ajummahs care for orphans before they are sent for adoption, RHEE will symbolically carry these K-Orphans[1] (K-고아) to the finish line, bundling the race bibs and attaching them to her back. By running a large international race like the JTBS Marathon, RHEE creates a form of endurance performance and social intervention, as she brings awareness to the public about overseas adopted Koreans’ family searches and the human right to know one’s roots and family medical history.

Run Towards My Family is a Birth Family Search Campaign, a marathon running challenge, a social art project, and above all, an intimate journey into human endurance and resilience to seek one’s roots.

[1] K-Orphans were created by the overseas adoption industry to make money, just like K-Pop Stars were created by the K-Pop industry.

10:30 AM: Birthplace to Adoption Agency Mini Race: https://naver.me/GYCu6q68
Starting Line: Dong Yeon Ha Clinic is now Bagyeonggil Fitness 03106 Jongno-gu Changsin-gil 24, 2F

박영길휘트니스, 종로구 창신동 576

Finish Line: Eastern Social Welfare Society (formerly known as Christian Crusade), Seodaemun-gu, Yeonhuidong-ro 26

Call to Action: How can you help?

1. Learn more about OAKs – Overseas Adopted Koreans and amplify our stories
2. Follow, share, and tag @runtowardsmyfamily
3. Visit runtowardsmyfamily.com to learn more and how to donate to the campaign

   Press Packet: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AilbSw-7qUC8g8oPHkJM-trudtwbGA?e=GeEc5o

Run Towards My Family[1] is a Birth Family Search (BFS) Campaign, a marathon running challenge, a social art project, and above all, an intimate journey into human endurance and resilience to seek one’s roots. The Berlin based artist Mirae kate-hers RHEE, has undertaken the tool of durational endurance performance in many of her works over decades, artfully mashing up of genres and mediums as varied as street performance, internet art, language learning, bureaucracy, cuisine as sculpture, object swap, crafting circles, and now, the Seoul marathon as the ultimate expression of persistence.

Run Towards My Family utilizes social media platforms to tell a story over 40 weeks, the average time of a baby’s gestation in the womb and will be the documentation of the journey to run the JTBC Seoul Marathon in November. Along with the necessary training to be fit enough to run the race, the artist seeks the attention required to spread her story to find her first family, and also to raise awareness about the lost generations of South Koreans force to migrate to the west as K-Orphans (K-고아)*. It is the artist’s wish to add to an increasing awareness of the existence and challenges that overseas adopted Koreans navigate in their lives, being separated from not only their biological families but also their native land, language, culture, and sense of belonging. In addition, the campaign also seeks to talk about adopted people’s struggle with not knowing their medical history. RHEE wants to shine a light on women’s health issues and disability, specifically Endometriosis, of which she has suffered from for over thirty years but was diagnosed only in 2010. Running has considerably improved her quality of life. Knowing one’s roots, as well as family medical history, should be a human right.

Twenty years ago, in 2004, the artist conducted the Missing Persons Project in an attempt to find her first family but failed.

[1] Run Towards My Family is a reference to Sarah Polley’s wonderful memoir Run Towards the Danger. The artist was very inspired by Polley’s resilience and courage.
*K-Orphans (고안한고아) were created by the overseas adoption industry to make money, just like K-Pop Stars were created by the K-Pop industry.

Team
Social Media Content and Management: Anya Ballantyne
Translation: Joy S. Kim
Photography: Aleks Slota, Oumou Aidara
Running Coach: Seb Cadet
Running Teams: DNA, KoreaTown Berlin 
Consulting Assistance: Max Weiland, Celine Im, Michelle Kang

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung
I’m grateful to the following supporters who are making this project possible. I am listing my supporters in the ABC order. I have listed you as Anonymous because you choose not to have your name published, but you prefer me to use your name here on my website, please let me know. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Amy Chu
Amy 김선혜 Fortunato
Anja Tachler
Anne-Cécile
Anonymous (15)
Berin Golonu
Brady Velazquez
Brandy Shin
Bret Mantyk
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Deann Liem
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