Will You Hire me? (2016)

Will You Hire me? (Please attach photo here), 2016, photo and graphite on paper, 31 x 23 cm, photo: Aleks Slota

Will You Hire me?, 2016, application color photos on paper, 31 x 23 cm, photo: Aleks Slota

Will You Hire me? (Please attach photo here), 2016, photo and graphite on paper, 31 x 23 cm, Will You Hire me?, 2016, application color photos on paper, 31 x 23 cm, installation view, Unbinding Bodies. Lotus Shoe and Corset, Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Kunst der Welt, Hamburg, 2022, curated by Jasmin Mersmann, Evke Rulffes, Felix Sattlerphoto: Paul Schwimmweg

The artist had these application photos taken at one of the many Seoul-based photo studios for usage for passport, job or university application. She was provided with appropriate business clothes to wear, offered makeup products and various hair tools to get the perfect look. In a short thirty minutes after having her photo taken, she went back to pick the photos up and found her face was photoshopped without her permission. This is apparently quite normal in South Korea.