Video/Film
Single-channel Video, Colour, Sound, 83'
1+1AP (#1/1)
0James T Hong (b. 1970) currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.
James T. Hong’s video, Apologies, is a compilation of modern political apologies and a timeline of political progress as unrepentant recidivism and contrite repetition. The passage of time does not heal all wounds; it cannot settle all accounts or resolve all disputes. But the identities of the perceived perpetrators can change, and a national apology’s task is to document and record a symbolic act as a prelude to possible reconciliation and forgiveness. To achieve these ends, one’s sincerity is paramount, especially when reading from a script.