The Weight of Memory: Honoring my dear friend

Abstract

met theresa hak kyung cha in 1975 at University Art Museum (now Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) when we both received awards for our visual art upon our college graduation. At this exhibition, an etching of mine was displayed, and Theresa’s video “Mouth to Mouth” was also shown; her work was far more advanced than mine. We built an immediate bond rooted in our immigrant Korean background, which led me to consider Theresa as uhnni: an “older sister.” She was only two years older, but my feelings stemmed from my deep folio