Love Was Taught Last Friday (2025) is Young-jun Tak's fourth work in his on-going choreography film series. The film explores intergenerational communication, reflecting on both the differences and similarities between generations. It highlights rare professions in which teaching and learning relationships are respectfully passed down, regardless of age.

The first three films in Tak's choreography film series will be screened at Meet Me At The Gallery on January 7, 2026 and on loop at The Polygon Gallery on January 8, 2026.

6:45pm Doors Open; with special activation from Dance//Novella
7:00pm Canadian Premiere of Love Was Taught Last Friday
7:30pm Post-film Q&A with Director Young-jun Tak and Guest Curator, Ann Webb

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Love Was Taught Last Friday (2025)
Single channel 4K/HD video, colour, stereo sound
Duration: 20:00

In Bolzano, a father and son have shared the art of woodcarving for over thirty years. Their daily rhythm and gestures become the source of inspiration for a new choreography by Christopher House, former Artistic Director of Toronto Dance Theatre. Reuniting with his former students in Berlin after two decades, House develops the work at the historic Veterinary Anatomy Theater (Tieranatomisches Theater), the city’s oldest academic venue. The carvers’ rhythmic hand movements also inspire Andreas Sieling, organist of the Berlin Cathedral, in his choice and performance of the film’s musical score.

About the Artist

Young-jun Tak was born 1989, in Seoul, South Korea and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Tak studied English Language and Literature, as well as Cross-Cultural Studies. Upcoming projects include at Seo-Seoul Museum of Art, the 4th Gangneung International Art Festival and SONGEUN in Seoul. Recent solo exhibitions include at Galerie Nordenhake – Salon Kant. (Berlin, 2025); palace enterprise (Copenhagen, 2025); PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2024); COMA (Sydney, 2024); Atelier Hermès (Seoul, 2024); Julia Stoschek Foundation (Berlin, Düsseldorf, 2023); Wanås Konst (Knislinge 2023); O—Overgaden (Copenhagen, 2023). He has participated in international group exhibitions such as at the 14th Taipei Biennial (2025); the 8th Singapore Biennale (2025); KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art (Berlin, 2025); the 4th Bangkok Art Biennale (2024); the 3rd St.Moritz Art Film Festival (2024); The High Line (New York, 2023); the 5th Chicago Architecture Biennial (2023); the 16th Lyon Biennale (2022); the 11th Berlin Biennale (2020), the 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017) among many others. He received the “Grand Prize” at the 24th SONGEUN Art Award (Seoul, 2024), the “Love at First Sight Prize” at the 3rd St.Moritz Art Film Festival (2024), and the “TOY Berlin Masters Award” at the 9th Berlin Masters (2021). Tak’s work is part of Burger Collection (Hong Kong, Zurich), Servais Family Collection (Brussels), Julia Stoschek Collection (Dusseldorf), Laurent Fiévet Collection (Paris), and the Collection of Seoul Museum of Art, Parkseobo Foundation (Seoul), and Sunpride Foundation (Hong Kong). www.youngjuntak.net

About the Curator

Known for her commitment to creative collaboration and public engagement, Ann Webb has held key positions with some of Canada’s leading art and cultural institutions including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian Art Foundation and The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. She has curated innovative programs and exhibitions, organized artist and curatorial residencies, published a contemporary visual art magazine, and founded and curated North America’s only documentary film festival devoted to visual art and artists. Ann has collaborated with a wide network of international artists, galleries, filmmakers, writers, curators and collectors. A few of the many artists and cultural figures with whom Ann has worked include Marina Abramović, Hoor Al-Qasimi, Sara Angelucci, Daniel Baumann, Bill Burns, Douglas Coupland, Isaac Julien, and Sarah Thornton. In all that she does, her work reflects a deep belief in the power of art to foster dialogue and connect people to ideas and each other. Born in Toronto, Ann lives in Vancouver and Berlin.

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