WHO WE ARE
Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics(SGT) i​s a feminist artist collective consisting of a documentary filmmaker, a choreographer, a writer, a dance movement therapist, and a visual artist—each having faced individual struggles after #METOO in their respective fields in the Korean art scene.
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Since #METOO in 2015, attempts at the institutional level to prevent sexual violence have started taking place in Korean society. However, laws and policies have not progressed to a level that satisfies activists. Systematic support for the physical, mental, and social recovery of survivors remains unstable. Facing this reality, Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics(SGT) questioned what it would require to sustain our identity as survivors and supporters of the #METOO. We decided to utilize art as our medium to change these surroundings. 

​Since 2020, SGT have developed art programs that assist a survivor's journey of self-recovery, and conducted workshops in many cities across Korea.  By creating a  secure and sincere space where survivors can play, laugh, cry, and listen, we hope to achieve that both participants and organizers can undergo a process of self-recovery and inner growth at their own rhythm, and by doing so, to extend this 'invisible' space of recovery to those we've yet to encounter.
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‘Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics’ means-

Sang-Yeoja?
In Korea, the term 'sang-namja,' signifying 'the man of men,' has long been used. However, as there was no corresponding term for women, we inverted the word to represent females. This action aimed to highlight the social discrimination experienced by the majority of victims and survivors of sexual violence, who are women. It also aimed to emphasize that each victim or survivor is a courageous individual with the power to heal themselves.

Grounding Tactics?
‘Grounding’ is a technique used in trauma recovery. It involves focusing on one’s sensation of the ground beneath their feet, affirming the present safety apart from the threatening instance of violence. We named it 'grounding tactics’ to illustrate that a survivor's effort to exist in the present is similar to mastering a skillful tactic in martial arts.
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History 
2023. 3 to Present
Developing art-based education programs for the prevention of sexual violence supported by the Art Council Korea
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2023. 11
Conducted a research trip to the United States and Canada for the development of main programs
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2023. 3
Developed ‘Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics’ program, supported by the Art Council Korea
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2022
Conducted 'Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics' program in three major cities (Busan, Jeon-ju, Seoul) in Korea
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2021. 11
Conducted a series of lectures at the Arts Safety Net School by the Seoul Artists’ Platform
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2021. 11
Conducted the 'Territory of an Artist's Body' workshop as an opening event of the Seoul Artists’ Platform
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2020. 7
Developed ‘Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics’ program (a series of art-based workshops to assist the survivors of the #METOO movement in the Korean art scene) supported by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. \
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2020. 4
‘Sang-yeoja’s Grounding Tactics’ began