Produced for the solo exhibition “Syntax and Sorcery” (2022) at Gallery Hyundai, Ghost Dancers A represents Ernst Mo and En Storm, two protagonists of a narrative that served as the backbone of the exhibition. Two empty helmets that look like decapitated heads are hung from the ceiling with metal chains, installed facing each other–more like staring at each other, helplessly but unable to let go even when in the face of death. The helmet is hollow where the face should be, and instead, the screens of a tablet PC plays two beings sprinting on a motorcycle. It is the game-engine-configured videos of Ernst Mo and En Storm riding through the streets and alleys of an eerie city. While their bikes sprint back and forth at extraordinary speeds in a breathtaking and ecstatic race, you can also see corrugated tubes and wires reminiscent of spinal cords or intestines hanging from the neck of a dangling helmet to the floor.

The term “Ghost Dancer” in the title refers not only to the image of a head floating in midair, but also to a hidden level within the Delivery Dancer platform to which Ernst Mo belongs—an elite rank reserved for the most highly skilled riders. Within the platform’s five-tier hierarchy, the Ghost Dancer level is the only one authorized to access warped time and space, allowing its riders to travel at the speed of light.

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