Sunday 8 September 2013
Saturday 7 September 2013
Organization of proliferation for ‘south taste buds stimulating worm’ (2008.10)
Organization
of proliferation for ‘south taste buds stimulating worm’ (2008.10)
Film,
performance, interactive/Color/English subtitle/0:04:02
Story
This organization wants discover the amazing
‘south taste buds stimulating worm’ and further more they want the creature
multiply by parasitize to human’s body. It certainly looks like just a ‘Dal-go-na’
(cheap Korean candy; it made by sugar and Sodium bicarbonate) but the
organization think it is most attractive and mysterious creature in the world.
So they study hardly in the laboratory and give to people ‘south taste buds
stimulating worm’ for experiment.
Commentary
It was first interactive art in public
place to me. So I want show to people very unfamiliar and useless things- in
other words, Korean called it “Fine Art”. But it is also interactive art, so I
need trap for attractive people in the street. ‘Dal-go-na’ has sweet smell and
nostalgia about childhood. When people follow sweet smell in Ordinary Street
and eat that deliciously, they also found strange pseudo organization try to
found secret of mere trifle. And they may felt being a material for experiment.
This project started without certain subject but it gave to me big question
about relationship between pedantry and art.
So, the ‘R’ lost a god (2009.12)
So, the ‘R’ lost
a god (2009.12)
Animation/Color/Sound
on/No language/0:06:12
Story
A long time ago existed the ‘R’:
archetypical humans who had pure spirit and simple shape. They lived in peace
with their god the ‘Snake’. One day, a ‘Monster’
appears in their world and harasses the ‘R’. The ‘R’s feel anger and sorrow, so they ask their god
the ‘Snake’ for power. With this power, they can have
their revenge against the ‘Monster’ and take his body as a trophy. Afterwards,
when the ‘Snake’ comes to the ‘R’s
world, it sees that the ‘R’s have changed form to resemble the ‘Monster’. They
demand more power from the ‘Snake’ and cling to its’
breasts, which rip from the god’s body. Thus, the ‘R’s lose
their god.
Commentary
This story is about the changing nature of human life. I
want to show a situation in which civilization is assaulting the primitive: civilization
is rebelling against their god, in the form of spirit of nature, and humanity
holds the ambition to usurp god’s authority. The short animation resembles a
fantasy, but it actually attempts to express a reality using metaphor as myth.
The big brother, who is that? (2008.9)
The
big brother, who is that? (2008.9)
Film/Mono/Sound
on/No language/0:01:58
Story
When a frame for silk screen print came
away from the monitor, Lee Myung-bak, a Korean president’s face will come out
to the screen. And as soon as he mumbled some speaking which unable to
understand, water with hose deleted his face. Behind of the face there are so
many swear wards about Lee Myung-bak and this texts change to civil protesters
who make bee sounds.
Commentary
In Seoul, 2008 there was big protest
movement about rejecting import “the mad cow” from USA. Korean government didn’t
ask people’s opinion and didn’t give exact information about importing cow.
Many people were angry especially the incident of shooting water with hose to
peaceful protesters. Also many netizens spoke ill of Lee Myung-bak on the
internet and took so many photos in protest scene of violence situation between
riot police (they were also just young age nation’s army of duty) and citizen.
I wanted make art work about tension of two powers. One is power of the state
which existed from ancient time, other is new generation’s power of internet
that reacts quickly about new situation and hide personal name. The two powers
keep watch each other. Big brother in contemporary world divided the function.
Even old power tried to make obey people, unspecified individuals can be strong
observer for their right.
Tuesday 3 September 2013
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