[Exhibition]Unknown Witness

2022.3.9-3.20
I will participate a group show <Unknown Witness> at Art space Boan  1942. Please come and visit if you are in Seoul.

Art Space Boan
2021.3.9-3.20
12pm – 18pm /Closed on Mondays/Admission Free
KIM Eunsol, YOON Sukone, CHUNG Jaeyoon, SHIN Jungkyun, JANG Youngwon
Unfold X Cultural Planning Academy

Memory Archive

Memory Archive, 3 channel video 20’17”, 42inch TV, granite, 2019 @SeMA Storage
Memory Archive, 3 channel video 20’17”, 42inch TV, granite, 2019 @SeMA Storage
Memory Archive, 3 channel video 20’17”, 42inch TV, granite, 2019 @SeMA Storage

Memory Archive (2019) is a video installation that shows how Korean and Japanese people remember the former Japanese Governor-General building(韓國統監府) in Seoul, demolished in 1995. I interviewed 6 Korean and Japanese people who visited or remember the building to find out what their personal memories of the building are. In particular, some of the interviewees were against the demolition of  the building publicly, which meant they were considered to be pro-Japanese in Korean society. The interviews are played on 3 monitors, as if the participants are talking to one another outside an installation of stones which resembles an incomplete maze.

A sketch for a Foundation(2019)

A Sketch for a Foundation_single channel video 6’20”, string curtains, size variable 2019 @SeMA Storage
A Sketch for a Foundation_single channel video 6’20”, string curtains, size variable 2019 @SeMA Storage

This is a re-make version of <A Sketch for a Foundation>(2018).
The work compares an early childhood memory and what I found in the archive. When I visited the site as a child,
I had a primarily aesthetic experience of the building and it’s staircases and balustrades. However, this memory conflicts with the official narrative, which views the building primarily as a symbol of colonial power. The work explores the dissonance that occurs as personal memory conflicts with cultural memory and how aesthetic tastes are affected by political interests.

[Exhibition]We are bound to meet: Chapter 1.

2019.8.9-9.8
I will participate a group show <We are bound to meet: Chapter 1.> at Alternative Space Loop. Please come and visit if you are in Seoul.

Alternative Space Loop
20, Wausan-ro 29na-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea (335-11, Seogyo-dong)
Mon – Sun 10am – 7pm(Closed on Aug 15)
Free Admission

Opening: 2019.8.9(Fri)_ 6pm
Artists talk: 2019.8.10(Sat) 3-5.30pm(Korean-Chinese)
Participated artists: Sojung Jun, Jaeyeon Chung, Ching-Yuan Chen, Fei-Hao Chen, Liang-Pin Tsao
Curator: Jia-Zhen Tsai

[Residency]TOKAS OPEN STUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For three days 2019.7.12-14, TOKAS Open Studio will be taking place.
Please come and visit if you are in Tokyo. Hope to see you around!

TOKAS Open Studio
2-14-7 Tatekawa, Sumida City
Tokyo-to 130-0023

Dates: 2019.07.12-14
Open hours: 11:00-17:00
Open Studio talk: 2019.07.13/14:00-16:00
Admission free

Oval Portrait

Gobo projector, acrylic mirror, etching, backlit print, pallet, Dimensions variable, 2018
Gobo projector, acrylic mirror, etching, backlit print, pallet, Dimensions variable, 2018

This work is an installation for the exhibition Brood Parasitism at Nanji exhibition hall.
In zoology, brood parasitism is a strategy practiced by some species of birds, like cuckoos, who lay their eggs in the nest of another bird and trick the host bird into raising the baby chick for them. In Brood Parasitism, each of five artists working in different media, is both the host bird and the parasite bird. They deliberately adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects of pre-existing art works by the other artists, and recontextualise them in their work. In this way, the exhibition focuses on articulating all semantic, associative and representational influences of artists on each other within a single art work.

I adapted the idea of Kyung Ryul Park, who raises a fundamental question about how images are looked at by relocating images and objects. Originally in Lost Corner (2018), a specific theme was determined and the work was arranged according to the exhibition venue’s architectural characteristics and the expected audience flow in order to highlight the particular theme. However, at Nanji, the original work will be re-presented without the original context or theme: elements will be removed – and added spontaneously – to open up a space to find something that was unnoticed before. This work is an experiment to see if I can liberate myself from my obsession with having a theme in my art practice.

[Exhibition] Brood Parasitism

2018.10.4-14, I will participate a group show <Brood Parasitism> at SeMA Nanji Exhibition Hall.
Please come and visit if you have time.

Seoul Museum of Art Nanji Exhibition Hall
108-1, Haneulgongwon-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Line 6 Mapogu Office Station Exit 1 to take the bus (towards World Cup Stadium)
Bus 9707 get off at Nanji Hangang Park (3 min walk)

Lost Corner _Stained glass

Lost Corner_stained glass_gobo beamer, acrylic mirror, curtain, 2018
Lost Corner_stained glass_gobo beamer, acrylic mirror, curtain, 2018
Lost Corner_stained glass_gobo beamer, acrylic mirror, curtain, 2018

Lost Corner is the title of a solo exhibition that consists of copperplate prints, video and light installations. The works are intended to complement one another and are situated on two levels: ground floor and underground. On the ground floor, the prints show architectural images of Jungangcheong, a former site of Japanese colonial administration. On the lower floor, a light rotates and reflects onto pleated curtains, while in the video Chung places and moves stones one by one in order to make a structure. The recording which accompanies the video features a news reader’s voice which relates part of the history of the building. As the official archive and the artist’s actions are incongruent, an aporia appears between personal memory and official past. Personal memory conflicts with official memory, which prevents a sense of closure from being reached.

 

A Sketch for a Foundation(2018)

Lost Corner_A sketch for a Foundation, single channel video, 31’44”, 2018
Lost Corner_A sketch for a Foundation, single channel video, 31’44”, 2018
Lost Corner_A sketch for a Foundation, single channel video, 31’44”, 2018

Lost Corner is the title of a solo exhibition that consists of copperplate prints, video and light installations. The works are intended to complement one another and are situated on two levels: ground floor and underground. On the ground floor, the prints show architectural images of Jungangcheong, a former site of Japanese colonial administration. On the lower floor, a light rotates and reflects onto pleated curtains, while in the video Chung places and moves stones one by one in order to make a structure. The recording which accompanies the video features a news reader’s voice which relates part of the history of the building. As the official archive and the artist’s actions are incongruent, an aporia appears between personal memory and official past. Personal memory conflicts with official memory, which prevents a sense of closure from being reached.