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[Critique] Image as Structure
It may be apt to begin this text with 〈All this way to meet you〉(2022). This form, composed of metal chain and plastic clay, harbors two (secret) spaces. There is an internal space where the structurally autonomous chain and materially present clay must come together.
2023.06.19
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[Critique] Bloated Surfaces and Fragile Image Strategies
A spherical form made of steel is covered with sharp iron cones protruding like spikes, and on one side of it sits a rectangular image. Careful not to let one’s gaze be captured by the threatening cones jutting out as if they might pierce, one cautiously looks into the image and encounters a ray of light that appears to be an exit, seen within a cave or the ruins of a collapsed building.
2023
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Artist Shin Jungkyun Reveals the Reality of Inherent Anxiety Through Mockumentary
Shin Jungkyun (b. 1986) has consistently explored the moment when everyday landscapes are transformed into specific signs, revealing the underlying anxieties embedded within them. His practice, which includes archives composed of found objects and videos in the form of mockumentaries, constructs narratives that traverse the boundary between reality and fiction.
2025.06.02
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[Critique] Invocation and Mediation: Myoung Ho Lee’s Photography-Act Project
“Myoung Ho Lee!” Someone calls out to the photographer. He turns around but sees nothing. Slowly, he looks around — and only then something begins to appear. He is drawn in. Then he reflects. At last, he names what “had been invisible but is now visible,” and softly calls it: Tree / Mirage / Nothing But.
2021
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Experiencing History through a ‘Virtual Excavation’
Mid-career artist Cho Duck Hyun (45, professor at Ewha Womans University) is presenting an unusual “virtual historical excavation” project titled Entering Yiseoguk at three locations near Gyeongju.
2002.04.23
