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88, Melancholy  
88, 멜랑꼴리

2011

88, 2011, a used partition wall(plywood, lumber), stones, 366x244x172cm
Melancholy 멜랑꼴리, 2011, speaker, amp, CDplayer 





The number '88' has a special significance in the minds of most South Koreans. It is the reminder of the 1988 Olympics that took place in Seoul and was a historic occasion in which the South Korean government showcased its miraculous economic development to the rest of the world. It must not be forgotten however, that behind this enormous accomplishment, were much suffering and sacrifices made by an entire generation of South Koreans. My work contains a positive number 8 carved out of a wooden panel and a negative 8 formed by the lifting out of the positive 8. Symbolically representing the positive and negative aspects of 1988.

아라비아 숫자 '88'은 한국인에게 1988년에 치러진 서울올림픽을 기억하게 한다. 서울 올림픽은 한국전쟁 이후 폐허가 된 남한의 경제생활에서 탈피하여 산업화를 급속도로 일궈 낸 남한의 국가이미지를 국제적으로 선보일 수 있는 최고의 이벤트였다. 이 국제행사는 사회적 소수자와 약자에 대한 헌신과 희생이 있었기에 가능했다. 88 은 한국의 근대 성장기시대를 지나쳐온 다수의 남한인에 대한 애잔한 감정이 담겨진 작업이다.


*Sound designers: YOO Heewon, Futureyetronica


*Exhibitions;
2011 Solo Exhibition 'Twin Peaks', SeMA(Seoul Museum of Art) Nanji Gallery, Seoul, South Korea