My
troubled childhood was clouded by loneliness where the only patches of sunlight
were the puppet friends I made for myself out of wood and scraps of metal dumped
in a nearby construction site. For me at that time, the act of art was
the only medium to help me turn to the brighter and more positive side of the
world. I realized that I needed to restore my artistic spirit to the pure
and simple state that it was during those days by undertaking a ritualistic
performance. In that way, I believed I could keep pursuing more meaningful artwork.
Thus,
this work exhibits to the viewer the complicated atmosphere of a mythical genesis.
In addition, through the visual image of a white crane communicating with
the revolving Earth, I showed my spiritual struggle to achieve clarity and purity,
and my yearning for harmony with Mother Nature.
This
work was designed to spin a symbolic globe whenever it senses my movement through
an infrared sensor. While it is rotating, 365 octagonal beads create a
special sound effect from within an irregular metal tube tangled through the
center of the globe.
(c) copyright 1996-2006 Byeong Sam Jeon. All rights reserved.
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