Although
society continues to progress, children abandoned because of their parents' divorce
or being born from a single mother remain a serious problem. I planned Zoological
Garden 2 as a consideration of this tragic situation from an artist's standpoint.
I got in close contact with Seoul Samdong Boys' Orphanage, a refuge for abandoned
children, where I felt I could pursue a meaningful project. This work was inspired
by my childhood memory of making eye contact with a chimpanzee behind the bars
of its zoo cage 19 years ago. I tried to create a confused situation where
I demolished the boundaries between two opposing concepts that are separated
by the cage bars: freedom and confinement, or inside and outside. I
installed metal bars and a monitor which have a hidden CC camera in the middle
of the orphanage dump so that the viewers can look inside and find themselves
behind the bars through the hidden camera. In this way I tried to lead the viewers
to challenge their own system of thought. This installation piece was photographed
in a 16 shot sequence and finally edited together as a video image to attempt
to deliver a clear impression.
The 54 Jurymen and the 14 Flatterers
Where: Samdong Boys' Orphanage in Nanzido, Seoul, Korea
When: November 4, 2000 - December 2, 2000
A
Group Exhibition on the Samdong Boys' Orphanage in Nanzido, Seoul, Korea
The
Story of the Title
The
Samdong Boys' Orphanage is not a gallery, a school, or a special place. It is just
the sweet home for the 54 children who eat, play, and sleep there. The 14
flatterers who are strangers to them enter the home to add artistic performances
to the 54. The quick-witted flatterer group wants to meet the 54 jurymen and
other audiences with more active movement over the existing artistic methods. They
plan the flattery with interactive artworks as a kind of service to the boys
who will be positive and sensitive jurymen. However, nobody can predict how the jurymen will react. They just
hope that the jurymen group can see the world with more affirmative and positive
views through the flatterers' approach. Now 14 flatterers stride toward the boys'
side, with the belief that their performances will be meaningful for the boys.
Participating Artists
Kim,
Jae Hwan / Jeon,
Byeong Sam / Lee,
Seung Min / Kim,
Seung Beom / Lee,
Hwi Young / Park,
Joo Young / Lee,
Hae Jik / Park,
Jung Lim / Byon,
Soo Young / Eum,
Sae Young / Lee,
Joo Hae / Lee,
Chang Suk / Park,
Chang Eun / Jeon,
In Sook
Staff
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Exclusive Directing : Kim, Jae Hwan
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Co-Chief Directing : Jeon,
Byeong Sam / Lee, Seung Min / Kim,
Seung Beom / Lee, Hwi Young
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Secretariat Division : Park, Joo Young / Lee, Hae Jik
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Public Relations Division : Park, Jung Lim / Byon, Soo Young / Um, Sae Young
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Editors' Department : Lee, Joo Hae / Lee, Chang Suk / Park, Joo Young
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Liaison Division : Jeon,
Byeong Sam / Park, Chang Eun / Jeon, In
Sook
(c) copyright 1996-2006 Byeong Sam Jeon. All rights reserved.
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