Byeong Sam Jeon.
I am interested in everything that disappears. Because there is nothing eternal in this world, and we will eventually disappear someday. The irony is that, whether people we love or things we value, we feel more precious when they disappear.
We often forget the preciousness in our daily lives. A few years ago, I heard a radio news that the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was burned down in a fire. Only then I tried to recall what the cathedral's spire looked like, what color the exterior wall was, and what shape the front door looked like. When it disappears, its essence is finally visible.
Through my work, I deconstruct and reconstruct the appearance of various objects to induce an experience as if the objects disappeared. The "LOST" series is one of them. The only thing given to the audience is the name (title) of the disappeared object and a 1-minute striped loop video. Through these two clues, I hope that you will have the experience of thinking more about it and entering into its essence.
It is a digital artwork that scans the image of a disappeared subject from top to bottom for 30 seconds and then from bottom to top for 30 seconds. I encourage you to take enough time to search for the numerous secrets hidden in this striped video work that may seem meaningless when you first see it.
I've been doing this type of experiment over the years, and there's still a lot of research left to do. Disappearing is not the end, it is a new beginning, and it is an important clue to understanding “I” and “we” today. Who am I and where are we going?
I am interested in everything that disappears. Because there is nothing eternal in this world, and we will eventually disappear someday. The irony is that, whether people we love or things we value, we feel more precious when they disappear.
We often forget the preciousness in our daily lives. A few years ago, I heard a radio news that the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was burned down in a fire. Only then I tried to recall what the cathedral's spire looked like, what color the exterior wall was, and what shape the front door looked like. When it disappears, its essence is finally visible.
Through my work, I deconstruct and reconstruct the appearance of various objects to induce an experience as if the objects disappeared. The "LOST" series is one of them. The only thing given to the audience is the name (title) of the disappeared object and a 1-minute striped loop video. Through these two clues, I hope that you will have the experience of thinking more about it and entering into its essence.
It is a digital artwork that scans the image of a disappeared subject from top to bottom for 30 seconds and then from bottom to top for 30 seconds. I encourage you to take enough time to search for the numerous secrets hidden in this striped video work that may seem meaningless when you first see it.
I've been doing this type of experiment over the years, and there's still a lot of research left to do. Disappearing is not the end, it is a new beginning, and it is an important clue to understanding “I” and “we” today. Who am I and where are we going?
I am interested in everything that disappears. Because there is nothing eternal in this world, and we will eventually disappear someday. The irony is that, whether people we love or things we value, we feel more precious when they disappear.
We often forget the preciousness in our daily lives. A few years ago, I heard a radio news that the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was burned down in a fire. Only then I tried to recall what the cathedral's spire looked like, what color the exterior wall was, and what shape the front door looked like. When it disappears, its essence is finally visible.
Through my work, I deconstruct and reconstruct the appearance of various objects to induce an experience as if the objects disappeared. The "LOST" series is one of them. The only thing given to the audience is the name (title) of the disappeared object and a 1-minute striped loop video. Through these two clues, I hope that you will have the experience of thinking more about it and entering into its essence.
It is a digital artwork that scans the image of a disappeared subject from top to bottom for 30 seconds and then from bottom to top for 30 seconds. I encourage you to take enough time to search for the numerous secrets hidden in this striped video work that may seem meaningless when you first see it.
I've been doing this type of experiment over the years, and there's still a lot of research left to do. Disappearing is not the end, it is a new beginning, and it is an important clue to understanding “I” and “we” today. Who am I and where are we going?
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