Artworks as a Temporary Engagement
I have no studio. Beyond financial resources, most of my work cannot be
done nor can be realized in the confined space. My works, so to speak,
will have to be realized in which we live, in which we work, or upon arriving
at which they will be exhibited. In addition, they are not meant to last
forever as an object, so they are realized the way we lead our daily lives,
and are finished with no attachment to anything. What is produced will
be discarded as if it were nothing but waste. Destruction of formality
as well as the nature of temporality is interesting. I have not believed
in individuality since childhood nor wished to have one whatever it might
be. I still wish to discard what I am now and I believe I have to be doing
this now. It is because the art I believe in starts from where metaphysical
issues are demolished. It is said that literature arises from conflicts
in life and will be meaningless without them. However, in my view, at
least,art is not something that should be realized through such conflicts.
It starts by emerging from such mundane affairs and therefore, it has
nothing to do with those conflicts. In this light, the art I believe in
can be dismissed as being helpless. Therefore, the artistic sensitivity
I yearn for will have to cherish the helplessness so as not to resolve
any conflict in reality. The sense of helplessness always arouses in me
the ambivalence feeling of hate and love.
myung -seop hong |