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Promenade

Jung, Sung Won2015

Gyeonggi Creation Center

Gyeonggi Creation Center
Ansan-si, South Korea

In observation of the current conditions of Daebudo Island (Daebudo), in which a tradition­al way of living is rapidly changing due to the indiscreet redevelopments of the area into a leisure and tourist attraction, I intend to rear­range the landscape of Daebudo as one of the remaining islands in the west sea.
Promenade is a French word, meaning a ‘walk’ or ‘trail.’ Besidethe simple meaning of ‘walking,’ this word evokes sensual as well as intellectual interactions, such as seeing, feeling, and thinking that one engages with, while taking a walk.
I can tell from my experience that nothing is better than taking a walk when it comes to learning about geological locations, character­istics, and the environment of a new place. The crab trap in a circular shape used in the project is one of the fishing tools I paid attention to when I first visited Daebudo. One day a fishing boat owner told me that out-of-use fishing traps are mostly thrown into the sea owing to their disposal cost. These fishing traps abandoned in the sea are a threat to the marine ecosys­tem and environment. It is the main cause of ocean contamination and “ghost fishing” in this area, devastating water resources. I wanted to unravel these materials I discovered, the people of Daebudo I met, and the episodes I collected from the people in the different context of a ‘walk.’ I would like to suggest another landscape that brings the stories related to the area to light, through which the visitors feel, experience, and see the scenery of the reed field and the natural ecology between the fishing traps. At the same time, they learn about the tragic history of Seongamdo and the Seongam reformatory, while slowly taking a walk by the Promenade leading to the reed trail.

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  • Title: Promenade
  • Creator: Jung, Sung Won
  • Creator Nationality: Korean
  • Date: 2015
  • Solo Exhibitions: 2014 Reboot Everything ; Folding project, Gyeongido Creation Center, Gyeongido 2011 PLI, Espace PRIVAT, Dijon, France
  • Projects: 2015 Promenade-Hwanggumsan Project, Seongam Island, Gyeongido 2014 (personal project) Air BOX, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeongido 2010 (personal project) Escalier, ENSA Bourges, Bourges, France
  • Group Exhibitions: 2015 Je ne sais quoi? - ha ha ha, Jeollanamdo Okgwa Art Museum, Jeollanamdo 2014 Everybody has stories, Gyeongido Museum of Modern Art, Gyeongido Report on an artist-in-residence ile Royale 2, Culture Factory Osan (Osan Museum of Art), Gyeongido Report on an artist-in-residence ile Royale1, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul 2013 Collective Diary September 17th-Hal project, Space MASS, Seoul Busan Exhibition of Young Artists, Busan Cultural Center, Busan Portfolio Archive Lounge, SAVINA Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul What’s on (Resident Artists’ Showcase), Gyeongido Creation Center, Gyeongido 2012 To begin is to be half done (Busan, Hambourg International Art Exchange Exhibition), Busan Jin station, Busan 2011 A Guichet Ferme, Maison de la Culture de Bourges, Bourges, France In Vitro II, Musee de l’Hospice saint Roch, Issoudun, France 2010 In Vitro, 28 rue de la Republique, Issoudun, France Here is Endlessness Somewhere Else, Parc Saint Leger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France 275, l’Antenne, Crous, Hotel-Dieu, Bourges, France
  • Education: 2011 DNSEP Ecole Nationale superieure d’Arts de Bourges, France 2007 DNAP Ecole Nationale superieure d’Arts de Dijon, France 2001 B.F.A Dong-A University, Korea
  • Type: crab trap, cable tie, palette
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