보고시앙 재단(Boghossian Foundation)이 주최하고 뮤지엄그라운드(Museum Ground)와 인터아트채널(Interart Channel)이 주관한 전광영 작가의 <재창조된 시간들(Times Reimagined)>이 제 59회 베니스 비엔날레 병행전시(collateral event)로 선정되어 팔라쪼 콘타리니 폴리냑(Palazzo Contarini Polignac)에서 전시됩니다.
이번 ‘재창조된 시간들’은 생명체 상호간의 긴밀한 연결성과 그 관계항에 대한 사회적, 생태학적 가치를 주체로 40여년 간 작업해오고 있는 예술가 전광영의 미학적 실험실로, 이용우 전 광주비엔날레 대표와 프리츠커재단 수석 디렉터 마누엘라 루카 다지오(Manuela Luca Dazio)가 공동으로 기획하였습니다. 동양의 전통 문화에 뿌리를 둔 전광영 작가의 독창적 작품 세계를 서양의 역사적 장소에서 선보여 동서양의 조화로운 접점을 느낄 수 있는 이번 전시는, 특히 이탈리아 건축가 스테파노 보에리(Stefano Boeri)의 전광영 작가의 작품에 영감을 받아 제작한 '한지 하우스(Hanji House)'가 치유의 기념비로 팔라쪼 콘타리니 폴리냑의 정원에서 전시되는 점에 주목해볼 필요성이 있습니다.
예술가 전광영(78)의 베니스 프로젝트 “전광영: 재창조된 시간들”이 제59회 베니스 비엔날레의 병행 전시회 (collateral event)로 선정되었다. 이는 종이예술가로 국제적 명성을 얻고 있는 전광영 선생의 ‘한지 예술 30년’이 베니스 비엔날레를 통해 다시 한 번 그 미학적, 미술사적 의미를 새롭게 인정받은 계기로 평가되고 있다. 특히 1천년 이상을 지탱하는 한지의 탁월한 내구성과 재생 능력, 친환경적 특성이 국제적으로 알려지면서 그의 종이 예술은 기후변화와 환경오염, 생물다양성의 감소로 고통받고 있는 전 지구의 생태학적 위기로부터 신선한 메시지를 던져주고 있다.
Times Reimagined is an aesthetic laboratory of artist Chun Kwang Young who has been working for 30 years under the theme of the interconnectedness between living beings and the socio-ecological values of their relationships. In ecology, interconnectedness is an absolute factor for the reproduction and survival of all living things, as well as an essential for ensuring biodiversity and enhancing sustainability in any adverse conditions such as climate change.
This project will include 40 large-scale mulberry-paper reliefs, sculptures and installations created by artist Chun and a site-specific architectural structure Hanji House designed by architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri.
As the prime medium of Chun’s creation, Hanji (Korean mulberry paper), is a champion of ecological reproduction and circulation, which endures time and re-defines the notion of life cycle through its over thousand years durability. It was shaped by Chun into metamorphotic creatures reminiscent of living beings or spectacular scenes with historical and cultural symbolism. In particular, the paper used in Chun’s art is not mass-produced, but a solid handmade product originated from the mulberry tree, embodying a cultural property fermented for several hundreds of years. This rare treasure in a digital society foregrounds the value of paper, and the information, knowledge, wisdom as well asthe memory it denotes. In dialogue with Chun Kwang Young’s works, the Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed the Hanji House as a site-specific commissioned architecture of this project. This foldable architecturalstructure was built with timber and textile membrane on soil as a practical model
of ‘paper-tree architecture’, which can be viewed as a ‘light box’ from a distance. The outdoor self-standing object’s design is inspired by playful and yet meditative practice of folding the paper - in an infinite number of ways. The shape recalls ancient East Asian practices of paperfolding and tangram, besides the traditional Korean and Japanese houses, based on simple geometric modularity. It is made by a simple combination of volumes: four pyramids on the top of a parallelepiped leave a planar surface shaped as a regular rhombus in the middle.
To further the discussion centering around Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined, an academic forum will be organized on the opening day titled The Art and Built Environment in the Age of Ecological Crisis. Against the backdrop of human experiences of technological diversity, convenience, and utopian illusion of the future, in contrast to the rapid decline of biodiversity and staggering ecological imbalance, biologist, philosopher, artists, architect, activist, critics, and curators will be gathered to propose constructive plans to respond to the current situations. Speakers are Stefano Boeri, Choe Jae Chun, Otobong Nkanga, Sam Bardaouil, Li Xiangning, Andrew Brewerton, Lucia Pietroiusti, Jean-Marie Gallais.