Jungju An
16 Jan - 01 Feb 2009
JUNGJU AN
"Harmony_Lip-Sync Project II"
16/01 - 01/02/2009
Opening: Thursday, 15th January 2009, 7 pm
Studio 3
JUNGJU AN sheds light on a range of issues that concern people in different places across the world, and lends them universal expression in his video works by means of his own special composition of images and sound. He demonstrates a preference for the rhythms and sounds of everyday life and their onomatopoeic linguistic expressions and descriptions. The artist combines these to create individualistic symphonies: the wind in the trees, footsteps on asphalt, a bicycle bell, or the diffuse murmur of voices in a crowd. In the manner of a DJ, Jungju An creates digital assemblages from highly diverse linguistic elements that imitate sounds and so creates veritable scores of sound, which accompany his own recorded video sequences of everyday situations.
An’s latest project is also closely linked to language. Starting out from the premise that the way in which people observe and e x p ress something may vary considerably according to mood and the culture of a society, he asks the voluntary participants in his projects to speak into a microphone using onomatopoetic and mimetic words or sounds, which he subsequently mixes into a soundtrack. For this project, Jungju An filmed at six well-known historical sites in Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Austria and Germany and asked native speakers of those countries to accompany sp e c i fic details of the recorded street scenes in an onomatopoeic way. In Studio 3 of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, he is now showing the video about Berlin, which was filmed at the Brandenburg Gate. In all six cities, Jungju An filmed in places with historical gates – meeting points for tourists and as such, also temporary places of encounter between different cultures and symbolic gates of entry into a culture typical of the specific locality or country.
JUNGJU AN was born in Kwangju, South Korea in 1979 and lives and works in Seoul. He studied at the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University (BFA) and on the Art & Communication course at Yonsei University, Seoul. He is currently receiving a grant from the Arts Council Korea, and is a guest at Künstlerhaus Bethanien for twelve months in the context of our International Studio Programme.
"Harmony_Lip-Sync Project II"
16/01 - 01/02/2009
Opening: Thursday, 15th January 2009, 7 pm
Studio 3
JUNGJU AN sheds light on a range of issues that concern people in different places across the world, and lends them universal expression in his video works by means of his own special composition of images and sound. He demonstrates a preference for the rhythms and sounds of everyday life and their onomatopoeic linguistic expressions and descriptions. The artist combines these to create individualistic symphonies: the wind in the trees, footsteps on asphalt, a bicycle bell, or the diffuse murmur of voices in a crowd. In the manner of a DJ, Jungju An creates digital assemblages from highly diverse linguistic elements that imitate sounds and so creates veritable scores of sound, which accompany his own recorded video sequences of everyday situations.
An’s latest project is also closely linked to language. Starting out from the premise that the way in which people observe and e x p ress something may vary considerably according to mood and the culture of a society, he asks the voluntary participants in his projects to speak into a microphone using onomatopoetic and mimetic words or sounds, which he subsequently mixes into a soundtrack. For this project, Jungju An filmed at six well-known historical sites in Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Austria and Germany and asked native speakers of those countries to accompany sp e c i fic details of the recorded street scenes in an onomatopoeic way. In Studio 3 of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, he is now showing the video about Berlin, which was filmed at the Brandenburg Gate. In all six cities, Jungju An filmed in places with historical gates – meeting points for tourists and as such, also temporary places of encounter between different cultures and symbolic gates of entry into a culture typical of the specific locality or country.
JUNGJU AN was born in Kwangju, South Korea in 1979 and lives and works in Seoul. He studied at the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University (BFA) and on the Art & Communication course at Yonsei University, Seoul. He is currently receiving a grant from the Arts Council Korea, and is a guest at Künstlerhaus Bethanien for twelve months in the context of our International Studio Programme.