“Seunggu KIM · Changan SON” Installation view at Museum Hanmi Samcheong Annex ©Museum Hanmi
From July 14 to September 24, Museum Hanmi will present the exhibition Seunggu KIM · Changan SON as part of the ‘22/23 MH Talent Portfolio program’ at the Samcheong Annex.
‘MH Talent Portfolio’ is a support program for artists in their 30s and 40s whose work is based on photography at Museum Hanmi, a museum specializing in photography. The program is designed to provide a platform for collaboration and exchange with the contemporary photography scene. Artists selected through the two-stage process will receive support for solo exhibitions, group exhibition, participation in international portfolio reviews, and production of related publications. A total of six artists were selected for program, and this exhibition is by Seunggu KIM (b. 1979) and Changan SON.
Seunggu KIM’s works focus on coexistence between nature and humans and the order in which nature and humans interact. In his new series ‘Hadong Observatory’, he records the subtle but clear changes in the atmosphere. Changan SON uses screenshot technology to collect his daily life on the computer. The series ‘Private Dokumentation 2 – Überwachungskamera’, presented in this exhibition, is an extension of his tendency. It consists of collecting images from the virtual world and reinstalling them in the real world by installation.
By focusing on the recordability of the photographic medium, the two artists’ exhibition will invite a broader discourse on the medium and provides an opportunity to deepen our understanding of photography.
