작업 소개

Ep. 4 어쩌다보니 숨은그림찾기(feat.임동식 아카이브)

임동식의 작업을 쫓아 자연에서 소소한 숨은그림찾기를 하는 현도와 스태프들. 싱거운 농담을 주고받으며 자연에서 뭔가를 찾다 보니 현도는 한결 마음이 편안해진다. 

Ep. 4 “Accidentally Playing Hide and Seek” (feat. Rim Dong-sik Archive)

Hyeon-do and the crew, while following Rim Dong-sik’s work, end up playing a small game of hide and seek in nature. As they exchange lighthearted jokes and search for hidden things in nature, Hyeon-do finds himself feeling much more at ease.

프로젝트 내용

‘BBEB 2023’은 문화체육관광부와 한국문화예술위원회의 온라인미디어 예술 활동 지원사업의 일환으로, 크리에이터의 산책 메이트 [Bye Bye Early Bird – 이하 BBEB]라는 테마로 미술관 아카이브를 소개하는 브릿지 콘텐츠입니다.

‘자연’, ‘사색’, ‘명상’을 메타포로 삼아 백남준과 임동식의 아카이브를 재해석한 6개의 단편 페이크 다큐멘터리 영상을 제작하였습니다. 이 영상은 백남준과 임동식의 글을 바탕으로, 주인공 현도의 시점에서 임동식 아카이브의 흔적을 쫓는 단편 영화 제작팀의 여정을 담고 있습니다.

“BBEB 2023” is a bridge content project introducing museum archives under the theme [Bye Bye Early Bird – BBEB], as part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and Arts Council Korea’s online media art activity support initiative.

Using the metaphors of ‘nature,’ ‘reflection,’ and ‘meditation,’ we produced six short fake documentary films that reinterpret the archives of Nam June Paik and Lim Dong-sik. These videos are based on the writings of Nam June Paik and Lim Dong-sik, following the journey of a short film production team that traces the remnants of Lim Dong-sik’s archive from the perspective of the protagonist, Hyeon-do.

Archive Note

EP. 4 어쩌다보니 숨은그림찾기

임동식은 국내 최초 자연 미술그룹인 ‘야투〈野投〉’를 1981년 만들어 야산이나 들판에서 설치와 퍼포먼스 등을 해왔다. “자연과 인간의 평화로운 관계의 회복”과 “소박하면서도 자연과의 보다 긴밀한 관계를 추구”하는 자연 미술은 야투가 정립을 시도하고 있는 미술의 한 형태이다.

Rim Dong-sik founded Korea’s first nature art group, “YATOO,” in 1981, and has since been creating installations and performances in fields and mountains. Nature art, which seeks to “restore a peaceful relationship between nature and humans” and “pursue a simple yet closer connection with nature,” is a form of art that YATOO has been working to establish.

내가 들판으로 뭔가를 던지다.
들판에서 내게 뭔가를 던져온다.

야투 

Why do we pay attention to archives?

People crave empathy, reassurance, and unconditional recognition, but that’s impossible, which is why it creates pain and sorrow. Artists pursue beauty in an extreme profession characterized by extreme sensitivity and anxiety. They channel most of their energy into expressing what they consider ‘beauty’ in their lives.

Linguist Yang Joo-dong found the origin of ‘beauty’ in ‘sada,’ which means ‘to be like me.’ Poet Cho Ji-hoon also described ‘beauty’ as the emotion felt when one finds something similar to oneself in an object.

The completed work is their ‘beauty,’ willingly placed on the critical platform to receive acknowledgment and empathy. However, we empathize more with their struggles, pains, and loneliness in the process of creation than with the finished product.

Because we are unfinished creators still searching for ‘ourselves.’