Artworks as a Temporary Engagement 
         
        I have no studio. Beyond financial resources, most of my work cannot be 
        done nor can be realized in the confined space. My works, so to speak, 
        will have to be realized in which we live, in which we work, or upon arriving 
        at which they will be exhibited. In addition, they are not meant to last 
        forever as an object, so they are realized the way we lead our daily lives, 
        and are finished with no attachment to anything. What is produced will 
        be discarded as if it were nothing but waste. Destruction of formality 
        as well as the nature of temporality is interesting. I have not believed 
        in individuality since childhood nor wished to have one whatever it might 
        be. I still wish to discard what I am now and I believe I have to be doing 
        this now. It is because the art I believe in starts from where metaphysical 
        issues are demolished. It is said that literature arises from conflicts 
        in life and will be meaningless without them. However, in my view, at 
        least,art is not something that should be realized through such conflicts. 
        It starts by emerging from such mundane affairs and therefore, it has 
        nothing to do with those conflicts. In this light, the art I believe in 
        can be dismissed as being helpless. Therefore, the artistic sensitivity 
        I yearn for will have to cherish the helplessness so as not to resolve 
        any conflict in reality. The sense of helplessness always arouses in me 
        the ambivalence feeling of hate and love.           
                   
            myung -seop hong |