“Blurring Scene” Installation view at Art For Lab ©Art For Lab
Blurring Scene, a solo exhibition by artist Wonjune Choi (b. 1997), will be on view at Art For Lab from July 20 to August 3. The exhibition is one of the 2023 selected exhibitions of the supporting program for emerging artists organized and sponsored by Gyeonggi-do and the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation.
Through photography and images, Wonjune Choi pays attention to subjects who have not been the center of attention before. His project < Unfamiliar Stories, Familiar Breaths > from 2014 is an archival work that focuses on the bereaved families, friends, and officials involved in the events following the sinking of MV Sewol disaster. It reveals the artist’s understanding of photography as part of the mourning process.
Blurring Scene is the artist’s first solo exhibition. In this exhibition, we can see the artist’s interest in space. Wonjune imaginatively captures scenes beyond the construction site that have never been seen and no longer exist, hidden by a massive fence. The ‘Object’ series captures materials that were discarded during construction or became part of the building, and then adds a lenticular technique where the form changes or appears three-dimensional depending on the angle of view. The process of perpetuating the temporary and variable nature of construction sites through photography is resonates with the artist’s photographic process of mourning.
Through this exhibition, we will be able to understand the images of construction that deepen the variability of the city through the eyes of a young artist.
