To Walk to Place

Artist's note

Through this work, the artist shows a way of considering ‘human relations in modern society. Through the work that simplifies the human motif and visually maximizes the inherent symbolism, the external appearance of the ‘walker’,

namely the Chinese character ‘human(人)’, the Korean character ‘Siot(ᄉ)’, and the alphabet’s ‘X( X)’, and other morphological characteristics that can be interpreted in a variety of ways, ask questions about human relationships.

In particular, it was intended to pay attention to the visual formativeness and inherent meaning of the Chinese character ‘人’ and to analyze it in detail. It emphasizes that you are in an environment where you have no choice but to live. It can be said that interactions with others in human relationships create important issues about how different thoughts and actions can affect each other. In particular, in modern society, the communication method with others is transformed into a phenomenon completely different from the previous tra-ditional concept and has a more objectified singularity. This work pays atten-tion to how it can represent and express modern society’s ‘human relationship’ with the To Walk to Place.

Introduction

A new sculpture of the same color stands among the rusty, run-down statues in front of the Wadong branch school building. Looking intently, you will notice that it is a person walking with only legs and no body. A marvelous figure, combining the Chinese character '人' and the Korean character ‘ㅅ,’ which sounds siot. Based on the size, it looks like a family of three going on a picnic. They probably want to be friends with the old, worn-out statue of Seung-bok Lee and the deer that have been here for too long. Somehow, the family figure drenched in the rain and rusted has become just like the sculptures surrounding it. It's lovely to hear their conversation in exactly the same look.