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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.49,0:00:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DHS: Once my fortuneteller \Ntold me that I have five horses
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.41,0:00:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that means that I travel a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.44,0:00:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I’m basically destined to leave \Nhome and live somewhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I wanted to leave \Nhome because of my father.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.44,0:00:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He’s a successful painter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.26,0:00:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somehow I felt that his fame
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.17,0:00:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overshadowed me and I wanted to do my own thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.48,0:01:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, New York is crazy, really really noisy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.24,0:01:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn’t sleep that well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.96,0:01:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was thinking when it was my \Nlast time to have a really good sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.60,0:01:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was back in Korea. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.52,0:01:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I thought, like, how am \NI going to bring that space.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.60,0:01:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And physically it is impossible,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.84,0:01:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I came up with this idea \Nof transportable fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.72,0:01:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to carry my house, my home,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.80,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with me all the time, like a snail.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.22,0:01:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My house project, Seoul Home/LA Home,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.24,0:01:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a replica of the interior of my parent’s house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.48,0:01:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a very traditional Korean house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.44,0:02:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father built the exact replica \Nof this famous traditional building.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.16,0:02:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just didn’t want to sit down and cry for home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.16,0:02:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanted to more actively \Ndeal with the issues of longing. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.44,0:02:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom helped me to find national treasures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.68,0:02:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically people who keep traditional techniques,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.00,0:02:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,craftsmanship, things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.96,0:02:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those ladies taught me how to sew certain seams.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.64,0:02:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s an expression in \NKorea “You walk the house.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.48,0:03:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People actually disassemble the house
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.24,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then rebuild in a different location.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.12,0:03:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to make something that \Nyou could put in a suitcase
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.68,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring it with me all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.72,0:03:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to discover so many things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.16,0:03:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was measuring and that was really personal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.20,0:03:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a kind of emotional experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.48,0:03:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You often finds like little \Nmarks you did when you were a kid
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.60,0:03:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that brings all the \Nmemories of your childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.08,0:03:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you go through that process,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.64,0:03:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the space becomes really a part of you.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.36,0:04:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really like this idea of my art \Nbecomes a part of the architecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.72,0:04:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started from my interest \Nin the notion of space, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.88,0:04:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly this notion of personal space,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.44,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or individual space.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.60,0:04:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seoul is very crowded city,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.76,0:04:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the street people bump into each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.42,0:04:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, somebody could just,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.16,0:04:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, hit your shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.80,0:04:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.84,0:04:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I realize that’s different here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.04,0:04:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my perception of this personal \Nspace has, I think, changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.34,0:05:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just for me very natural to \Nthink about the interpersonal space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.32,0:05:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the working at table space between people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.72,0:05:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that’s how this idea of individual
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.52,0:05:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the collective came in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.64,0:05:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I intentionally chose that pose.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.80,0:05:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the figures’ facial expressions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.32,0:05:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don’t look oppressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.72,0:05:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it has kind of like a positive gesture,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.36,0:05:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what they’re doing is \Nactually just bearing weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.72,0:05:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don’t really make any statement on that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.36,0:05:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its just really up to the viewer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.88,0:06:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asked to do some public \Nsculpture in this public place
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.56,0:06:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to think about \Nwhat it means, public space,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.16,0:06:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what’s the meaning of public art or monument.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.36,0:06:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to re-think this whole notion of monument.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.40,0:06:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,…make sure it is polished very well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.56,0:06:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want it to be very shiny…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.88,0:06:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, its bigger than life size \Nindividual, illustrious figures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.96,0:06:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I did was I took it down,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.00,0:06:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it smaller and make it into multiples.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.00,0:07:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to recognize anonymous,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.32,0:07:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday life, people who pass that space.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.72,0:07:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me it was more important actually
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.12,0:07:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from Korea to the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.16,0:07:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that kind of displacement, \Nthe cultural displacement,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.20,0:07:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowed me to compare two different cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.76,0:07:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was able to actually look back
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.92,0:07:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think about these issues of the individual
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.88,0:07:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the collective.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.46,0:07:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I scanned the portraits of sixty students
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.28,0:07:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my high school year book into the computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.88,0:07:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I put my face first
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.16,0:07:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rest superimposed on top of each other
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.48,0:08:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it creates this average of one class.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.36,0:08:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way it’s self-portrait.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.36,0:08:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I collected yearbooks from 1970 to 1993
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.04,0:08:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something like that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.36,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see same face from different year books,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.56,0:08:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so maybe we are not that unique.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.88,0:08:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was curious what we share and what we don’t,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.36,0:08:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how this sort of individuals converge. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.60,0:09:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole Korean society is actually \Nbased upon this kind of militaristic,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.44,0:09:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very hierarchical structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.96,0:09:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you finish your elementary school \Nyou enter middle school in Korea.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.64,0:09:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s probably the age of 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.32,0:09:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you shave your hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.16,0:09:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you have uniform
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.24,0:09:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it came as some kind of \Ntrauma for most of the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.68,0:09:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also you are called by numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.83,0:09:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know number 37 or something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.52,0:09:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My number was 46.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.84,0:09:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,–Ok, ready?…
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.20,0:09:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Koreans, they all have this kind of nostalgia,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.92,0:10:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of personal attachments to the uniform.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.20,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean it’s the funny thing about the uniform
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we hated to wear that uniform.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.12,0:10:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s very strict and if you don’t \Nfollow that uniform, you’re punished.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.88,0:10:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we tried our best to differentiate \Nour uniform from one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.12,0:10:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the moment you are born,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.88,0:10:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know you are going to be in the military
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.80,0:10:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody has to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.92,0:10:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that’s a great deal of \Nthe Korean men’s identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.40,0:10:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the army for almost two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.16,0:10:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was quite important part of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.32,0:11:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it just comes out in my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.44,0:11:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found this army surplus store
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.12,0:11:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the owner happened to be this old Korean guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.40,0:11:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he have a lot of free dog tags
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.80,0:11:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allowed me to use this special \Ntypewriter to type dog tags,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.28,0:11:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know letters and numbers.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.20,0:11:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every man talks about his own \Nexperience in the military,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.44,0:11:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know when you have a drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.96,0:11:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’re unbelievable stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.16,0:11:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really good at many things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.20,0:11:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a sharp shooter and I had \Na black belt before the military
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.48,0:11:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could run really fast and \Nthat was you know very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.28,0:11:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the program was basically push
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.08,0:11:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your psychological and physical to extreme,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.96,0:12:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so actually you can kill someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.28,0:12:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really sort of experienced \Nwhat it means to be dehumanized.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.19,0:12:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me like everything was \Nsomething to think about.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.76,0:12:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my work I can let other \Npeople see things differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.72,0:12:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this desperate sense \Nof displacement gives me space
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.52,0:12:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have some kind of critical \Ndistance to everything.