2021
For humans, family relationships determine their lives. The forms of conflict and love will be different in each family. However, from the moment a family relationship arises, the process of enduring and sacrificing each person's role is inevitable. Rather than revealing superficial roles and factual members within a relationship, this work is intended to convey that all individuals are in the position of columns and live their lives with this structure.
This work is different from the previous work <column> and is about forming an ideal relationship rather than one-sided weight bearing. The pipes on both sides are connected at similar positions and heights. In order for this connection to remain balanced, the surfaces must bear each other's weight as they scratch. This expresses the most ideal relationship of horizontality and symmetry, and for this to happen, there must be tension, like a tight tug-of-war. Due to the nature of the material and structure, there is a possibility that they may not be able to withstand each other's weight and may break at some point.
The seat of the alienated persons is the corner of the four-sided table. Those in the corner reveal their experience of alienation through their deformed bodies. This work does not say that the alienated persons are minorities. The number of corner seats is the same as the number of regular seats at the table. I think the human ecology is like this. Many people who are no different from each other also live with the experience of alienation.
On the Edge
pencil, pastel, charcoal on burlap, single channel video, 55.5*48cm (4), 00:13:45, 2021
