My latest exhibition, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, opened on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at ์ž‘์€์ฐฝํฐํ’๊ฒฝ๊ฐค๋Ÿฌ๋ฆฌ.  A huge thank you to my friend Hank Haddock for thinking of me and getting me my first showing outside of Busan.  Iโ€™m truly thankful for the opportunity.โฃ โฃ

This exhibition will only be up for a week, but I am currently working to show this work again in Busan very soon. The collection can also be seen on my website.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโฃ
2023.03.04 – 2023.03.11โฃ
SWLL Galleryโฃ
daejeon cheondong-ro 580โฃ
์ž‘์€์ฐฝํฐํ’๊ฒฝ๊ฐค๋Ÿฌ๋ฆฌโฃ
๋Œ€์ „๊ด‘์—ญ์‹œ ๋Œ€์ „์ฒœ๋™๋กœ 580

Ilgwang (์ผ๊ด‘) in Busan, South Korea and Nikko in Japan share the same Chinese character (ๆ—ฅๅ…‰), which roughly translates to โ€œdaylight”. Japanese companies ran copper mines in both cities of the same name. โฃDuring the period of Japanese occupation, some Koreans were relocated to work in Nikko or stayed to work in Ilgwang. โฃThe now deserted mine still stands as a living memory of labor exploitation amongst those who still live in the village.โฃ 

These images were taken between 2019 and 2023 and inspired by Nari SEENโ€™s 2018 documentary entitled, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต.

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