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Argus: Do you make a story by
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itwasdifficulttoteachthematfirst.Butby
yourself? Then how do you come up
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letting them touch the sand on their own,
withyourideas?
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Eun-young
Choi: Yes, I make a story by myself.
they enjoyed this work and started asking
The change of scenes is an important and
meaboutit.NowwearegoodfriendsandI
attractive feature of this art. I point out
amveryhappythatIcanopentheirminds
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that story telling is more important than
andhelpthemthroughtheworkthatIlove.
drawing. But drawing is important too.
Iwillcontinuewiththeseactivities.
Story telling was very hard for me at first.
One of the best ways that I trained was to
Argus:Whatisyourgoalnow?
makechangesfromsimpleshapesorwords.
Choi: I want to draw pictures with the
For example, when I draw the number 1, I
sand for as long as I am healthy, and in
▲Choitellsthereadersnottogiveuptheirdreams.
connectitslongshapetoaneckofgiraffe.
doingso,Iwanttohavemyownexhibition.
InthisprocessImakeotherscenesandlink
ButIbelievedinmyself.“Iamyoungnow,”
Maybe it will be filled with many videos
them,andthisishowastoryiscreated.
Isaidtomyself.Today,Iamcontinuingmy
thatplaythestoryofsandwhichisdifferent
jobasasandartist.
from any other exhibition. Also, I want to
goabroadtoperforminfrontofforeigners.
Argus: Why did you decide to
At the academy where I lecture, I want to
becomeasandartdirector?
Argus: On September, you did a
train more people to learn sand art and
Choi: Actually, I did not have a dream
performance for the comfort women
to be a sand artist. But I had interests
becomegreatartistsinthisfield.
of the Japanese army. How did you
in relevant fields because my major was
participate in this work? And what
graphic art. In 2002, I saw a sand art
didyougainfromthisperformance?
Argus: What do you recommend to
performance for the first time that was
Choi: I have always had great interest
peoplewhodreamofdoingthiswork
the first sand art performance in Korea,
in social problems and I have participated
withsand?
I know. At that time, I just thought it was
in many NGO programs. In the process
Choi: If you want to be a sand art
a very surprising art. Shortly after that, I
of this, I made contact with the director
director,justchallengeyourselfcontinually
had a health problem so I had to quit the
of the comfort women performance,
and do not give up. Of course, this field is
company I was working at. During my
and I accepted it unquestioningly. When
notsopopularandbecauseofthis,somany
break,Istartedsandartjustasahobbyand
I prepared the work, I looked at some
people who dream of this work may be
postedvideosontheInternet.Oneofthem
pictures that the old women described as
afraid of it. When I started working with
became the talk of the portal, and many
scenes from their childhood when they
sand,IhadmanyconcernsaboutwhetherI
companies suggested that I make their
were taken by the Japanese army. Many
couldsucceedornot.ButIwasnotscared,
advertisingvideosandthemediacontacted
years have passed, but they are left with
because I knew I would not fail. Why? I
me for interviews. From there, I deeply
their miserable memories, and this moved
do my work again and again and that is
considered the direction of my life. This
megreatly.Iwantedtocomfortthewomen
the real meaning of success. So I want
workwasreallyfantasticandIlovedit,but
sincerely,thoughIdonotknowthatIhave
those who want to do this to keep trying
it was a huge challenge for me to change
really done that yet. The work that I made
constantly.
myjobandbecomeasandartist,workthat
for the performance is the best piece from
key91419@hufs.ac.kr
was not known to people in Korea at all.
theworksthatIhaveevermade.
Eun-young
Argus: After the performance, you
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also donated your talent to children.
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Howwasthat?
ⓒChoi
Choi: The program is called, “Thank
You,” which is a project of *MBC and the
Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
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*MBC: Munhwa Broadcasting
Corp.,headquartersinSeoul
NOVEMBER 2012

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