총 40페이지

Culture Trip
Whentheblindsarepulleddown,theSpotrobotfocusesthevisitorsonthescreenwherethesecondnarrativeison.Thesecond
narrativeisbasedonastoryaboutthechangeoftheEarthfromthepebbleperspective.Thenarrativebeginswithascenewhere
a man is left alone on a small boat in a boundless ocean. He experienced extreme cold on the sea with no one and was driven
on the vast ocean only with a plant that was well-rooted in a flowerpot. This scene of a struggling human provides visitors with
opportunitiestoreflectonthemselvesandremindthemoftheclimateproblemsthathumanityhascaused.Thissecondnarrative
develops from the perspective of a pebble, not a human; but why a pebble? This is because, during the time permanently and
continually being weathered, the corruption of humans and the Earth from a third-party point of view can be seen objectively
as how the beautiful Earth went out of existence. Both narratives blur the boundaries of reality and unreality, and actuality
and virtuality, and ask visitors to predict the future caused by the climate crisis, ensuring that visitors must have an objective
perspective toward them. Looking at the work “To Build a Fire,” visitors would be able to think about whether the Earth is
shoutingforhelpintheocean.
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▲TheSpotrobotguidesvisitorstomove
▲The narratives of videos are intertwined with realistic and unrealistic factors,
▲The exhibition area is colored with
totheredblinds.
collaboratingwithgamecompany.
redlight.
“ArchivingthePast,DiscussingthePresentTogetherwiththeFuture”
MungyeongFactoryofSsangYongMotor
Artists and carbon experts interested in the climate crisis were a part of this
Argus
exhibition. Ryu Jun-yeol, an actor, photographer, and Greenpeace* ambassador,
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photographed “SsangYong Motor,” the first modern cement factory and great
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contribution to economic development in South Korea. SsangYong Motor was built
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in 1957 after the Korean War.* Though it was responsible for half of the domestic
cementindustries,itwasclosedin2018duetoadecreaseincementdemands,looking
isolatedanddesolate.Thus,whatarethelinksbetweenthecementcompanyandthe
climatecrisis?AccordingtotheMinistryofEnvironment,alleightcementcompanies
in South Korea have been on the list of the top 20 companies for environmental
pollutants emissions. However, carbon emissions of cement companies are serious
notonlyinSouthKoreabutalsoaroundtheworld.TheAssociatedPress(AP),anon-
profitnewsagencyheadquarteredinNewYork,saidthatasof2021,carbondioxide
emissions from cement production amount to about 2.6 billion tons and account for
sevenpercentofglobalcarbonemissions.
Since the 1960s, the increases in population have contributed to economic growth,
▲SsangYong Motor will be reborn as an industrial
and cultural district in Mungyeong, North
so the carbon emissions cement have been on the very front lines. However, unlike
GyeongsangProvince,throughurbanregeneration
the splendid past, the current SsangYong Motor is depicted in gray throughout the
projects.
photographs.Thecementfactorybecamerustyhereandthere,andthedevastatingbuildingsaresouninspired,lendingafeeling
*Greenpeace: Greenpeace is a non-government organization (NGO) founded in 1971. It is conducting a campaign such as helping to end whaling, stop nuclear testing in a
peacefulway.
*TheKoreanWar:TheKoreanWarinwhichNorthKoreainvadedSouthKoreaalongthe38thMilitaryDemarcationLineonJune25,1950.
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