IM Heung-Soon: GHOST GUIDE
- 05 December 2019 - 29 February 2020
- EAST
"Art is an expression of the artist’s own intention, but at the same time, it contains the nature of the community."- IM Heung-Soon
IM Heung-soon is an artist and film director based in Jeju island and Seoul. In his early years, IM participated in 'Seongnam Project' (1998 – 1999), the collaborative group of artists which analyzed the issue of unequal distribution of capital in Seongnam City through visual culture, and 'Mix Rice' (2002 – 2004), which discusses various concepts of 'diaspora' in modern society through cooperation with migrant workers, etc. He continues to speak out about various socio-political issues in contemporary society by focusing on groups in ideological, social, economic, and political peripheries such as the victims of the national massacre, the North Korean defector, the female working class, etc.
