Since Korean independence, accelerated civil=engineering-centered development has seemingly enriched our lives. However, due to thoughtless development heavily relying on construction, Korea became a prime country with unnecessary construction project...
Since Korean independence, accelerated civil=engineering-centered development has seemingly enriched our lives. However, due to thoughtless development heavily relying on construction, Korea became a prime country with unnecessary construction projects spreading throughout the nation, and problems (environmental increase in a suicide rate) stemming from the phenomenon are occurring. Development continues to be regenerated through the forming of a society and an expansion of a development culture, which has a great effect on individual life.
People's expectations for a more comfortable life have led to a reliance on a grand-scale development project in the name of civil engineering, which was deemed a great success. Such expectations have made people abnormally rely on construction, and, in turn, development became pervasive and individual's comfortable lives distorted and tainted. Under grand-scale projects led by a nation and few powerful men, countless individuals were reduced to accessories, not entities.
The content of my work is a study on life for individuals who have been living in a development-oriented country based on civil engineering that has been developing and accelerating since the last few decades. Work begins from collecting materials, which are mainly composed of materials and wastes found in interior construction or construction sites. As for my work, I viewed such wastes as a reflection of alienated individuals living in a development-centered society.
Through the course of creating my work, The use of scaffolding boards and scaffolding pipes often seen in construction sites changed from means of helping construction worker's labor to furniture that may be used in real life (chandelier, dressing table, chair, and rides). Also, wastes from many construction sites or demolition sites undergo a similar process by changing into accessories or furniture. Through this process, I wish to show a process of a re-understanding of objects used in comfortable life expected by individuals currently living in a development-prioritized society. At the same time, I attempted to symbolically express the construction between a development-centered society as now part of our life and individual lives.