月を射る @ KAG
KAG presents an exhibition examining the structure of colonialism, starting with Yun Dong-ju's prose poem "月を射る".Summary
KAG is hosting an exhibition titled "月を射る" (Shooting the Moon) that examines the structure of "colonialism" common to the management model formed by the "Empire" and contemporary issues sprouting on that horizon. The exhibition is based on the prose poem "月を射る" written by Yun Dong-ju in the late 1930s. Yun Dong-ju, born in the Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule, published the poem in 1939 in the student section of the Chosun Ilbo, attempting to shoot the "winking" moon in the night sky with his self-made bow. The exhibition centers on works that contain the "memory of censorship" that was once banned from screening, had descriptions removed, or was rejected outright, in response to the immutable structures of domination and the gravity of history. It explores how inner pain is read as a form of resistance against structures of domination that cannot be changed by individual power. The participating artists include Inoue Kan (Lee Byeong-woo), Choi Seung-hee, Kamei Fumio and Yoshimi Yasushi, Atugi Takako, Fujii Hikaru, Yamamoto Seiko, T.T. Takemoto, Morita Reon, Gataro, and Shirakawa Masao. These artists explore the colonial structure and its impact through works that visualize the ideals of the Empire, question the boundary where art is consumed as state propaganda, examine the process where individual subjectivity disappears, and highlight the historical phase of how individual bodies have been subjected to and transformed by the demands of the times. The exhibition attempts to share consciousness for redefining the future community by tracing the trajectory of the arrow Yun Dong-ju shot at the moon, piercing the dark side of history.
(Source：ART iT)