나라를 통채로 들고간다 “I bring my whole country”
Performance, Installation, 2018
This work is about all of traveler, who leaves for migrants, Vacation or business. Now on days the world becomes increasingly globalization and tourists is increasing everywhere. It seems, that if They could (pass) leave easily from their country and the world has no border between countries. But still the cultural understand and the social background of diversity is very limited. Through the words “I bring my whole country”, I want to focus on, what they actually bring with them and what is that mean of country on the days of the global world.
I put this sentence into three different perceptions. One of the perspective is the Nationality. Even though the world show us globalization and make lots of union organization, it’s not possible to travel without definitive Nationality. It is ironic, that the nationality for identify is getting more important than it used to. On the border is always asked, where we are from. Through the questions is depended on, who’s welcomed.
Also “my whole country “ means hided cultural background, which is not easily acceptable. It doesn’t depend on, since how long live there, in abroad someone feel always stranger and is treated as foreigner and they make a there society. Otherwise they bring their privacy things with them, from which they talk about their life and history.
Still image from a performance recording “Journey 2018”
All the perceptions of the sentence “I bring my whole country” is represented by light. The light is impalpable in the hand, however it brings ‘substance’ material. The light of that sentence on the baggage actively is shined at the current moment.
Performance „Journey 2018”
The video was taken during the journey from Korea to Germany. It presents from to check in my suitcase until to find it and to take again. In the video I’m bringing the suitcase with the Sentence „I bring my whole country“ with me. The location is in Incheon(Seoul) and in Frankfurt airport.
Installation at foyer : LED light, 11 treble bags, 4 small bags, some traveler’s belongings, two speakers and a laptop
Youn Hee Park 