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Space After Spectacle About five decades ago, Guy Debord has warned the world that it would be
full of people just like me. He named the particular loss of inherent worth
and the form of worshipping commodities as “spectacle.” Spectacles have
Once the shantytown on the hills was bulldozed, an apartment degraded us into spectators no longer capable of reasons and emotions.
complex with a rich town’s name took the place. Out of the fear of losing While we are surrounded by us on all directions, we ostracize ourselves.
a competition and despite the price premium for being close to a flashy
neighborhood across the river, I ended up buying a unit. While this num- Meanwhile, apartments have become the very symbol of spectacles. Con-
bered rectangular space built on the air is legally mine, I am anxious. The struction site floors are flooded with cryptic numbers, signs and codes. The
concern of selling this property already gives me a headache, although I just fence screen that encircles the entire outer wall must be trying to hide
bought it. what happens on the inside. Wires are so tangled that nobody could pos-
sibly guess where they are connected to; thin steel frames are connected
by some means, and then get covered with thick cement. Yesterday’s floor
becomes today’s ceiling, and bumps develop from smooth surfaces in a day.
How does the world disturb us? The very process of spectacles are as much
as spectacle as the outcomes themselves. I feel anxious and nauseated.

For I do not possess the level of intellect to give a logical account of my
social standpoint, I wish to speak through photographs. Spectacles are not
mere sets of images; rather, they are the social relationships among the
people mediated by these images! Since our modern history was not built
upon our willful choices, we have become secularized. For that, I give my
best to be more meticulous.

권해일
KWON Haeil
2002 부산교육대학교 미술교육과 졸업
2008 부산교육대학교 동대학원 졸업(석사)
2018 한국교원대학교 미술교육과 수료(박사)
개인전
2018 Space After Spectacle/ Ukraine Odesa Mezanine Hotel
Courtyard/5.2-5.28
2017 꼼뿌레샤/프랑스문화원 아트스페이스/8.31-9.12
단체전
2018 GP1826 “곁으로” 프로젝트/갤러리 수정/5.11-5/22
2018 제2회 the scrap/서울시 동대문구 왕산로9길/12.1 3-12. 17
2017 GP1826 비엔날레 UP/ 스페이스 닻/11. 23-12. 17
2017 부산국제사진제 기획전/부산문화회관/9.2-9.17

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