현대의 도시인들은 대형 공장과 질 주 하는 차량의 마찰음은 물론, 산 업체의 담장을 넘어오는 비위 거슬리는 냄 새 까지도 태연하고 자연스럽게 받아들일 정 도로 환각에 취해있다. 단순히 물질적인 풍 요만 애타게 갈망하는 이러한 환경은 정 신 세계에 청량함을 줄 수 없으 며 육신의 여유와 자유를 찾기에도 역 부족이다. 때문에 우리가 우리의 지친 육 신과 정신을 내려놓을 만한 은신처를 찾 는 것은 당연하다.
나는 회색 콘 크리트와 넓은 도로의 마찰음이 단절된 대 숲에서 생명의 형상미를 찾는다. 대나무는 군 더더기 없이 제몸을 뻗어올려 허공에 상 처를 내지 않고, 하늘에 거슬림이 없 다. 외풍에도 쉽사리 쓰러지지 않는 대 나무는 곧은 지조의 상징으로써 선비 정 신의 대명사가 되고 있으며 꼿꼿한 모 양새로 각인되어있지만 사실 대나무는 허리를 굽 히는 지혜를 가졌다. 그 곧은 대 나무는 또한 전생(全 生)을 바람 결 따라 흔드는 자 유의 몸을 추구하고 있다. 진정한 자 유는 구속에 반하는 것이 아니라 자 신의 욕망을 깊이 파묻는 것이기에, 대 나무는 자신의 속을 비운다. 세상의 모 든 자유는 욕망을 해체하는 작업이다. 자 신을 내보이고 싶은 욕망을 버린 채 백년에 한번 꽃 을 피우는 대나무에서 무아(無我)를 배운다.
People in modern day cities are used to the noises produced from large factories. Even from across the road, they calmly and naturally accept the uncomfortable odors that spread through the air from the industrial districts. These environments that simply seek out materialism will not be able to purify our minds nor give true freedom and relaxation to our physical bodies. Therefore it is inevitable for us to find some shelter that we can rest our minds and bodies peacefully.
I discover the beauty of life in a bamboo grove that has no gray concrete buildings or city noises. Bamboo stretches its body straight up to the sky without any disruption to the air around it. As a symbol of the spirit of Seonbi (Confucian scholars from Korea), Bamboo has been known for its straight branches that do not fall down easily, even against heavy drafts.
However, bamboo actually has the wisdom to bendits body in order to not break. It also pursues a free body that slowly waves along the breeze. Since a true freedom is not to flee from the restrictions but to deeply bury our selfish desires, bamboo hallows its own body.
Every freedom in the world is raised from disassembling the desires. We recognize this selflessness (Moo-ah) from the bamboo that conceals its desire to show and only blossoms its flower once in one hundred years.
[prak-sis] has this letter for sale and you can get clues from other locations.
The sale of the letter will be at [prak-sis] Salon Gallery, 1513 N. Western Ave Chicago, on June 4th. The sale is sponsoring [prak-sis]caa.
Renegade Handmade on Division St.
New Wave Cafe in Logan Square
Ipsento Coffee on Western Ave... See More
Simone's Bar in Pilsen
Rodan in Wicker Park
Lenny and Me in Wicker Park
Myopic Books
Genesis Art Supply on Western
I want explore the extent to which it is possible to remove the author as a controlling force in the construction of a story. The idea is that the reader of my story goes from place to place around the city of Chicago to collect the parts of the story and in the course of doing that, lives a story, which is their own story, not a story that is the proprietary possession of the writer.
This story concludes at an art event, where a letter is being held by Mi-Yeon Kwon of [prak-sis]. From the point of view of [prak-sis], the concept here is that the letter has the status of an art object. Unlike an ordinary letter, this letter is is not being mailed but rather the recipient will come to it.
I should explain, therefore, the way that the locations work together with the letter that [prak-sis] is holding. In each of ten locations throughout the city there is an envelope with a collage in it. That collage is made of images and encoded texts that are designed to tell a story. This story, in other words, is being told in ten parts. To read the ten parts of the story one has to visit ten different locations in the city of Chicago. These collages all add up to a single narrative that tells a story about the letter being held by [prak-sis]. That letter, which is "the" letter as far as this story is concerned, will be sold at a [prak-sis] event on June 4, 2010 and all of the money generated thereby will be given to [prak-sis].
Decipherment of the encoded material in the collages is not necessary for a participant to derive a story from the overall experience of their participation, which culminates in the [prak-sis] event at which the unopened letter is sold. Those participants for whom the encoded material is relevant have been given a key to use with the iPhone app myenigma so that they can decipher what they need to take away from each collage.
