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Freedom Exists or Not
2000, Solo Performance and Seminar
(Byeong Sam's the first Solo Performance Exhibition)
Mapo Street & Student Center in Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
Date of Performance :
May 29, 2000
Program
1st
Stage : Performance Presentation
2nd
Stage : Seminar and Questionaire
3th Stage : On-line Discussion
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Description
For
a several months, I had advertised that I would perform a public ‘masturbation’
in the middle of a high traffic road. On the promised day, a large crowd
gathered. But in the end, I did nothing. All of the people embarrassed at the
same time, because they expected something from me.. In
this ridiculous situation, they
thought about themselves why they came here, and also they saw their own blackhearted
and lascivious mind each other with my unexpected performance.
In
the process of going on the project, I met a lot of obstacles. For
example, 1 hour before
the opening the performance, I had been detained by some people who were from
my university, and I who was the president of the Student Council in the Dept. of Sculpture
had to go to the office of
the president of the Hong-Ik University with my department head. And then they blamed me with unsuitable reasons to
control my project in the room.
Even in the small case, I felt the limitation of artistic expression. Although,
however, they reproached me, lots of people gathered. What is worse, they who blamed me came there to see the weird action expected to me.
This was my first solo performance,
“Freedom Exists or Not”, through which I questioned our society’s tacit consent
of censorship against artistic expressions. Along with the performance, I also
led a seminar with scholars who have the variety of background experiences on “The Limitations and Freedom in Artistic Expressions in Korea”
simultaneously on-line and off-line.
After
the project, Mr. Kwon who was the
Exclusive Director of the HIBS, Hong-Ik Broadcasting System, fired from
the authorities concerned, just because he supported my project. I am
sorry to him, and also honor him who tried to change the negative atmosphere
about the right of expression.
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Seminar
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Subject : The Limitations and Freedom in Artistic Expressions in Korea
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Attendance - Yoo, Eun Bok (Art Historian)
Kim
Sung Ha (Political Diplomatist & Artist)
Jeon,
Byeong Sam (as an Art Director)
Sim,
Woo Jin (Art Designer)
Han,
Sang Min (Artist)
Kim,
Dong Ku (Artist & Businessman)
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many Audiences
Staff
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Exclusive Production : Jeon, Byeong Sam
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Planning : Jeon, Byeong Sam / Kim Sung Ha
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Field Management : Choi, Yeon woo
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Brodcasting, Sound and Voice Recording : Hong-Ik Broadcasting System(HIBS)
Kwon,
Dong Wook (the Exclusive Director of the HIBS)
Ban,
Seong Joon (the Technical Director of the
bureau)
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Documentary Filming : Hong-Ik TV
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Poster Design : Sim, Woo Jin
Cast
- Jeon, Byeong Sam
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