CHANGYEON LEE AWARD WINNER 2018
Recent displays of my work include exhibitions at
Tell us the back-story of some of your projects.
the Museum of Moving Image New York;
"Are We Being Fucking Serious?" - Net Art / Data
Interactive Corp(IAC) at Chelsea in New York
Visualization on 183,947 Global Terrorism Data
City; Doosan Gallery at Chelsea in New York
Since 1980 “183,947” is the number of terrorist
City; Schwules Museum Berlin; 150th Memorial
attacks on earth since 1980, the year that John
Day of the Civil War of United States New York;
Lennon was murdered.
Gwanghwamun plaza/square, Seoul Metropolitan Government, among others.
I invite all the dreamers, like me and you, and Mr. & Mrs. Lennon, to this website at
What are your sources of inspiration?
AREWEBEINGFUCKINGSERIOUS.NET
My work, “A Thousand Breaths,” is initiated from a poem written by myself.
I have exhibited film rolls that I took from the 183,947 locations of terrorism attacks, since 1980.
at the end of everything, beginning of everything
As a data artist who wants to ‘imagine’ with other
becomes distinct.
dreamers like Mr. & Mrs. Lennon and you, I intend to maintain this website forever with annual
it was my breath. While i was waiting for the
database updates on yearly occurred terrorism
arrival of my end, this thought occurred to me;
attacks.
I want to hand my breath to my you.
the world being with you was a field all in flowers. Wandering in our field, I have prepared to inbreathe eternal full of life into the scenery of us. It was the only thing I would, should, could do before someday, the end of everything, arrives from somewhere, at sometime, or sadly by some other people, not by ourselves.
even though I have already been aware that this world is not correct, my reason to live, to survive always, it was you.
to my you, I want to present this. the thing that i will keep until the end of my everything.
my gift is my breath. take this breath. you, my god’s gift.