Flower in Love 2023
For the new work ‘Flower in Love’ (2023) I wanted to focus on love in the 20th century. I believe that due to the development of digital technology, serious relationships have become rare, and the kind of love people have now seems quite different from the 20th century ones. Marres issued an open call for Maastricht residents over the age of 50 who were willing to talk about love. We interviewed six people between 50 and 97 years old. I asked them about the love they have known. I composed a video comparing their love to a flower with the soul of love, in which I tried to represent the fading love of old times with the flower Yutzpracachia. This imaginary flower first appeared in a novel written by Hain Kim. The flower is highly vulnerable to any contact, so if anyone touches it, it wilts and dies. It is described as a flower of the human soul because it survives when only one person keeps taking care of it.
Goodbye Letter 2023
I asked the audience to leave a farewell message about ‘love’ in a letter. Approximately 200 people wrote farewell letters during the three-month Dutch exhibition and approximately 500 people received farewell letters during the Korean exhibition from 2019 to 2023. Although they asked about separation, people's letters were full of 'meeting' and longing.
This work is displayed along with an origami crane installation made of paper with people's messages printed on it.
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Hyesoo Park
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Hyesoo Park was born in Seoul in 1974. She has questioned the universal values and unconscious thoughts that are affecting our society and groups within it and further gave form to the values of the individuals’ memories and lives through her solo shows including Nowhere Man, Now Here is Nowhere, Definition of Botong, and The Dream You Thrown Away. For the visual realization of these perceptions and intangible values, the artist observes our surroundings, gathers data by doing meticulous researches, and when in need collaborates with experts in related fields.
2023 Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present, Bank Street, Sharjah, UAE
2023 Goodbyw to Love, Marres, Maastricht, NL
2022 My Your Memory, MMCA_Seoul, KR
2022 Monophobia (slolo show)_Art Centre Art Moment, Seoul, KR
2021 The Nature of Art, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, KR
2019 Korea Artist Prize 2019, MMCA, Seoul, KR
2018 SCENE & UNSEEN, Castle d’Aspremont-Lynden, Oud-Rekem, BE