GIAF2023

• A Map of 2F, Dongbu Market

For Woosung Lee, the work starts one day by discovering objects that exist on the periphery of daily life. The artist seeks out stories of people living in the present, expressing their humble daily lives and personal emotions. For the festival, he shares moments that seem ordinary but special. These memories of Gangneung are presented on the empty walls he encountered as the market unfolds its stories embracing innumerable amounts of time during his stroll. The series Memories of Gangneung, exhibited in Dongbu Market Rainbow 233 and other various spots on the second floor of the market, portrays people the artist observed around the beach and his travel companions. Woosung Lee says that when you closely observe someone’s back, you perceive them differently, much like projecting one’s own emotions onto a scenery. Just as something becomes visible only when you gaze for a long time, the viewers may feel the stories, the drawings and the market together unfold.