This artwork is a new adaptation of a real-time performance video recorded on the rooftop of the Seoul Museum of Art, which overlooks an area of central Seoul that preserves Korea’s modern and contemporary history. The video’s eponymous character does not think of herself as a consistent subject nor does she experience the existing order and system in detail, but rather exists in the midst of various perspectives, which compels her to wander around the periphery and view the complex situations of reality from a distance. Along with the archetype of “Crying Man”, “Bright Dove Hyunsook” is a metaphor for modern people living under the influence of an overwhelming reality and the distorted virtuality of contemporary society, both of which are exacerbated by the media that has deeply encroached on our lives. Additional video footage incorporates CCTV data culled from SeMA’s interior and exterior spaces, thereby revealing the complex perspectives of contemporary media and our changing perspectives.
