Yang Ah Ham, The Sleep, 2015. 2 channel video, color, sound. 8 min 40 sec. Collection of Seoul Museum of Art
Gymnasiums are designed to be used for social welfare purposes—namely, to promote health—but in times of disaster or crisis, they often become temporary shelters. In this artwork, gymnasiums symbolize the social system in which we live today and bodies represent people as social beings. The artist created this work “to make an abstract portrait of a tragic event engraved in our memories within Korean society and to show the reality that can be achieved within the process of abstracting it .” Here, some people sleep on black mats arranged haphazardly on the floor of the gymnasium while others sleep sitting upright on chairs next to them, alongside those who have not fallen asleep, all portraying the fears and anxieties of society and groups of individuals.
Yang Ah Ham (b. 1968, Seoul, Amsterdam)
Yang Ah Ham studied painting and art theory at Seoul National University and media art at New York University. She also participated in the Rijksakademie Residency from 2006 to 2007. Her work investigates the relationship between individual lives and social systems, and has been presented at exhibitions including 2020 Title Match: Yang Ah Ham vs. Seo Dong-jin To Those Who Are Shaken (Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2020), Adjective Life > Nonsense Factory (Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2010), Transit Life (Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, 2005) and Dream… In Life (Insa Art Space, Seoul, 2004). She was selected as a candidate for Arts Council Korea's Artist of the Year Award (2005), Hermès Foundation Art Award (2008) and MMCA’s Artist of the Year Award (2013), and has participated in the Busan Biennale (2006), Shanghai Biennale (2008), Gwangju Biennale (2011) and SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2016 NERIRI KIRURU HARARA.
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