타이포잔치 Typojanchi 2013

Sadness Can be Boasted of

2013
Single-channel video
Created for screening at the Seoul Square Media Canvas
Technical assistant: Kim Gagyeong

Park Joon
Born in 1983, Korea

Kang Gyeong Tak
Born in 1981, Korea

Avoiding “cutting-edge” techniques or unfamiliar words and based on traditional lyricism, the poet Park Joon transforms personal experience into communal poignancy. He earned his master’s degree in Korean literature from Kyung Hee University, and debuted in 2008. He has published two collections of poems.

The designer Kang Gyeong Tak approaches his work with respect for given contexts and larger resonance rather than his own personal experiences or biases. He studied graphic design at Sungkyunkwan University. He was a designer at the Community Design Institute and the Studio Text, and is currently working at Workroom.

The designer Kang Gyeong Tak admits that, after all the readings and struggles, he “still doesn’t seem to understand the meaning” of Park Joon’s “Sadness Can be Boasted of.” Instead, he turns his attention to his own struggle for comprehension. The resulting work amounts to “a documentation of how I wrote at Park’s dictation,” Kang says.

Courtesy: the artist

Photography by Baik Won-gi. Video streaming by Ustream