Koh Seung Wook
KOH Seung Wook, Fuer Elise, 2005, video recording of performance, video: color, sound, 10 min, collection of the artist
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Short Biography
Born 1968, Jeju Island/Lives and works in Seoul
Koh Seung Wook uses photographs, installation and video for his conceptual projects criticizing art systems and conventional art practices. In his solo show, “Please Honor Me with Your Attendance,” Koh presented a text piece appropriating the gallery’s rental contract. Since then, he has presented performance-based photo and video works such as, Playing in a Vacant Lot and Triathlon, criticizing progress-driven urbanization and industrialization. Koh currently works as a director of alternative space pool, for which he is organizing a seminar series on autonomous civilian movements based on regional understanding and solidarity in East Asia.
