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MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joon
미지에서 온 소식: 이클립스 News from Nowhere: Eclipse | 2022 | 19’2”
©MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joon, Courtesy of the artists.
©MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joon, Courtesy of the artists.
Synopsis
This video traces human will and struggle, while subtly evoking resistance to the crises of our time and to a growing awareness of them. It unfolds as a stark, almost hallucinatory vision, driven by a desire to resolve the world’s dissonances, drifting between reality and the unreal. Adrift on a vast, empty sea, a solitary figure clings to a lifeboat, sustaining a fragile existence from day to day. Through this quiet yet relentless struggle, the work reveals the forces that bind human life—its boundaries, systems, and constraints—and a persistent drive to break free and return to a more fundamental sense of freedom.
About the artist
Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joon have collaborated as a duo since 2009. Their ongoing project News from Nowhere (2012–), one of their major works, explores the function and social role of art in a rapidly changing world, addressing political and economic contradictions, historical tensions, and global crises such as climate change.
Their work has been presented internationally at major institutions and exhibitions, including Kassel dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2015), the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art (2015), Tate Liverpool (2018–2019), the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (2012–2022), and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2022–2023).