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옥인 콜렉티브
이정민, 김화용, 진시우로 구성된 옥인 콜렉티브는 첫 프로젝트의 장소이자 강제철거로 사라진 종로구 옥인아파트의 지명을 딴 미술가 그룹이다. 옥인콜렉티브는 특정지역으로부터 출발했지만, 주변에서 쉽사리 발견하게 되는 무수한 ‘옥인’을 기억하며 척박한 도시공간 속의 연구와 놀이, 예술과 사회의 관계, 예술과 향유자의 위치와 다양성에 대한 관심을 바탕으로 활동해 오고 있다. 단독 전시인 ‘옥인 오픈 사이트’(2010) '콘크리트 아일랜드'(2010) 외에 '안녕 없는 생활들, 모험들'(부산시립미술관, 2011), ‘Open Hangar'(스페인, 2012), ’Truth is Concrete'(오스트리아, 2012), ‘Acts of Vocing'(토탈미술관, 2013), ’no mountain high enough'(시청각, 2013), 10회 광주비엔날레(광주, 2014) 등 국내외 전시와 프로젝트, 레지던시 프로그램에 참여했다. 2010년 9월부터 현재까지 ‘옥인 콜렉티브 인터넷 라디오 스테이션 STUDIO+82’(http://okin.cc)를 운영 중이다.
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Okin Collective
OKIN COLLECTIVE Formed in 2009. Live and work in Seoul, South Korea. Okin Collective is composed of Jougmin Yi, Hwayong Kim and Shiu Jin. The name of the collective derives from Okin Apartment, a small residential complex where the collective showcased their first project while it was forcibly demolished. Born from a concern for those who were served with eviction notices during the process of urban development and by investigations into the intervention of capital, Okin Collective’s work expands toward countless manifestations of the same situation that are found everywhere in today’s world. Through different media encompassing installation, video, sound, and performance, Okin Collective exposes the absurd structure of capitalist society. Presented as improvisational theatre, Seoul Decadence (2013), for example, exposes the absurdity of the law through the case of Jung-geun Park, who was found guilty of violating the National Security Law by retweeting messages posted by a North Korean Twitter account. Rather than relying on binary oppositions Okin Collective deals with the relationship between art and society through strategies of mutual agreement, exchange, and intervention, transforming that relationship into one of awareness and self-reflection.
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