Seongjin Huh  허성진

My work stands in between the image and text. I think they are like each other in terms of they both express the uncertain meaning. However, it is quite difficult for them to fit together in one screen without being subordinated to either side. That can be only achieved by the new format that goes beyond the way the image and text are normally displayed. 

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I found this new format in patterns. The pattern is a form that embraces formality of the image and text and their meaning as well. When the image and text make patterns, they can repeat themselves independently because the pattern is a virtual space with a certain order and predictability. In that virtual space, the image and text wait for their turn and intersect, creating a rhyme.

 

In addition, patterns themselves are linguistic images. The pattern's design communicates thoughts and emotions through its colors and shapes. That's why patterns can be read and interpreted just like letters. Moreover, massively repeated images can work like letters. Thus, letters are patterned images and patterned images are like letters. I want to reveal the literal aspect of images and the iconographic aspect of texts by making patterns of the image and text and mix the two genres together.