Social Shedding I: Shopping Mall, on July 17th, 2010 @ Pioneer Place & PLACE, Downtown Portland, OR

Social Shedding: Shopping Mall, Portland OR Performance by Hoyun Son, Camera by Gary Wiseman, Gabe Flores

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the Map of Heart, Series Click here for the video documentation

is a series of site-responsive travel performance and installations. First of the series was done during the artist's residency in Sandnes, Norway 2009. In Sandnes, Norway she followed 12 local residents for 12-19 hours each to their work, home, and their everyday activity. At the end of the day, she invited them to her studio and asked them to draw their subjective map of Sandnes and collected their stories related to specific sites. Out of the true stories, Hoyun developed a fictional story interweaving the 12 locals who may and may not know each other and presented with film posters and a website on touch-screen telling the non-linear film through photos and texts.

The installation is showcased in KINOKINO, Sandnes, Norway from December 9th 2009- February 7th 2010. The website of Map of Heart, Sandnes will be available online after February 7th 2010.

Movable Feast, Chicago!! 9/12-13, 2009 Click here for the video documentation

Black Ghost Blues Redux click here for the full length video

is a single channel video piece made in collaboration with Charles Gaines. It is featuring a woman, myself, who is listening to Lightnin' Hopkins (American Blues musician from 60s) classic, intently while the recording plays. When the song ends, the woman, a Korean, begins to sing Hopkins's tune acapella.  Black Ghost Blues Redux visits the idea of the politics that is at the foundation of the conversion of cultures brought on both by the history of colonialism and slavery.  It locates a history shared by Black and Korean cultures even though each culture's narrative is quite different. It sees that history as a starting point of a new narrative rather than just a reminder of that history.

Video by: Charles Gaines and Hoyun Son,

Music by: Lightnin' Hopkins (1966)

Performed by: Hoyun Son

Edited by: Yanira Cartagena and Diego J. Garza

Camera: Christopher Caroll

Sound: Lydua Greer

"Platform" Showcase on 11/8/2008, Saturday 6-9pm

Visual art and performace art exhibition of "Platform" residency and visiting artists

click here for more information

Launch of Artist Residency "Platform"

Accepted Participants:

A collaboration group: Jung-A Woo & Jaclyn Jacunski for "Mobile Theater", a community base public installation on the wheel

An individual artist: Rodney Lee Jones Jr.

These two teams of artists will sharing the studio space, sharing their resources and different backgrounds, and enrich their projects in the East Pilsen studio during the month of October. Detail of the final show is coming soon.

Call for entry: Artist Residency “Platform”

Now accepting proposal for artist residency in East Pilsen studio, Chicago, IL.
“Platform” is a temporal artist residency in East Pilsen, Chicago for emerging artists/collaboration groups, providing temporary workspace, network, time for envisioning, and showcasing the work. Any Chicago based artist who doesn’t have studio space at the time of the residency period can apply for the residency.

Benefits:
15’ x 18’ work studio in East Pilsen with 24 hours access, Mentorship, Open studio/showcase organization
Period of residency: 2-5 week period of choice between 9/27/2008-10/31/2008

Time Frame:
9/25, Thursday : Deadline for proposals
End of September: Notification to approved applicants by phone/email, and announcement on web www.hoyunson.com
9/27/2008-10/31/2008: residency depends on accepted term
10/17/2008-10/31/2008: showcase of works from the residency depends on artist’s work schedule

Application materials:
1. Artist statement (1 page)
2. Proposal include description of artist’s own objectives for the period, current projects, and length and preferred dates of stay (1 page)
3. Examples of recent work
-Still images: up to 6 still images in jpeg format with max resolution of 72 dpi, embedded in Word, PDF file, or link for web.
-Moving images/sound: up to 5 min of video/audio uploaded via internet, send the link
-Web art: link of the website
(Youtube and Flickr is a good way to upload/share your video or still images on the web)
4. Resume

All the proposals must be sent by email to h@hoyunson.com by 9/23/2008.
A collaboration group can submit one proposal include all members’ information.

“Platform” is realized with partial support by Illinois Art council

FYI,For Your Information click here for video documentation

site-specific, interactive voice installation: parody of Speech Recognition Technology. Through the use of phone cuntomer service systems incorporated with the site-specific subjects, it brings out the frustration of miscommunication between human and machine and/or human with different lingustic and social backgrounds in a humorous approach.

FYI, For Your Information_G2G_2006 (still image from video documentation)

Voice by Andre King, Angela Mobley, Dave Hudson, Hoyun Son, Irina Botea, Jozef Amado, Megan McGrath, Nestor Batres, Onyango Oketch, Peggy Major, Rasvan Botea, Rodrick Major, Sharon Younger

Special Thanks to Alan Labb, Ben Chang, Bill Hudson, Bob Major, Byeong Sam Jeon, Carrie Fox, Dave Hudson, Ed Bennett, Katherine Bennet, Mat Nelson, Megan McGrath, Dandra Rosas Ridolfi, Sharon Hayes, Sharon King, Silvia Ruzanka, Robert Davis, Rob Drinkwter

unspoken_series click here for video documentation

site-specific, interactive public performance with LED safety vests

Technical Advice: Byeong Sam Jeon, Ed Bennett, Steven Waldeck, John Manning, Nestor Betres

unspoken_chicago_cta_2005(still image from video documentation)

Performers: Sharon Younger, Scot Younger, Sudapan Singthong
Text: Hoyun Son with help of Megan McGrath
Assistant: Jakiawal Nilthamrong, Kiwon Choi

unspoken_chicago_g2gallery_2005(still image from video documentation by Bob Major)

Performers: Megan McGrath, William Phelan, Eric Rutherford
Text: Hoyun Son with help of Megan McGrath base on 49 anonymous participants, gallery visitors
Videography: Bob Major, Photography: Dave Hudson

unspoken_boston_siggraph_2006 (From left two Photos by Karel Dudesek, Far right photo by Hoyun Son performance by Sidney Fels)

Moderated by Hoyun Son
Performance by Sandra Rosas Ridolfi, Jihyun Song, Hoyun Son and Carrie Hamilton(7/30),Daniel Vlasic(8/1), Justin Ryan(8/3), Sidney Fels(8/4), and anonymous audiences(8/1-8/4/06)
Photograph by Jihyun Song, Jaemin Lee, Karel Dudsek, Sidney Fels, and anonymous audiences

unspoken_series, 2005-ongoing, at A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL