1. Yeol Jung
84 Withers St 2nd FL Bob Rivera Studios, Brooklyn, NY 11211
617-784-4181
yeol.jung.yoon@gmail.com
www.yeol.co
Recall to Reality
To make an image, I imagine a picture of society in a bird’s eye view, which is
made by thousands of tiny people. If I illustrate a human as a point and represent the
energy as a line that is generated from each point, what would the shape of the world look
like? The point and line are the basic units of my visual work. I use a tiny hole or a nail to
illustrate my idea of a human being, and assign a character to this person by tying a piece
of string on the nail. The string connects a point with one another; and depending on
whether the yarn is tight or loose, it various relationships. The strings might be repeated
with a regular rule or be randomly spread out. Their figure contains visual information:
contrast, direction, weight, density, and distance. Combinations of the units create a
context that tells viewers diverse stories about these human beings.
Human society has been changing its form and creating numerous relationships
every time. Separating individuals from the world results in feelings of extreme distance
between one’s own insignificant body and the greatness of civilization. Returning to the
real provokes the sense of transcendence, for human resources are consumable.
Presenting a person as a unit capable of generating energy and creating an image of the
aura of individual or group provide my work with a context. A recognized concept of
energy is recent achievement in human history, a paradigm seen as a phenomenon in past

2. times. It is detectable but hypothetical. Because it is not a substance, it is thus in dialogue
with every material, and place and time. My action captures energy in a material recall
that ties immaterial concepts to reality and stimulates transcendent experience.