Human's endless desires and the resulting global crisis are one of the main subjects of modern art. Korean artist named Wuram Choi portrayed such idea in his artwork by making an audience-participating installation art. The artwork can be seen in the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. In the artwork, a headless figure of a scarecrow sits down and stand up repeatedly, trying to take over the head on the disc. The body of the scarecrow trembles, making the audience guess the intensity of the social struggle. This is the image of humanity driven by infinite competition, embodied by artist Choi Woo-ram as a large installation work. The sight of humans rowing endlessly and looking for an exit while losing the direction they should go creates even sadness. Officers of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art cays that the artwork is an installation that allows visitors to ask themselves questions about whether we're going well, where we should go, and how we should find an exit.
Moreover, in the museum, there is a robot dog walking around the showroom. Instead of the guide, they tell you the direction of the viewing, and they are also the subjects of appreciation of the work.
On the other hand, what flows out of the exhibition hall is history rewritten from the perspective of stones, not humans. It is also AI, not humans.
The theme that runs through the exhibition from beginning to end is 'abalone'.
Writer: Ellie Kim
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