Choon Choi. Ghastly and inappropriate
05/05/2019.
Macro Asilo, Museo Macro Museum [ROM] Italy
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
After his participation in the last Venice Architecture Biennial of 2018, the architect Choon Choi, author of the Korean pavilion of the 58th Venice Art Biennial, will give a lecture entitled: OSCENO E INAPPROPRATO-GHASTLY E INAPPROPRIATE, on Tuesday, May 7 , at 11:00 in the morning at the Macro Museum in Rome.
The act will be presented by the architect Eleonora Carrano.
The act will be presented by the architect Eleonora Carrano.
Isometric composition by Choon Choi
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Choon Choi is a well-known Korean architect and a rigorous intellectual. He is a part of the technical team of the Korean pavilion for the Venice Biennale 2019. The curator of this edition is Hyunjin Kim, who proposed a puna proposal that blends the International and the feminine, entitled, "History Failed Us, but No Matter." He counts as guest artist with Hwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung and Jane Jin Kaisen.
The lecture by Choon Choi will be on his personal work.
The lecture by Choon Choi will be on his personal work.
Below, some ideas about Korean pavilion for the Venice Biennale 2019.
About the idea
Choon, will also examine the relationship between the space of architecture and that of the arts, the specific functions of an architecture to exhibit. This secret nature of the exhibition, this act of displaying, of staging, touches on very profound themes that concern not only the space but more in general the sense of history, the relations between the West and extreme eastern culture, always specific and identity but even more and more westernized, the organization of materials, is certain that the 'Gardens' of the Biennale are a topical place in this regard. These gardens are the place of a nineteenth-century imperialist West that here built the scenario of a great international art exhibition, following the same principles of the Universal Exhibitions, the Great Circuses, the Olympics. A preview of the unmissable Venetian scenario.
About the pavilion
The site of the Korean Pavilion is on the top of an existing artificial hillock full of trees, between the Japanese and German pavilions. Its elevation is approximately 4.5 meters above the Giardini embankment, and it offers a splendid view over St. Mark's Basin. The site is occupied by a brick building that was constructed in the 1930s; it has a square floor plan, approximately six meters on a side, angled at approximately 45 degrees with respect to the pavilions around it. At the outset we decided to keep the brick building, which was in a somewhat rundown state. I discovered many fruitful characterstics of this very unknown and unusual place (in spite of the limitations imposed by the municipality, such as the obligation of respecting the existing trees, saving the slopes and having a building resting on supports, rather than on foundations).
The Korean Pavilion, Seok Chui Kim with Franco Mancuso
About content "History Failed Us, but No Matter"
Fragile but more enduring tales embedded within buildings can survive long past the end of physical lifespan of buildings themselves. These stories are planted by the author, or the architect, during the process of construction, and the architect’s intention initially guides the path of the narrative. If the origin of the narrative is linked to a dialogue that started on the site long before the formation of the building, the narrative acquires a broader meaning that transcends its immediate time and space. Instead of an aesthetic or technical agenda, an architect who works with matters of memory studies the non-material, cultural context of a building, and manages, through patient editing and revision of the inherited narrative, to re-establish a sense of continuity between the past and the present. The point of departure for the architecture of memory is not site analysis or precedent research. The seeds of history that can grow into an enduring cultural dialogue among various participants can only be found within unsubstantial ruins, within the walls saturated with persistent collective memory.
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Dates
Time.- 11:00 am. May 7th, 2019.
Venue
Auditorium, Macro Asilo. Via Nazionale, 194 - 00184 - Rome. Italy
Choi Choon
Choon Choi (b. 1971) is an architect based in Seoul and associate professor of architecture at Seoul National University Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, where he leads the Laboratory for Architecture Culture. His architectural practice (CCA / Choon Choi Architects) specializes in adaptive reuse and cultural facilities, such as the Kkummaru at the Seoul Children’s Grand Park, the Maeil Innovation Center, the Sangha Farm, and Jeomchon Middle School. Choon has been an active collaborator for contemporary art institutions in Korea, including the Gwangju Biennale, the Asian Culture Center, and the ArtSonje/Samuso. Choon was a co-curator and artist for the Korean Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
He has participated in various exhibitions including Platform in Kimusa (2009), PLAYTIME at Seoul Station (2011), Brilliant Collaborators at Ilmin Museum (2013), Space Project #1 at ArtSonje (2014), New Shelters at Arko Art Center (2016), and the Void at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul (2016).He was Co-curator at the Biennale Venezia 2018 for the Korean Pavilion (2018).
LAC. Led by Prof. Choon Choi, the LAC at the Seoul National University is an academic forum for promoting trans-disciplinary research on architecture with a particular focus on the historical and cultural context of contemporary Korea.
Team (2009-2019): Shin Myoung, Kim Jiyoung, Song Taehwan, Yoon Jaewon, Pyo Changyeon, Lee Mikyoung, Kim Yujin, Joo Myounghyun, Cho Woori, Kim Sunah, Paul Mullins, Jason Houliston, Steven Park Chaffer, Kim Dohyun, Kang Hansoo, Nouanseng Phonesaly, Jo Yunho, Cho Yonghyun, Choi Yunha, Saerom Lee, Lina Pinzon, Teng Teng, Geumryung Lee.
He has participated in various exhibitions including Platform in Kimusa (2009), PLAYTIME at Seoul Station (2011), Brilliant Collaborators at Ilmin Museum (2013), Space Project #1 at ArtSonje (2014), New Shelters at Arko Art Center (2016), and the Void at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul (2016).He was Co-curator at the Biennale Venezia 2018 for the Korean Pavilion (2018).
LAC. Led by Prof. Choon Choi, the LAC at the Seoul National University is an academic forum for promoting trans-disciplinary research on architecture with a particular focus on the historical and cultural context of contemporary Korea.
Team (2009-2019): Shin Myoung, Kim Jiyoung, Song Taehwan, Yoon Jaewon, Pyo Changyeon, Lee Mikyoung, Kim Yujin, Joo Myounghyun, Cho Woori, Kim Sunah, Paul Mullins, Jason Houliston, Steven Park Chaffer, Kim Dohyun, Kang Hansoo, Nouanseng Phonesaly, Jo Yunho, Cho Yonghyun, Choi Yunha, Saerom Lee, Lina Pinzon, Teng Teng, Geumryung Lee.
Eleonora Carrano
Eleonora Carrano graduated cum laude in Architecture at the University of Rome, “La Sapienza”. She completed a D.E.A. PhD in Architectural planning at the ETSAB-UPC in Barcelona and received a scholarship for carrying out research at Agaur-Gencat Generalitat de Catalunya. She began her professor career at the AECI, Universidad Central of Rosario in Argentina . From 2005 to 2010 she taught at the Faculty of Architecture at La Sapienza in Rome and from 2010 as visiting professor at the University of Sassari.
She writes for the magazines “L’Industria delle Costruzioni”, “METALOCUS” and as a blogger for the national Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. She is the author of a monograph, Luigi Moretti. Lavori in Algeria (Prospettive Edizioni Roma), awarded of the silver medal at the 13th International Architecture meeting SOFIA INTERARCH 2012.
Books published: “Africa Big Change Big Chance” AA.VV. Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Editrice Compositori 2014 ”Luigi Moretti. Architetto del ‘900” AA.VV. Gangemi editore 2012 ”Luigi Moretti. Opere in Algeria”. Prospettive Edizioni, Roma 2008 ”Luigi Moretti. Le opere romane”. Prospettive Edizioni, Roma 2005 ”Luigi Moretti – l’oeuvre romaine” ed. francese Prospettive Edizioni, Roma 2006 ”Dizionario di Architettura” Testo & Immagine, Torino 2002 ”Dictionnaire d’Architecture” Prospettive Edizioni 2006
She writes for the magazines “L’Industria delle Costruzioni”, “METALOCUS” and as a blogger for the national Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. She is the author of a monograph, Luigi Moretti. Lavori in Algeria (Prospettive Edizioni Roma), awarded of the silver medal at the 13th International Architecture meeting SOFIA INTERARCH 2012.
Books published: “Africa Big Change Big Chance” AA.VV. Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Editrice Compositori 2014 ”Luigi Moretti. Architetto del ‘900” AA.VV. Gangemi editore 2012 ”Luigi Moretti. Opere in Algeria”. Prospettive Edizioni, Roma 2008 ”Luigi Moretti. Le opere romane”. Prospettive Edizioni, Roma 2005 ”Luigi Moretti – l’oeuvre romaine” ed. francese Prospettive Edizioni, Roma 2006 ”Dizionario di Architettura” Testo & Immagine, Torino 2002 ”Dictionnaire d’Architecture” Prospettive Edizioni 2006
MASSIMO MAZZONE
Massimo Mazzone, (Marino, Rome, 1967) sculptor, numerous exhibitions in Europe and beyond, a member of the group of artists complot s.y.s.tem, and a professor of sculpture at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. He has organized several groups to work between art and architecture. Among his recent performances, projects, proposal and publications:
• Ex Polis
• 11. Biennale Venezia
• Edifici concettuali
◦ Post Lauream
◦ Città
• La Penisola degli Agnelli
• 10. Biennale Venezia
• Lezioni di pittura
• Ex Mattatoio
• Piazza Shopping Centre
• Worker Bee Cemetery
• Triennale Milano
• Casa dell'Architettura
• Fass Gallery
• L'altra Roma
• Torretta Valadier
