KyungBae Jeon
When I was a kid I came close to drowning three times.
I started to think about disappearance of existence of being, and proof of existence.
I am fascinated by water, and I had been a swimmer.
Under the water I could feel touch of the water flow and distorted sound.
It gives me a feeling that I exist.
I wish I could be submerged and survive in the water.
It leads me to fascinate toward fish.
When I was 15, I spent a month in silence.
I spoke to myself.
My art practice is a way to turn inward.
I keep thinking about what the meaning of the dead fish and their existence.
Dissection is the process that helps me to understand fish physically and artistically.
No matter how much I distorted fish, fish is fish.
How I could define my own existence is impossible using verbal or text language.
The title of my work is Ichthyology, but it also can mean anthropologia.
FIsh is fish, I am I am, I am I am?
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