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[Dongseo university] 30th Anniversary Special Exhibition “IcoXAhn Art Project: The Garden of Ideas”
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2022-09-06 11:36
30th Anniversary Special Exhibition “IcoXAhn Art Project: The Garden of Ideas”
From September 1 to September 8, 2022, DSU, a university specializing in design, held a variety of exhibitions to commemorate its 30th anniversary, including one commemorating the opening of the newly installed Media Art Gallery. Among them, the “IcoXAhn Art Project: The Garden of Ideas” is drawing particular attention in that it is an international collaboration between Italian environmental designer Professor Ico Migliore and DSU Design College Professor An Byeong-jin. Professor Ico Migliore is currently a professor of design at the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy, as well being the founder of Migliore+Servetto Architects and a world-class space designer. Additionally, as a distinguished Chair Professor at DSU’s College of Design, he provides an intensive summer workshop for DSU students each year and an opportunity for them to visit his architecture studio in Milan during the winter.
He is actively engaged in global projects, installations and exhibitions, as well as writing and publishing. Professor An Byeong-jin is the Dean of DSU’s Division of Design, the Director of the DSU Public Design and Lighting Associates Institute, and a professor of visual design majoring in various interdisciplinary and experimental studies on sustainable design.
In particular, under his guidance the DMZ Haemaru Village “Creating a Design Art Village” project has continued for more than 10 years and has contributed to the revitalization of local culture, while the urban brand “memewe Gangnam” in Gangnam-gu, Seoul is one of his most representative works. As these two artists went through numerous online meetings to prepare for the exhibition together, they strove to retain their devotion to the eternal theme of creativity as writers, designers, and educators, creating a space of imagination and metaphor called “Garden of Ideas.” Professor Migliore emphasized that “creativity is not a gift that is given by itself, so it must be cultivated with persistence;” therefore, “creativity is an act of courage and struggle.” Meanwhile, Professor Ahn further elaborated on the nature of creativity by summoning Jeongjo of Joseon, the 22nd monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, who encouraged new challenges within the book and literary art of chaekado.
In the end, Professor Ahn said, Jeongjo defined “creativity as a journey towards all novelty in the same perspective.” To further express these various notions of the concept of creativity, first, Professor Migliore presented an arch-shaped environment graphic with a dramatic perspective reminiscent of Italian Renaissance architects Bramante and Bormini. This mysterious feeling of the ever-changing light and space is enough to draw the viewer into a new space, with the repeating lines giving an optical illusion effect and the archshaped surface reflecting the iridescent light inside.
Next, Professor Ahn composed a collage with motifs of moss, grass, plum blossoms, ducks, and books and stationery in Soswaewon Garden with the title of “Soswaewon’s Chaekado, Coming to the Design Hall.” Through its narrative of substitutional metaphor across time and space, it notifies that the university is a space for learning, and at the same time raises the topics of creativity and uniqueness. These interesting works were installed on the front facade and the rear facade of the lobby on the first floor of the College of Design building.
The opening ceremony of the newly built Media Art Gallery was held on the first floor of the Design Hall on September 5, 2022, with the “IcoXAhn Art Project: The Garden of Ideas” transforming the area into a piece of media art, providing a new experience. Shortly thereafter, the “Artists Dialogue” took place, an on-site meeting to explain the work of the two artists and share the process of their work, as well as providing a forum for students to communicate. These works, which stimulate the viewers’ sensibilities due to the space changing according to the light and the time of day and night, will be permanently installed after the exhibitions to provide a special art complex space where one can study and relax. A new luxury space in Busan that is pleasing to all the senses has been born.
Other attractions and various exhibitions to commemorate the 30th anniversary of DSU include: the DSU design alumni exhibition “DSU Art & Design “Show,” held at Gallery G on the 3rd floor of the DSU IC Building; “Professor Kim Jong-ki’s Media Art Invitation Exhibition: Cheonjamun Exhibition,” screened on the Media Art Wall on the 2nd floor of the New Millennium Hall; and the screening of the “30th Anniversary Interactive Media Art Wall Show: Thanks + Impact DSU.