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Where Should We Go

Where Should We Go is the museum's first long-term project, set in the forest that surrounds it. The sculptor Lee Seung Soo made groups of works from waste and cement, and others from Jeju volcanic rock, out of a critical concern with the contradiction Jeju faces between development and preservation. Left outdoors for about five years, the works change season by season as moss and small plants grow over them.

제주현대미술관
제주 제주시 한경면 저지14길 35
1 Dec 2020 – 25 Aug 2030 · Free admission
Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00 · Closed Mon

What you'll see

In short

Where Should We Go is the museum's first long-term project, set in the forest that surrounds it. The sculptor Lee Seung Soo made groups of works from waste and cement, and others from Jeju volcanic rock, out of a critical concern with the contradiction Jeju faces between development and preservation. Left outdoors for about five years, the works change season by season as moss and small plants grow over them.


Full description from the venue

《Where Should We Go》 is the first long-term project organized by Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art. With the forest surrounding the museum as the background, this is a new exhibition style aiming to show the process of assimilation sesitivity and memorable experiences to people through associations with the village neighboring the museum.《Where Should We Go》 is also prepared as an extension of the 'Art Jeoji' project.

This exhibition consists of the works of sculptor Lee Seung Soo. The exhibited works titled <Where Should We Go>, the same as the exhibition title, comprise six sculptured groups created from waste and cement alongside six group works created using Jeju volanic rock. The works were first created with a critical mind on 'development and preservation', the contradictory issue faced by Jeju Island faces, and we were submitted to the 2019 Busan Sea Art Festival. This exhibition is unconventional in that changes in the artworks can be observed through the passage of time. Both the restorative force of nature and its process of healing will be recorded. This long-term exhibition will last about five years in the forest. This will be an opprtunity to reflect on environmental problems, major issues of the present day, through groups of sculptures that will change as we assimilate with natural objects, and moss and small plants grow on them as time passes.

Visitors to the museum will see vividly how the groups change as time goes by season after season, year after year. Hopefully, it will provide the chance to deeply sympathize with an awareness of the 'coexistence of life and nature.'


Good to know

When is it on?

1 Dec 2020 – 25 Aug 2030.

How much is it?

Free admission.

Where is it?

제주현대미술관, 제주 제주시 한경면 저지14길 35.

What are the opening hours?

Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00. Closed Mon.