Jung Yeon-doo selected as MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2023 artist

• Published date: 08 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

Interdisciplinary artist Jung Yeon-doo has been named the creator for this year's MMCA Hyundai Motor Series by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea.

Through photographs, videos, installations and performances, Jung has garnered attention both at home and abroad for creatively delving into the all-too-familiar relationship between reality and illusion.

Since 2010, the artist has broadened his focus to reinterpret memories and lived experiences that arise within modern and contemporary history ? migration, diaspora, war and disaster.

In 2021, he showcased the interdisciplinary art project called "DMZ Theater" with Surya at the MMCA Seoul, where the two reimagined the buried micro-narratives ? either inspired by real historical events or modern folk tales ? associated with the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) through staged photography and live performance.

In the exhibition slated for a September opening at the MMCA's Seoul branch, the 53-year-old will unveil four new works, including the video-based installation titled "Century's Journey."

The piece aims to dissect the layered...