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Mask adorns, veils soul
The artist puts on the mask as an act of invocation. The body shifts from individual performer toward a vessel through which other memories may enter.
We, We Wish — Vol.1
The Tutelar Guardian of Forgotten Tales
〈설령 잊혀지더라도 지켜야 할 것을 지키는 자〉
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프로젝트 개요
〈설령 잊혀지더라도 지켜야 할 것을 지키는 자〉는 수진프레이의 장기 리추얼 미디어 프로젝트 We, We Wish의 첫 번째 완성작이다. 작품은 2023년 1월 1일 서울 인왕산 선바위에서 수행하고 촬영한 작가 주도의 새벽 의례에서 출발했다.
작가는 열두 장면에 걸쳐 가면, 움직임, 호흡, 반복, 소리, 의례 도구를 사용한다. 이 요소들은 연극적 장식이 아니라, 파편화된 문화적 기억을 운반하고 변형하며 감각하게 하는 매체로 기능한다. 열두 장면은 이후 열두 점의 디지털 렐릭으로 발전했고, 하나의 10분 45초 싱글채널 무빙이미지 작품으로 결합되었다.
이 작품은 한국 전통 무속 의례를 재현하지 않는다. 작가의 훈련된 몸과 동시대 미디어 실천을 통해 의례의 구조를 새롭게 구성한다. 미완성의 검은 가면은 지키는 자이자 통로로 작동하며, 이름 붙여지지 않은 기억이 개인의 얼굴로 환원되지 않은 채 출현할 수 있는 문턱을 만든다.
디지털 매체는 현장의례를 완전하게 보존하거나 대체하지 않는다. 작품은 이미 지나간 몸, 소리, 장소, 시간의 일부 흔적을 다른 전시 공간과 관람 조건으로 이동시키며, 의례가 이후에도 지속되는 방식을 탐구한다.
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최초 의례
이 섹션의 검수된 한국어 원고가 제공되기 전까지 승인된 영문 원문을 표시합니다.
The original ritual took place before sunrise at Seonbawi Rock, a site long associated with prayer and vernacular spiritual practice in Seoul. The mountain, rock, winter air, darkness, and changing light were not treated as a backdrop. They formed part of the conditions through which the work emerged.
The artist’s body moved through invocation, protection, mourning, purification, boundary, and return. Rather than reconstructing a historical rite, the performance established a contemporary structure for staying with memories and forms of knowledge that have been marginalised, unnamed, or left outside official archives.
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열두 디지털 렐릭
열두 장면은 하나의 작품을 이루는 서로 다른 행위와 문턱을 기록한다. 가면을 쓰는 순간부터 의례의 종료까지 하나의 순서로 이어진다.
Relic titles and scene texts remain in the approved English pending reviewed Korean editorial copy.
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Shaman’s Dance, Shadows Defeated
With drum and grounded stance, the body establishes resistance and protection through rhythm, weight, and breath.
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Guardian of Forgotten Tales
The sound and gesture of the bara mark the transformation from witness to guardian. Memory is voiced through vibration rather than speech.
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Safely Enfolded, Prayers Rise
A bowl is held in stillness. The action turns from outward rupture toward listening, breath, and inward attention.
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Peace Descends, Blessings Flow
A bell and paper-adorned ritual staff mark the consecration of space. Stillness becomes a form of vigilance and care.
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Graceful Touch, Souls Comforted
A fan passes across the mask in a restrained gesture of soothing, guidance, and relation.
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Embracing All, Welcoming Spirits
The body opens around a sustained resonance, creating a threshold between seen and unseen presence.
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Comfort for the Lost, Guiding Light
Seated in stillness, the performer becomes a witness for the unnamed and unremembered.
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Banishing Evil, Spirits Soar
Red fabric cuts through the air, drawing a boundary between what must be released and what must remain protected.
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Souls Honored, Wisdom Resonates
The ritual blade is held not as a weapon, but as a precise instrument of separation, clarity, and guardianship.
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Guardians of Time
Bells are raised as sound marks a passage between temporal and unseen registers.
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Mask falls, ritual ends
The ritual closes with a return. The mask remains as a trace of what has passed through the body.
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발표 이력
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10 Years After Ground
The twelve digital relics were presented across twelve tablets alongside a three-hour durational performance.
Sound collaborator and performer: Tamura Ryo
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Art Korea Lab Media Wall
The complete 10-minute 45-second single-channel moving-image work was presented on a large-scale panoramic media wall.
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CICA Museum
Selected for Circle Part.1, an international group exhibition.
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영상
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작품 정보와 크레딧
- Project
- We, We Wish — Vol.1
- Artist
- Soojin Pray
- Original ritual and filming
- January 1, 2023
- Artwork completion
- 2024
- Format
- Single-channel moving image, colour, stereo sound
- Duration / Resolution
- 10 min 45 sec · 4800 × 1600 px · 3:1 panoramic
- Language
- Non-verbal artwork
- Project Director, Choreography, Performance, and Digital Editing
- Soojin Pray (Park Soojin)
- Creative Director
- Kim Seo-ryeong
- Web3 Technical Director
- Donggulman (Choi Jin-myeong)
- Traditional Mask Making
- Lee Doyeol, Master Mask Artisan
- Costume Coordination
- Seo Hong
- Film and Making-of Video
- Kim Jung-yeob
- Supported by
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea; Arts Council Korea
- Produced by
- SPACE MOUM, Seoul
RESEARCH NOTE During its early development, the project explored blockchain-based provenance and digital archiving. The completed artwork is presented as a single-channel moving-image work.