Wonderland - M.A.P. RUNNER UP

Runner Up in the Grand Prize category of the Metropolis Art Prize 2009. <br><br> Space takes on multiple definitions. For me, I understand space as the sum of cultural and social forces that act on me. Through the space, my body feels all changes around me instantly and intimately. When I move from Korea to the United States, my body became a gauge that felt my displacement and recognized not only the conformity inflicted on me in the United States, but it also allowed me to deconstruct the rule from my hometown that I had taken for granted as normal. In my video piece, I attempt to convey the feeling of displacement and conformity by acting of walking. I perform walking forward and other people seem to be walking backward. However, I was walking backward in the real scene and I made it simply reversed. The space of being neither here following correct rule nor there following incorrect rule is precisely what I try to convey in this video. I finished NYC Time Square version and will make Portugal version next week. It will continue in several cities. <br><br> Artist: Hye Yeon Nam. <br><br> <br><br> The winning videos in the Metropolis Art Prize 2009 will be screened on the giant jumbotron monitors in Times Square, New York, on DECEMBER 17 2009. The event is open to the public, so if you're in the area, come along! <br><br> To find out more, visit the <a href="http://www.babelgum.com/metropolisartprize">Art Prize page</a>