Jean-Julien Pous

Video Artist

Mouvement

Immersive installation at the Korean Cultural Center in Paris, 9mn17, 6K, 2024


Part of the exhibition Noli : jeux coréens.

From the vast emptiness of the cosmos, vital energy emerges - Ki 기 (氣). Lines and curves unfold, embodying the classical elements that make up the matter of the universe: water, air, fire, and earth. From these elements, the bodies of athletes in motion spring forth: those of ssireum wrestlers (Korean wrestling), taekwondo and its ancestor taekkyeon, and archery.


내면의 여정을 통해 인간 영혼의 고뇌에 대한 답을 찾고자, 한 인물이恍惚 상태로 자신의 생각의 미로를 헤매고 있습니다. 자신보다 더 큰 것을 보고 싶은 의지와 이상에 대한 갈망에 이끌려 그 인물은 시각들을 모아 순간적으로 포착한 후 놓아주며 세상을 향한 수많은 창문을 열어냅니다.

Du vide sidéral naît l’énergie vitale - le Ki 기 (氣). Lignes et courbes se déploient et incarnent les éléments classiques composant la matière de l’univers : eau, air, feu, terre. De ces éléments jaillissent les corps d’athlètes en mouvement : ceux des lutteurs de ssireum (lutte coréenne), de taekwondo et de son ancêtre le taekkyeon, puis de tir à l’arc.




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Credits


An art piece of Jean-Julien Pous, Hyunji & Kayip
Technical advisors : Dinuka Devinda, CC
3d models adapted from Ruslan Gadzhiev
Motion capture coordinators : Jean-Sébastien Bressy, Hwang Hyejin
Archery Athlete : Kwon Ohjung
Ssireum Athlete : Lee Sunwoo, Kim Hyoonwoo, Jeong Hyundam
Taekkyeon Athlete : Hwang In Mu
Taekwondo Athelte : Son Gun Heui, Yeongwoong Taekwondojang