The winner of the Prix D茅couverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo 2015, Hayoun Kwon (b.1981) provides audiences with access to the imaginary world of a mysterious woman, nicknamed “The Bird Lady.”聽Several of Kwon鈥檚 pieces on display in the exhibition at , Paris, are linked to geopolitical questions of borders and territoriality. Both聽Model Village (2014) or 489 Years (2015), allude to the fictitious no man鈥檚 land that separates the two Koreas. Also on show is聽Lack of Evidence (2011), a short film presenting the tale of a young asylum seeker from Nigeria confronted by the French administration.
Through the interweaving of documentary with animation and new technologies, the artist creates an experience positioned between fact and fiction, reality and virtuality, which questions the complexity of the real. Much of her practice is based on聽seeing narrative as a construction of individual and collective memory, and she often stages the stories that she has been told, as well as the situations she has experienced or imagined. Kwon plays on the confusion between actual memories and dreams, and between faithful testimonies and fantastical interpretations.
Born in Seoul, Kwon lives and works between France and South Korea. Alongside her Palais de Tokyo accolade, the artist has also been awarded the first Prize of the 62苍诲听International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen, 2016), the Arte Creative Newcomer Award during the European Media Art Festival (Osnabr眉ck, 2014) and the Prix Jeune Cr茅ation in 2012.聽Since graduating from Le Fresnoy in 2011, she is represented by the Galerie Sator, Paris.
Hayoun Kwon, The Bird Lady, until 10 September, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
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1.聽Hayoun Kwon,聽489 Years (2015). Courtesy of the artist.
