Event-Logical (1975)

Movie 12 min

A mem­ber of the AG (Avant-gar­de Group) as well as lea­der of the group Space & Time (S.T.) 1969 – 1980, Lee Kun-yong hel­ped to open the hori­zon for con­tem­po­ra­ry art in Korea through his expe­ri­men­tal appro­ach to con­cep­tu­al art, per­for­man­ce and instal­la­ti­on. When Lee atten­ded the 8th Paris Biennale in 1973, the expe­rien­ce dee­ply chan­ged his thin­king, and he began to con­si­der the body as an artis­tic medi­um in itself. He focu­sed on per­for­man­ces rela­ted to spa­ce, situ­a­ti­on, site and the body, giving it the name ​‘event’; dra­wing a line bet­ween ​‘hap­pe­nings’ and his own prac­ti­ce. From 1975 to 1979, Lee pre­sen­ted about 50 ​‘events’ in dif­fe­rent loca­ti­ons and exhi­bi­ti­ons, and alt­hough docu­men­ta­ti­on of Lee’s per­for­man­ces is extre­me­ly rare, Event Logical shows one of the­se events. (Art Cinema OFFoff)

Lee Kun-yong Director