THEMEPARK — herrwook

Wook Seo

Wook Seo (Hyunwook Seo) is a visual artist based in Seoul and New York, who refuses to be confined to a specific culture or style, positioning himself as an intermediary in the gaps between boundaries. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Metal Craft from Seoul National University and later received an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York. Following this, he participated in a residency program at Flux Factory in New York, where he engaged in various collaborative projects and exhibitions.

Recently, he has been devoted to adding narrative layers to the imaginations he builds within digital spaces, materializing them through carefully chosen mediums, and presenting them to the audience. The physical entities he creates pull viewers into the digital realm, inviting them into his narratives regardless of their generation or background knowledge.

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Project

Haphazrd
Trickster
Fantasy

FANTASY THEME PARK

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The Device Realizing Fantasy for New Understanding of Reality
THEME PARK

-2011.10

DESCRIPTION

This project is a photographic work that explores the image of a theme park existing somewhere between reality and the surreal. For the shoot, I created and wore a custom-built structure on my head, which functions both as an installation and as an ornament. Depending on how the photographs are edited, the intended reality can easily be transformed into a new one. My aim was to produce deliberately ambiguous images that convey this fluidity of perception and challenge the viewer’s sense of what is real.