《PROJECT: Good Morning Road 44》
The project "Good Morning Road 44" is a media-based installation exhibition inspired by exploring the 44 and 6 national highways in Gangwon-do and the abandoned rest areas along these roads, which have seen reduced traffic since the opening of the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway in 2017. This exhibition embraces technological advancements and a future-oriented society in a positive light, while simultaneously holding onto the past, which is inevitably forgotten in the pursuit of efficiency and convenience. The exhibition is a multimedia installation art piece created based on objects and landscapes discovered during the road exploration.
- Date: June 27 (Thu) ~ July 1 (Mon), 2024 / 12:00 PM ~ 7:00 PM
- Venue: Seoul National University Power Plant Building 1, Room 68
- Artists: GXU (Kim Ji-soo), SUN PARK (Park Jung-sun), DC LEE (Lee Dae-chang)
- Installation/Production: Gongjak Studio, Yeon Jun-sung, Noh Ji-young
- Sound: Lee Sun-yul
- Poster: Jung Min-ji
- Text: Park Ha-eun
- Hosted/Organized by: SNU Institute for Culture and Arts
As more convenient roads are developed, less convenient roads begin to be forgotten. This can explain the operating principle of navigation systems, which boldly exclude less efficient routes to calculate the shortest distance and minimum time, while also serving as a metaphor for the dynamics between development and decline. The 44 national highway, to which "Good Morning Road 44" bids hello, once underwent repeated expansions but has been pushed out of the options of navigation systems and drivers' minds since the opening of the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway, becoming a "slightly less convenient road" that embodies this principle. The deserted highway, CCTV-watching sparsely passing vehicles, and the abandoned rest areas along the road may serve as a metonymy for entities excluded from the politics of speed. The abandoned rest areas, which once thrived with full parking lots but are now neither demolished nor rebuilt, seem to exemplify the ultimate destination where abandoned things end up sinking below the surface. The rusted signs, torn-off doors, discarded trash, and littered debris on the ground testify to the time of decay that only continues to corrode.
This exhibition is a project selected and funded by the SNU Institute for Culture and Arts' Student-up program.
Inquiries: culture.snu@snu.ac.kr