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내고자 노력해왔습니다. 제 작품에 등장하는 '생명'은 제가 이제껏 대면했던 '생명'입니다. 제 작품 속 생명들을 마주
하시는 시간 동안 여러분들이 개인적으로 만났던 '생명들'을 떠올려 저의 경험과 여러분들의 에를레프니스가 함께하
길 바랍니다.

마지막으로 존 버거의 작품 내용 중 일부를 인용하면서 마칩니다.

네가 찾아낸 것만 쓰렴.
제가 뭘 찾아낸 건지 끝끝내 모를 거예요.

그래, 끝내 모를 거야. 다만 네가 거짓말을 하는지, 아니면 진실을 말하려고 노력하는지, 그것만큼은 알아야 해. 더 이
상은 그걸 혼동하는 실수를 용납할 여지가 없으니까. <여기, 우리가 만나는 곳 中에서>

The title of this exhibition, "Here, We Meet," was inspired by John Berger's work, "Here is Where We

Meet.”In this work, John Berger brings to the present the characters of the past who have been associated
with each place, and shares the experiences of the place together. I was able to share my personal
experiences with John Berger as I read this piece, which is carried out by projecting the extremely private
and secret experiences and memories of an individual to a particular place. Listening to his conversation
with his dead mother in Lisbon, I could think of the roasting chestnuts I tasted in Lisbon Square and the

ecstatic taste of 'Arroz de marisco' I tasted in a restaurant that I accidentally entered. On the other hand,
I wanted to share to John Berger my happy experience of enjoying beer and free tapas at a bar in Madrid,
and my impression of a lively Krakow excited by Pope Francis' visit, not the gloomy Krakow he felt.

Frankly, we may want to keep our own experiences private, but we may also have a desire to share them
with others. When the experience of sleeping secretly in an individual is shared with others, it will be
socially changed and have vitality, combining with other people's experiences. So that is the reason of
taking photos.
I took the name of the exhibition from the title of his work to express my gratitude to John Berger for

bringing life to my personal experience by sharing his experience with me. However, the reason why
"Where" was excluded from the original title was to clarify that the interest of my work was not "Place."
I've been working on life so far. This exhibition is also planned with this extension. I've been trying to

capture my own "life" in my work, not the common and boring retort of "protecting the environment and
animals."The 'life' that appears in my work is the 'life' that I've faced so far. I hope that my 'Experience'
and your 'Erlebnis' will be with you, recalling the memories of the "life" you personally met while you
were facing my work.

Now, I'm going to end by quoting the coda of John Berger's work.

Just write down what you find.

I’ll never know what I’ve found.
No, you’ll never know. All you have to know is whether you’re lying or whether you’re trying to tell the
truth, you can’t affford to make a mistake about that distinction any longer …
<in ‘Here is Where We Meet’>