{"uid":"AHZ2SmLoDUgbOvI0","type":"artist","tags":["instalation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"In Praise of the Present","summary":"During your visit, you walk on the metal floor made of the melted guns creating the foundation of peace with your bare feet. In the first space from the entry, you encounter a person constantly brushing latex on the floor. You could walk around, gaze at him or her. When you move to the second space, you find the layers of latex at your knee level hardened on the floor, where you could sit on and look outside, beyond the walls from the past. You walk on another ramp and now enter the last space. You suddenly feel the warmth under your feet as you step onto the floor covered with a thin layer of latex \u2014 thin enough to feel the hammered surface of the floor. Here you could lay down on the floor as its temperature is bearable. You listen to the vibrating sounds that resemble your breaths. You let your body rest and put your heavy memories aside \u2014 heal the place and your memories of the place through a celebration of the present moment, with a will to generate hopeful memories of the present. \n\nIn Praise of the Present, I present three installations made of accumulated latex layers that visitors could sit and lay down on while wandering the metal floor of Fragmentos with bare feet. Sounds resembling the breath cycle add another layer of sensation to the experience. In this place of memory, you feel the pain and hope of others and its very material presence with your bare skin.","space":"The project was conceived as a site-specific installation at Fragmentos in Colombia where the metal floor was made of the melted guns as a gesture of establishing peace. However, the sensation and context of the project could be expanded to any charged civic space beyond the space of Fragmentos. Plaza with its own history of conflicts and civic movements would be an example of the space where the project could bring a sense of unfamiliar warmth, embracing memories of the place.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":8,"names":"Jinjoo","surname":"Yang","email":"jinjoo.yang@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"M50250809","address":"225 E 138th St, Apt 306","city":"Bronx","nacionality":"South Korea","country_id":"236","birthdate":"1980-10-06T04:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1980-10-06T04:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+19179407549","web":"www.jinjooyang.com"}