July 02, 2006
Hans Park: New Works
Photo: Waricha Wongphyat
For the WPG Exhibition three categories of works / projects were created. The projects all revolved around my background and how I view the world at this moment from the point of view an ex-pat Korean, born in Sweden living in Finland having close ties to Japan.
Photo: Waricha Wongphyat
The Bottle Project
Installation
Project
In a city where there are millions upon millions of bottles ready for thirsty people, coffee addicts and green tea junkies, and millions of vending machines that each consume 4 times more energy per year than a single family house, we never stop to think why there aren't bottles for everyday, personal and mental refreshment.
Though air is a necessity for all life on earth, we have failed to respect it and understand its importance in every day life. To underline that air is the most borderless element in our world, air has been bottled from different corners of the world in small PET bottles.
Friends and friends' families in 20 different countries (5 bottles got lost in mail) bottled their local air in one of the PET bottles sent to them by mail. They have then bottled their local air from their home gardens, front yards or travelled great lengths to mountains and forests to bottle the air. While bottling the air, friends have also left a message inside the bottle expressing their thoughts on whatever their mood has been at the moment.
The artist wishes to thank everybody involved in this project for their hospitality, patience and great help.
Clumsy Love Letter
Installation
Project
Photo: Oskar Ojala
Excerpt from exhibition description
Silence is never golden. Communication is gold. Expressing ones feelings is one of the most difficult tasks in life but the single most rewarding thing for people.
You never lose by sharing or expressing love. Write a love letter to someone you love or practise writing love letters and send it back to the artist. In case you love the artist...then…Good luck!
Photo: Kew-Yearn Chung
Other works
Booklet: Thoughts from One Evening
Photo: Oskar Ojala
+ Line of Thought & Soul Striptease
For more information: Hans Park, firstname at productionfloor.com
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June 25, 2006
Hans Park
Hans is living and working in Helsinki and trying to keep all the threads together on the Production Floor. Currently working on publications Helsinki.
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