시지각적 이미지 변용과 표현에 관한 연구 -[New Trees]시리즈를 중심으로

Abstract

This is a study about photographs of “New Trees” series. The subject is pruned trees along the street which brought about an idea that they would be transformed into being branchless after lots of generation. When trees are changed by people without aesthetic consideration, they might not be symbolized by the current standards of perception at some point in the future, which is visualized in the series. The preceding works referred in visualizing images are “To Alice......” series with long exposure technique by HongChun Park. They are excellent in visualizing the world after humanity. In terms of the content, any artificial elements in the background are entirely removed and replaced by cloudy sky in order to present trees in the disparate and strange space like heterotopia by Michel Foucault. In addition, the “unconscious world” mentioned by Walter Benjamin, which are elements not perceived at the time of taking photos, is changed by using photo editing program and all the “conscious world” remains to best reflect the intention at the time. The easy modify of images result from the horizontal migration from silver halides photography to digital photography which William Mitchell called post photography in contrast with previous photographs. The simple change of digital images may be one of the most loved media in the postmodern era. As shown in the “New Trees” works, photographers would be more actively involved in artistic expression to reconstruct and provide different ways of looking at the present.