EQUILIBRIUM: 이정후
Remembering is focusing on the viewpoint of the person who looks back on the past
before recounting the emotional context or narrative of a moment. Fragments of memory, once scattered, sometimes interlock to form a scene which becomes clearer only in the present, rather than at the time of the event itself. Although the flow of life may appear to move in a single direction, the past that sustains the present may exist across time and space, forming irregular and shifting networks of relation. Through his distinctive language of photographic collage and sculptural installation, Lee JeongHoo has continuously explored these questions.
The artist’s solo exhibition 《Equilibrium》 draws on events from the past as its point of departure. It traces objects that perform roles assigned to them under particular conditions, along with the visible efforts made to maintain their states. The objects presented here emerge through countless processes of disassembly, listing, and recombination. Breathing with light, time, and space, they offer moments of provisional balance while also shaping landscapes that describe psychological memory.
The combinations of objects proposed by the artist are small and subtle, yet they draw close attention to the relative relationships formed among each element. Each object holds its own memory and purpose within its given position, standing in an assembled balance shaped by the persistent effort required simply to exist. In a condition where nothing is entirely stable, the objects generate their own roles and carry them out from where they stand.
This temporary state of the present, indeterminate and always subject to change, reveals the boundary and balance between structure and construction as a fleeting moment. It conveys a sense of contradiction, at once incomplete and stable.
The ongoing process of collecting and reconstructing fragments of memory allows us to view more clearly how past events interlock with the present. The reassembled objects form a landscape of the present built upon earlier narratives, a scene that will naturally shift as the point from which the past is viewed begins to move. In this way, the work draws attention to the quiet but constant changes of everyday life and the efforts that accompany them. Amid a reality that is never still, one can sense the artist’s resolve to continue forward, unsteadily yet steadfastly, maintaining position while moving along their own path.