These Are The Things That Dreams Are Made of

by R. Elgin on February 19, 2007

One interesting series of photos by the Korean photographer Jung Yeondoo is based upon the drawings of children as a means of exploring the special vision of children. As per Yukie Kamiya, Associate curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York):

Yeondoo Jung transforms photography into a magical wand that, with the wave of his hand, casts a magic spell. His photos recreate the dreams of adolescents that he has met in cities around the world. His own world is made up of children’s fantasies scribbled on drawing paper — not a world of reality, but of faded dreams. His photos are careful, imaginative re-creations that bring to life the fragmented stories of people that come his way and tickle his ear and eye. . .

Yeondoo Jung’s site is here.

{ 9 comments… read them below or add one }

1 SomeguyinKorea February 19, 2007 at 7:24 am: The link is broken…Looks like the server couldn’t handled the traffic.
2 fred_random February 19, 2007 at 8:00 am: Will we now get to see photographic re-enactments of Rhie Won-bok’s comic images?
3 R. Elgin February 19, 2007 at 1:58 pm: Dag, I guess myself and Geisha killed the man’s site with traffic.

Cheez, I thought Korea was hooked up and ready to do the internet thing.
4 railwaycharm February 19, 2007 at 1:59 pm: Will we now get to see photographic re-enactments of Rhie Won-bok’s comic images?

Yes, Mel Gibson has commissioned this artist to create homage to the Jews It take place in Anytown Florida. Izzy and Sheldon are unhappy with breakfast…. “ Izzy can we not get proper locks here?” “Sheldon, I vill call the machugana vaiter” “ Young man hurry up vith our food, and yes! I VANT THAT BAGEL TOASTED!”
5 railwaycharm February 19, 2007 at 2:02 pm: . It takes place…..
6 R. Elgin February 20, 2007 at 4:03 am: It is working now. Take a look and ignore the previous postings that I was tempted to delete.
7 michael February 20, 2007 at 8:43 am: His server’s down — looks interesting though.

Thanks for the post R. Elgin.

For anyone in Korea who can read the language and is interested in art, this is maybe the best site for gallery listings: http://neolook.com/
8 tz247 February 20, 2007 at 10:25 am: along the same vein, although I don’t think there are any Korean artists involved in these…
http://www.drawergeeks.com/Kid_Creatures/Kid_Creatures.html
9 terrible dan February 22, 2007 at 12:00 pm: I really enjoyed these, thanks for posting ‘em. Another set of thanks to michael as well for post #7, I’d never seen that site before.