honorable mention
Jung Hanjo korea, republic of
title
Hieroglyphic Characters in the Cities
When I look at various forms of elevated road floating in the cities, I sometimes think of calligraphy performance. The sky is a big paper and the elevated road is abstract letters or shapes. It is interesting because it looks like an undecipherable hieroglyphic character. I included the hieroglyphic characters drawn in the cities in photo albums as if I were doing calligraphy performance.
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entry description
‘Calligraphy Performance’ is held often in Korea. To do calligraphy, you lay Hanji (Korean paper) on the floor, dip a big writing brush that should be gripped with two hands in ink, and scribble while moving your whole body. Through this calligraphy performance, your letters change to abstract. Or you might sometimes draw abstract shapes rather then letters from the beginning.When I look at various forms of elevated road floating in the cities, I sometimes think of calligraphy performance. The sky is a big paper and the elevated road is abstract letters or shapes. It is interesting because it looks like an undecipherable hieroglyphic character. I included the hieroglyphic characters drawn in the cities in photo albums as if I were doing calligraphy performance.
about the photographer
He is a Korean photographer and photo critic. He majored in fine art and photography in Hongik University, Korea and got a doctor’s degree in Art Plastic. He is the first doctor in photography in Korea and now teaching students in universities while working as photographer and photo critic. Furthermore, he has published many books and photo albums, for example , , and .back to gallery
