Seoul,
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES presents a Homeric hero searching for sublime meaning in the insignificance of a life lived anywhere but where it seemingly counts; Asian businessmen and bar hostesses drinking the night away; a man who dies and is reborn a stick; a Korean cleaning lady who is really a French philosopher; an illegal immigrant in a holding cell under the Justice Palace, in Paris; a woman who sexually embraces corporate monopoly; an evening with Sam Beckett in a bordello; an S O S from a beauty queen; a night roundup followed by an execution; a frustrated bongo player; a guy who goes to work without his pants; the second Korea war; North Korean policy on oral sex; eating glass; movie end credits; the Riviera; the DMZ; Saul; and more.
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1999 SFMOMA Webby Award, Honorable Mention
2000 Webby Award in the Arts Category
2003 Zone of Urgency, Venice Biennial
2003 The American Effect, Whitney Museum, New York
2004 BUST DOWN THE DOOR!, Rodin Gallery, Seoul (solo show)
2005 Technological Change and Globalization of Communication, in "Writing for Peace, the Second Seoul International Forum for Literature," including the presentation of DAKOTA by Robert Coover.
