Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
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Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries (장영혜중공업) is a Seoul
-based Web art group consisting of Marc Voge (U.S.A.) and Young-hae Chang (Korea).
Their work, presented in 17 languages, is characterized by text-based animation composed in Adobe Flash
that is highly synchronized to a musical score that is often original and typically jazz
. In 2000, YHCHI's work was recognized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
for its contribution to online art. In 2001 the group was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Grants to Artists. Their solo show, "Black On White, Gray Ascending", a seven-channel installation, was part of the inaugural opening of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
, New York, in 2007.
According to the artists, their piece Dakota "is based on a close reading of Ezra Pound's Cantos I and first part of II." Their pieces are characterized by speed, references to film, concrete poetry
, etc. Their work is sometimes called digital literature or net art, but there is no consensus.
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
-based Web art group consisting of Marc Voge (U.S.A.) and Young-hae Chang (Korea).
Their work, presented in 17 languages, is characterized by text-based animation composed in Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
that is highly synchronized to a musical score that is often original and typically jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
. In 2000, YHCHI's work was recognized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
for its contribution to online art. In 2001 the group was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Foundation for Contemporary Arts , originally known as Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, is a nonprofit based foundation in New York City founded by artists Jasper Johns , John Cage, Elaine de Kooning and others in 1963. FCA offers financial support and recognition to contemporary...
Grants to Artists. Their solo show, "Black On White, Gray Ascending", a seven-channel installation, was part of the inaugural opening of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world...
, New York, in 2007.
According to the artists, their piece Dakota "is based on a close reading of Ezra Pound's Cantos I and first part of II." Their pieces are characterized by speed, references to film, concrete poetry
Concrete poetry
Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on....
, etc. Their work is sometimes called digital literature or net art, but there is no consensus.
External links
- Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Presents, (Official Site)
- "The Art of Sleep" and "The Art of Silence" - a piece commissioned by the Tate GalleryTate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
, including an interview with Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries. - "Les Amants De Beaubourg / The Lovers of Beaubourg," a specially commissioned work for the 30th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou.
- Intercultural medium literature digital: Interview with Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
- Pressman, Jessica. "The Strategy of Digital Modernism: Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries' Dakota," Modern Fiction Studies 54(2); 302-26.
- N. Katherine Hayles, Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008. 19-30, 124-29