Mi-Yeon | Eunoia

Mi-Yeon

Born in 1963, Seoul, Based in Tokyo

Born in Seoul. Studied photography at Icart photo (l’ école de photographie de Paris) in France. Based in Tokyo since 1991. A part time lecturer in the arts and crafts department at Nagaoka Institute of Design 2015-2023. Her work is often inspired by philosophy, thought, and religion. Her own experience that she lived abroad in France and Japan is also effecting her creative process as well. This I and Thou series which is based on her own experience when she was a child, had great evaliation in Paris, Arles, and other countires. She is a writer as well and published sevral books.

Artist Statement

When I was little, I thought the only “I” in the world, was me. On reaching primary school and finding myself surrounded by other children of the same age, I was astounded to notice one day that a friend I’ d made also thought of herself as “I,” and possessed her own “my world” of which she was the center. From that day on, doubt about what “I” actually means was planted in my mind.
Engaging with the world through travel, I found the world became you and talked to me. Perhaps there is indeed only one “I” in the universe. Infinite Is dwelling in a single I, those infinite Is various aspects of the single I. When egos engage, to each the other becomes you, and thus a connection is forged.
This series was produced with inspiration from Martin Buber’ s I and Thou, and Eastern philosophy.

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Group Exhibition : AFFORDANCE

Jul 26,2023

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