ICDH MoW Exhibition Gallery

Light of the Future

Zone 5

Light of the Future

This is the final space of the journey that began with you following the light. This space is empty. However, it is also a space filled with light and a space to be filled with your records.

This is the most crucial space in the exhibition, providing time for personal reflection and participation in the show. Here you can leave your impressions or personal notes about the exhibition. Leave your record, which can become a part of the history we will create and a bright light for the future. In this space, you can connect the past and present and build a bridge.

The records you leave in this space will become part of the exhibition and remain a light for others along with the Memory of the World message to the future.

Historical Mapping, 2023 (Minsu Oh)

In 1795(the 19th year of the reign of King Jeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty), King Jeongjo accompanied his mother, Lady Hyegyeong, to Hwaseong(Suwon). The scenes from Uigwe <Hwaseong Royal Cemetery Procession> depict the procession on a folding screen divided into eight panels. The artist combines these scenes with landscape paintings to form sets that transcend time and space with modern-day figures. This work is a 10m horizontal landscape painting combining seven sheets of 150x210cm Korean paper. The beautiful landscapes are expressed in a rough yet realistic way using ink and color and then painted into large-scale paintings. The people watching the precession are composed of modern-day figures, creating a chain of time connecting the past and present. At this time, the landscape is a utopian space created by reconstructing the actual scenery of Jeju, where the artist mainly works.

Uigwe

Uigwe, inscribed as a Memory of the World in 2007, is a record of royal rituals for approximately 500 years from 1392 to 1910 of the Joseon Dynasty. It records important ritual events of the royal family in writing, pictures, and illustrations. It is a heritage that allows you to see various aspects of royal life by recording the procedures and necessary information for important ceremonies such as marriages within the royal family, funerals, and hospitality to foreign envoys. Most of the 「Uigwe」 was handwritten and copied by professional scribes, and even in cases where the content is the same, each copy was transcribed by hand, so it can be said to be an original document.