""It's bizarre to watch people in this way - even in gay cruising areas you wouldn't stare at other bodies this intensely. Now, whenever I go to a concert, especially at the Berliner Philharmonie with its encircling seating, my gaze hovers over the audience as well as the stage.""
""The movements, postures, body parts made these videos so tactile and haptic - they reminded me of sculptures," he says. Tak's work has been exhibited around the world, most recently at the Polygon Gallery in Vancouver.""
Working as an usher at the Seoul Arts Center provided free access to world-class performances but shifted focus from the stage to the audience. The job involved monitoring crowd behavior, leading to a heightened awareness of audience dynamics during concerts. This observation revealed a contrast in bodily expressions among attendees. Young-jun Tak, a Seoul-born artist, explores sociocultural mechanisms through his work in sculpture and choreography, inspired by dance videos during the pandemic, which he found reminiscent of sculptures.
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